1971

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RETURN TO WAR IN VIETNAM TIMELINE PAGE

Vietnam - 1971

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Feb 8 - Operation LAM SON 719 begins

Mar 1 -Weathermen bomb U.S. Capitol

Mar 25 - Pakistani forces occupy East Pakistan

Apr 24 - Anti-war demonstration in Washington

Jun 6 - Operation OVERLORD begins

Jun 13 - N.Y. Times publishes "Pentagon Papers"

June 18 - Wash. Post publishes "Pentagon Papers"

Jun 30 - Supreme Court rules on publication

Jul 1 - 26th Amendment to Constitution ratified

Aug 18 - Australia/New Zealand withdraw troops

Aug 18 - Operation LAM SON 810 begins

Sep 3 - "Plumbers" break in to psychiatrist office

Oct 25 - UN admits People's Republic of China