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RETURN TO WAR IN VIETNAM TIMELINE PAGE
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Jan 5 - NASA begins research on Space Shuttle
Jan 13 - President directs troop withdrawals
Jan 24 - Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam
Feb 21 - U.S. and Chinese leaders meet
Mar 30 - N. Vietnam starts major offensive
Apr 5 - Operation FREEDOM TRAIN begins
Apr 10 - Biological weapons ban signed
May 1 - N. Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri
May 10 - Operation LINEBACKER I begins
May 11 - Red Army Faction bombs U.S. facilities
May 19 - Operation ENHANCE begins
May 24 - Bombing of Campbell Barracks, Germany
May 26 - S.A.L.T. accords signed
Jun 17 - Break-in at Watergate Complex
Jun 23 - President approves Watergate cover-up
Aug 11 - Last U.S. ground troops leave Vietnam
Sep 2 - Massacre begins at Munich Olympics
Oct 26 - Kissinger announces "Peace is at hand"
Oct 23 - Operation LINEBACKER ended
Nov 7 - Nixon wins re-election
Nov 11 - U.S. turns over Long Bien Base
Dec 18 - Operation LINBACKER II begins
Dec 30 - President halts bombing of N. Vietnam