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RETURN TO WAR IN VIETNAM TIMELINE PAGE

Vietnam - 1966

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United States - 1966

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World - 1966

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Jan 8 - Operation CRIMP begins

Jan 12 - President commits to staying in Vietnam

Feb 3 - Soviet Luna 9 makes soft landing on Moon

Feb 11 - Operation ROLLING STONE begins

Mar 4 - Operation UTAH begins

Mar 10 - PAVN forces capture Green Beret camp

Mar 25 - World-wide anti-war protests

Mar 29 - Operation ABILENE begins

Apr 13 - VC attack Tan Son Nhut airbase

Apr 24 - Operation BIRMINGAM begins

Mar 21 - ULF declares war on IRA

May 16 - "Cultural Revolution" starts in China

Jun 2 - Surveyor I makes soft landing on the moon

June 28 - Argentine military overthrows government

Jun 29 - U.S. bomb near Hanoi and Haiphong

Aug 3 - Operation PRAIRIE begins

Aug 7 - Race riots in Lansing, Michigan

Aug 26 - Race riots in Waukegan, Illinois

Sep 6 - Race riots in Atlanta- Georgia

Oct 25 - Operation SEA DRAGON begins

Oct 26 - Fire aboard carrier U.S.S. Oriskany

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