Category Archives: Vietnam War

Nixon orders attempt to sabotage Vietnam peace talks 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 1968)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: '11 Cold War CNN Vietnam 1954 1968' (Nixon order at 43:46)

(Tuesday, October 22, 1968; during the United States presidential election, 1968 campaign, during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Republican presidential nominee Richard Nixon telephoned his closest aide (and future Chief of Staff) H. R Haldeman tonight and ordered him to get intermediaries to persuade South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu to refuse to participate in the Paris Peace Talks to end the Vietnam War. Continue reading Nixon orders attempt to sabotage Vietnam peace talks 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 1968) →

Humphrey accepts Democratic POTUS nomination 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 29 1968)

1960s, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: 'Hubert Humphrey addressed delegates at the 1968 DNC'

(Thursday, August 29, 1968, evening CDT; during the 1968 Democratic National Convention) — Vice President Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota accepted the Democratic presidential nomination tonight at Chicago’s International Amphitheatre with a promise that on the issue of Vietnam “the policies of tomorrow need not be limited by the policies of yesterday.” Continue reading Humphrey accepts Democratic POTUS nomination 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 29 1968) →

Fighting breaks out during rally at Chicago’s Grant Park 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 28 1968)

1960s, Vietnam War


Video: '1968 Democratic Convention' (Aug. 28, 1968, at 29:46)

(Wednesday, August 28, 1968, afternoon CDT; during the 1968 Democratic National Convention) — As Democrats debated the party’s Vietnam plank at their national convention, fighting broke out this afternoon during a mass rally at nearby Grant Park when three demonstrators started hauling down an American flag from a pole by the park’s band shell where speakers were denouncing the Chicago authorities, the Johnson administration and the war on in Vietnam. Continue reading Fighting breaks out during rally at Chicago’s Grant Park 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 28 1968) →

Democrats delay fight on Vietnam Plank 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 28 1968)

1960s, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: '1968 Democratic Convention' (Aug. 27-28, 1968, at 27:15)

(Wednesday, August 28, 1968, 1:17 a.m. CDT; during the 1968 Democratic National Convention) — The Democratic National Convention broke up in anger and confusion early this morning, just a few minutes after the start of the long-awaited debate on the Vietnam plank of the 1968 platform. Continue reading Democrats delay fight on Vietnam Plank 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 28 1968) →

Three Democratic presidential rivals debate 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 27 1968)

1960s, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Homefront USA [10/11]' (Aug. 27, 1968, at 27:03)

(Tuesday, August 27, 1968, 10:30 a.m.-12:05 p.m. CDT; during the 1968 Democratic National Convention) — The three leading candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination — Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Senator Eugene McCartny and Senator George McGovern — met face to face before the California convention delegation today at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago in the first such encounter of the campaign. Continue reading Three Democratic presidential rivals debate 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 27 1968) →

Johnson reassures Thieu in welcome at Honolulu 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 18 1968)

1960s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War - The Village War [10/13]' (July 18, 1968, at 25:22)

(Thursday, July 18, 1968, 4:55 p.m. HST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Lyndon Johnson welcomed South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu today at Hickam Air Force Base for the first of two days of high level talks, assuring Thieu America’s “pledge to help your people defeat aggression stands firm against all obstacles and against any deception.” Continue reading Johnson reassures Thieu in welcome at Honolulu 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jul 18 1968) →

Dr. Spock convicted in anti-draft plot 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1968)

1960s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'Dr Benjamin Spock defends Himself 1968

(Friday, June 14, 1968, 7:58 p.m. EDT; during the Opposition to the Vietnam War) — Dr. Benjamin Spock, an American pediatrician famous to two generations for the child-raising guide The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care, was convicted tonight by a 12-man federal jury in Boston of conspiring to encourage young men to evade the draft during the Vietnam War, along with three of his four co-defendants. Continue reading Dr. Spock convicted in anti-draft plot 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jun 14 1968) →

High court backs ban on draft card burning 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1968)

1960s, Cold War, Vietnam War


Video: 'U.S. v O'Brien'

(Monday, May 27, 1968, part of the Opposition to the Vietnam War) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. O’Brien, upheld today the conviction of David O’Brien for destroying his draft card outside a Boston courthouse on Mar. 31, 1966, ruling that the act was not protected by the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech. Continue reading High court backs ban on draft card burning 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 27 1968) →

LBJ defends decision to hold Khe Sanh 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 23 1968)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: 'Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War - Tet! [7/13]' (May 23, 1968, at 41:41)

(Thursday, May 23, 1968, 11:38 a.m. EDT; during the Battle of Khe Sanh, part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — President Lyndon Johnson said today the marine defense of Khe Sanh greatly strengthen the American initiative toward peace talks “for they vividly demonstrated to the enemy the utter futility of his attempts to win a military victory in the South.” Continue reading LBJ defends decision to hold Khe Sanh 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 23 1968) →

RFK campaigns in Eugene, Oregon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1968)

1960s, U.S. Presidents, Vietnam War


Video: 'April RDTV Part One The 1968 Oregon Primary' (May 18, 1968, at 19:36)

(Saturday, May 18, 1968, shortly before 2:00 PDT; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968) — Senator Robert F.Kennedy, seeking the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, told 6,500 people today at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, that the Vietnam War “will not the settle the fate of Asia and it will not settle the fate of America, much less, the fate of the world.” Continue reading RFK campaigns in Eugene, Oregon 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (May 18 1968) →