Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - Homefront USA [10/11]' (Vietnam veterans protest, April 19–23, 1971, at 49:57)
(Friday, April 23, 1971; during the Vietnam War) — About 700 veterans of the Vietnam War marched past the United States Capitol today and bitterly flung away battle decorations which they now regard as symbols of wasted suffering in an unjust war.
Continue reading Vietnam veterans discard medals in war protest at U.S. Capitol 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 23 1971)
Video: 'SYND 30 3 71 VERDICT DELIVERED AT THE TRIAL OF LEIUTENANT WILLIAM CALLEY'
(Monday, March 29, 1971, 4:31 p.m. EST; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. Army First Lieutenant William Calley was found guilty today of the premeditated murder of at least 22 South Vietnamese civilians on Mar. 16, 1968, in the My Lai massacre.
Continue reading U.S. Army First Lieutenant William Calley found guilty of 22 murders in My Lai massacre 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 29 1971)
Video: 'President John F. Kennedy's 8th News Conference - March 23, 1961'
(Thursday, March 23, 1961, 6:00 p.m. EST; during the Laotian Civil War, part of the Vietnam War, the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — President John F. Kennedy told the people of the United States tonight of the dangers in the Laotian situation and warned the Communist world that “no one should doubt our resolution” to preserve an independent, neutral Laos.
Continue reading Laos situation becoming ‘increasingly serious as the days go by,’ President Kennedy tells nation 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 23 1961)
Video: 'Weather Underground Bombs the Capitol, Pentagon, and State Department'
(Monday, March 1, 1971, 1:32 a.m. EST; part of the Opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam) — A bomb, apparently planted by a group or person protesting against the recent the recent invasion of Laos as part of the Vietnam War, exploded early this morning in the men’s room at the United States Capitol, causing extensive damage but no injuries.
Continue reading Anti-Vietnam War radicals set off bomb on Senate side of U.S. Capitol 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 1 1971)
Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War The Village War 10 13' (Operation Lam Son 719 at 32:22)
(Monday, February 8, 1971, 7:00 a.m. Saigon Standard Time; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — Operation Lam Son 719, an attack by the First Infantry Division of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) from South Vietnam into the Kingdom of Laos, was launched today in the Vietnam War against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces operating across the border.
Continue reading South Vietnamese units supported by U.S. military drive into Laos to strike enemy supply line 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 8 1971)
Video: 'Vietnam: A Television History - America's Mandarin [2/11]' (NLF formed at 20:18)
(Tuesday, December 20, 1960; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — The National Liberation Front (NLF) was created today as an armed communist political revolutionary organization in South Vietnam and Cambodia to oppose the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem, who gave the group the nickname “Viet Cong.”
Continue reading ‘Viet Cong’ formed to oppose South Vietnamese government of President Ngo Dinh Diem 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 20 1960)
Video: 'Four Tops "It's All In The Game" on The Ed Sullivan Show'
(Sunday, November 8, 1970, 8:00-9:00 p.m. EST) — The Four Tops sang “It’s All in the Game” on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV variety series The Ed Sullivan Show in a pre-taped performance for wounded Vietnam War veterans at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. Continue reading Four Tops perform on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 8 1970)
Video: 'President Richard Nixon Address to the Nation on a New Initiative for Peace, October 7, 1970'
(Wednesday, October 7, 1970, 9:00-9:15 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon asked Hanoi and the Vietcong tonight to join the allies in a standstill cease-fire throughout Indochina. He also called for an Indochina peace conference to negotiate an end to the fighting in Laos and Cambodia as well as South Vietnam. Continue reading President Nixon announces proposal for truce to halt Vietnam War 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 7 1970)
Video: 'Surrender: Guerilla to Grandmother'
(Wednesday, September 23, 1970, 9:20 a.m. EDT; during the Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War) — Using an arsenal of weapons stolen from the Massachusetts National Guard armory in Newburyport, Massachusetts, a criminal gang of three men and two women robbed $26,000 from a bank today in Brighton, Massachusetts, to obtain funds for anti-Vietnam War efforts. Continue reading Boston police officer killed in Brighton Bank Heist to fund anti-Vietnam War efforts 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 23 1970)
(Saturday, August 29, 1970) — “War” by Edwin Starr peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three consecutive weeks (Aug. 29, Sept. 5/12, 1970). Continue reading ‘War’ by Edwin Starr peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 29 1970)
