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U.S. trooops of the 7th. and 9th. divisions wade through marshland during a joint operation on South Vietnam's Mekong Delta, April 1967.

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Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

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Vietnam War. Fall of Saigon. Helicopter pilot radio transmissions during the United States Saigon evacuation dated: April 29, April 30, 1975. Partial text: 200 Americans left... Do not let South Viets follow too closely. Use Mace...do not fire...

40th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon

President Richard M. Nixon smiles and gives the victory sign as he boards the White House helicopter after his resignation on August 9, 1974 in Washington, D.C.

Timeline of the 1970s

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

Vietnam War. Operation Georgia. U.S. Marines bombing bunkers and tunnels used by the Viet Cong. May 6, 1966

9 Questions About the Vietnam War Answered

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A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.

10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

Calendar showing the month of February

Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

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Cambodian history
- In 20th-century international relations: Scaling back U.S. commitments
- In Cambodia: Independence of Cambodia
Pol Pot’s opposition
- In Pol Pot
Vietnam War
- In Vietnam War: The United States negotiates a withdrawal

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 22, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 13, 2023
	Anniversary information added.		Nov 10, 2023
	Deleted Web site: General Lon Nol.	Grace Young	Sep 17, 2013
	Add new Web site: Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence - Lon Nol.	Marco Sampaolo	May 23, 2012
	Add new Web site: Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence - Lon Nol.	Marco Sampaolo	May 23, 2012
	The phrase "U.S.-supported" was removed from the description of the 1970 coup in Cambodia.	Kenneth Pletcher Fred Laan	Apr 09, 2009
	Article revised and updated.	Virginia Gorlinski	Dec 01, 2006
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998