2018 Ful l Disc losure VietnamWarCommemorativeCalendar
(50th Anniversaryof1968events)
1968wasadefiningyearintheAmericanWarinVietnamandinUShistory.TheTetoffensiveturnedthetideinthewar;PresidentJohnsondecidednottorunforasecondterm.MartinLutherKingJr.wasassassinated.GIsatFortHoodandthePresidiotookstandsagainstthewar,andcampusesexplodedwithprotest.Formoreinformationabouttheseevents,consulttheFullDisclosurechronologyathttp://vietnamfulldisclosure.org/index.php/a-brief-chronology-of-vietnam-the-united-states-and-their-relations.Thecalendarisfor2018,butallentries,exceptfor2018holidayswhichareiitalicized,areanniversariesofeventsfrom1968.AllVietnamwar-relatedentriesareinbold.Apologiesinadvanceforomissionsduetolackofspaceand/orconsciousness.
ThebattleforHue(theformerimperialCapital,locatedincentralVietnam)wasthemostcontestedbattle(January31-March2)inthe1968Tetoffensive,widelyconsideredtobethepoliticalturningpointoftheAmericanwarinVietnam.PicturedistheNationalliberationFront(NLF)flagplacedontheHueCitadelflagtoweronJanuary31.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
NewYear’sDay.
2 3 4 5
GIsthreatenedwithArticle15(non-judicial)punishmentforantiwarpositions.
6
AlexanderDubčeksucceedsNovotnýasCommunistleaderofCzechoslovakia.
7
1stclassUSpostageraisedfrom5centsto6cents.
8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15
5,000womenrallyinD.C.inJeannetteRankinBrigade.1stallfemaleantiwarprotest.
MLKHoliday.
16
TheYouthInternationalParty(Yippies)founded.
17
LBJcallsforthenon-conversionoftheU.S.dollar.
18
IntheWhiteHouseEarthaKittcriticizesLadyBirdJohnsonaboutthewar.
19 20
21
20,000NorthVietnamesetroopsattacktheAmericanairbaseatKheSanh.A77-daysiegebegins.
22 23
NorthKoreaseizestheUSSPueblo,claimingtheshipviolateditsterritorialwaterswhilespying.
24
OperationCoburg,AustralianandNewZealandmilitaryactioninVietnam,begins.
25 26 27
28
RadiationalertfollowingB-52crashonJan.21inArcticairbaseofThuleinGreenland.
29 30
TheTetOffensiveislaunchedalloverSouthVietnam.
31
TheBattleforHuebegins;fightinguntilMarch2.
SometimeinJanuaryVietnamveteranJeffSharletlaunchesthefirstGI-runanti-warpaperaddressedtoGIs,
callingitVietnamGI(VGI)&UFOcoffeeshopopensinColumbia,South,CarolinanearFortJacksonas
outreachtoGIs.
TheTetoffensivereachesallUSmilitarybasesinVietnamand110citiesandtownsinSouthVietnam,
including34of44provincialcapitalsand64districtcapitals.
January 2018 Northernnemesis:AnNLF(SouthVietnameseNationalLiberationFront)soldiertakingpartintheTetoffensive,1968(GettyImages/AgenceFrance-Presse)
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
InSaigon,suspectedNLFfightershotinheadbypolicechiefGen.NguyenNgocLoan.
2
SpringerPublishersin
WestBerlin,bombed.
GroundhogDay.
3
4 5 6
Dutch2ndChambercondemnsUSbombingofNorthVietnam.
7
ReporterPeterArnettquotesUSmajorinBenTrecity:'Itbecamenecessarytodestroythetowntosaveit'.
8
Protestatawhite-onlybowlingalleyinOrangeburg,SCbrokenupbypatrolmen;3studentskilled.
9 10
11 12
MemphisTN:Afterthecrushingtodeathof2workers,over1000blacksanitationworkersbeginstrike.
13
USsends10,500additionalsoldierstoVietnam.
14
Valentine’sDay.
15
Pvt.GeorgeDaviscourt-martialedafterrefusingorderstoVietnam.
16 17
18
ThousandsofpeopleinWestBerlindemonstrateagainstUSwarinVietnam.
19
Firststatewideteachers'strikeinU.S.historyinFlorida.
PresidentsDay.
20
StatetroopersusedteargastostopprotestatAlcornA&MinMississippi.
21
22 23 24
25 26 27 28
JointChiefsChairmanWheeler,asksfor206,000moresoldiersforVietnamwar.
FrederickDouglasswasborninFebruary1818ontheEasternShoreoftheChesapeakeBayinTalbotCounty,
Maryland.BlackHistoryMonth.
February 2018
SouthVietnameseGeneralNguyenNgocLoan,chiefofthenationalpolice,shootssuspectedNLFofficerNguyenVanLem,alsoknownasBayLop,onaSaigonstreetonFeb.1,1968.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
ClarkCliffordreplacesMcNamaraasU.S.SecretaryofDefense.
2
48U.S.ArmysoldierskilledinambushatTanSonNhutairbasenearSaigon.MarinesendOperationHueCity.
3
4
MartinLutherKingJr.announcesplansforPoorPeople'sCampaign.
5 6
UnrecognizedRhodesiaexecutes3Blackcitizens,promptinginternationalcondemnation.
7
ThebattleforSaigon(aspartofTetoffensive)ends.
8
Capt.DaleNoydsentencedto1-yearhardlabor;refusingtotrainpilotsforwar.
InternationalWomen’sDay.
9
Sgt.Peppersalbumwins4Grammyawards.
Student protestsspark1968Polishpoliticalcrisis.
10
NorthVietnameseandCommunistLaotiantroopsoverrunasecretUSradarfacility,LimaSite85(onLaotianmountaintop).
11
OperationSureThing:28-dayoffensivebyUS&SouthVietnamesebattalionsnearSaigon.
DaylightSavings
Time.
12
ByaslimmarginLBJdefeatsanti-warDemocratEugeneMcCarthyintheNHprimary;politicalsupportforLBJ eroding.
13 14
Sen.RobertKennedyofferssecretproposal:hewillstayoutofthepresidentialraceifLBJwillchangehiswarstrategy.
15
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16
HundredsinMyLaimassacredbyCharlieCompany,1stBattalion,20thInfantryU.S.Army.
17
AntiwarrallyinLondonresultsin86injuredandover200arrested.10,000+ralliedpeacefully.
St.Patrick’sDay.
18 19HowardUniversity,InprotestoverROTCprogram&war;demandsAfrocentricstudies.
20LBJsignsabillremovinggoldbackingfromUSpapermoney.
SpringEquinox.
21IsraeliforcescrossJordanRivertoattackPLObases.
WorldPoetryDay.
22Announcement:Westmorelandtoberelievedofhiscommand.
23RevWalterFauntroy,is1stnon-votingcongressionaldelegatefromDC.
24
AerLingusFlight712crasheskilling61passengersandcrew.
25
LBJmeetswith“TheWiseMen”whoadvisehe“takestepstodisengage.”
26
SeconddayofLBJmeetingwith“theWiseMen”.
JoanBaezmarriesantiwaractivistDavidHarrisinNYC.
27
SuhartoofficiallysucceedsSukarnoaspresidentofIndonesia.
28
InitialreportbyparticipantsatMyLai:69NLFsoldierswerekilled;nomentionofciviliancausalities.
29
StudentsseizebuildingatBowieStateCollegeinMaryland.
30
Leavenworth-Capt.Levyputin"disciplinarysegre-gation"rforrefusaltoteachSpecialForcesgoingtoVietnam.
31
LBJdecidesnottoseekre-election;alsoannouncesapartialbombinghalt.
Army: courtmartial of Pfc.MikeNelson after he “complained to his Congressman on the treatment of
troopson-base”.Pvt.GeorgeDavissentencedto4yearsatHardLaborforrefusaltogotoVietnam.Fort
Jackson-RobertTaterandStevenKlinethreatenedwithcourtmartialforantiwaragitation.
Women’sHistoryMonth.
March 2018 AsoldieroutsideaburninghutinMyLai.ThepictureprovidescontextforthehorrificeventsofMarch16,1968.CreditRonHaberle,courtesyofNationalArchives
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
TheU.S.1stCavalryDiv.beginsOperationPegasustoreopenRoute9,reliefroutetobesiegedMarinesatKheSanh.
EasterSunday.
2
SenatorEugeneMcCarthywinsDemocraticprimaryinWisconsin.
3
Navycourt-martialsPO/3DennisCiesielskiforrefusaloforderstoVietnam.
4
MartinLutherKing,Jr.,assassinatedinMemphis,TNexactlyoneyearafterhis“BeyondVietnam”speech.
5
BerlinBrigadeis“lockeddown”toprotectGIsfromantiwarleafletters.
6
LBJorders5,000troopstoChicagotocombatan"insurrection”;deathofBlackPantherBobbyHuttoninOaklandshootout.
7
8
ThesiegeofKheSanhbaseendswithwithdrawalofNVAtroops;USthensecretlyshutsdownthebase.
9
FortOrd:militarywillcourtmartialPvt.KennethStolteandPFCDanielAmickforpassingoutanti-warleaflets.
10
EqualPayDay.
11
DefenseSect.ClarkClifford:Westmoreland'srequestfor206,000moresoldierswillnotbegranted.
12
DayofHolocaustRemembrance(YomHashoah).
13 14
15
16 17
BerkeleyCAanti-wardemo;brutalactionsofpoliceinBerkeleysparkglobaloutcry.
TaxDay.
18
PO/3DennisCiesielski:1-yearhardlabor;badconductdischargeforrefusingtoboardshiptoVietnam.
19
FortSill:Pvt.AndyStappisgivenundesirabledischargeforantiwaractivity.
20 21
22
EarthDay.
23
BealeAFB:JeffreyBealegiven"undesirabledischarge"forhungerstrikeinoppositiontotheVietnamWar.
24.
25 26Amillioncollege&highschoolstudentsboycottclassinoppositiontothewar.
27AntiwarmarchinChicagoendsinpoliceattack;200,000studentsinNYCboycottclasses;GIsforPeaceMarchinSF.
28
29
"Hair"opensatBiltmoreTheaterNYCfor1750
performances.
30
TheBattleofDaiDoorDongHaalongtheDMZ.
VietnamDayofLiberatingtheSouth(1975).
April4-11Uprisingsin125UScitiesinresponsetoKing’sassassination;Armyreservesarecalled-up.
April23-30StudentdemonstratorsatColumbiaUniversityinNYCprotestColumbia’sinstitutionaltiestothe
InstituteforDefenseAnalyses(IDA),weaponsresearchthinktankaffiliatedwiththePentagonaswellasits
plantobuildagyminHarlem.NationalSexualAssaultAwarenessMonth.
April 2018 AndrewYoung(left)andothersonbalconyoftheLorrainepointingtowheretheshotoriginatedwhileMartinLutherKingliesattheirfeet.(JosephLouwphoto)
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
AirForcegivesGeorgeEdwards1-yearhardlabor,dishonor-abledischarge,forrefusaltogotoVietnam.
MayDay.
2
Goldreachesthenrecordhigh($39.35perounce)inLondon.
3
BraniffFlight352crashesnearDawson,Texas,killingall85.
4 5
TheNLFlaunches"MiniTet":seriesofrocketandmortarattacksagainstSaigonand119cities.
CincoDeMayo.
6Streetbattlebetweenstudents&troopsinParis,1,000injured.
7 PulitzerprizeawardedtoWilliamStyron(ConfessionsofNatTurner).
8 9 10PeacetalksbetweenUSandtheDRVopeninParis.
11Students&policebattleinParis,100sinjured.
12"MarchofPoor"ledbyRev.RalphAbernathyreachWashington,D.C.
13Parisstudentdemos;1millionmarchthroughthestreetsofParis.
Mother’sDay.
14
BeatlesannounceformationofAppleCorp.
15
AtornadostrikesJonesboro,Arkansas,killing36.
16
Earthquakekills47inJapan.
17
Cantonsville9,burn378draftfileswithnapalm.
18 19
NigerianforcescapturePortHarcourtandformaringaroundtheBiafrans.
20 USSRperformsnucleartest(underground).
21 22
FortOrd:KenStolte&DanAmickgiven4yearshardlabor&dishonorabledischargefordisloyalty.
23 24
FLQseparatistsbombtheU.S.consulateinQuebecCity.
25 26
27
30-50,000attendmeetingofUnionNationaledesÉtudiantsdeFrance(NationalUnionoftheStudentsofFrance).
MemorialDay.
28 29
UNvotessanctionsonwhite-minority-ruledRhodesia.
30DeGaulledisbandsFrenchParliament.WestGermanParliamentacceptsemergencycrisislaw.
31
May1968:punctuatedbydemonstrationsandmassivegeneralstrikesaswellasuniversityandfactoryoccupationsacrossFrance.
May 2018
CatonsvilleNine,afterburning378draftfileswithnapalminCantonsville,Maryland:Daniel&PhilipBerrigan,MarjorieBradford&TomMelville,MaryMoylan,DavidDurst,JohnHogan,TomLewis,&GeorgeMisch.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
Simon&Garfunkel's"MrsRobinson"hits#1.
2
3RadicalfeministValerieSolanasshootsandwoundsAndyWarhol.
4RobertKennedy,with 88% votingforhim&rivalanti-warcandidateMcCarthy,winstheCADemocraticprimary.
5SirhanSirhanshootsBobbyKennedy,whodiesnextday.WorldEnvironmentDay.
6Navycourtmartial,hearingforFredPatrick:conscientiousobjectiontowar,validdefensevs.chargeofAWOL.
7850womenmachinistsattheFordfactoryinDagenham,UKgoonstrikeoverunequalpay.
8NewcolonialconstitutionforBermudaadopted.
9
10 11 12
13 14
BostonjuryconvictsDr.Spock,3others,ofconspiringtoviolatetheSelectiveServiceAct.
15
JohnLennonandYokoOnoplantanacornatConventryCathedral.
16
.
17
MalayanCommunistsbegin2ndinsurgency;stateofemergencyre-imposedinMalaysia.
Father’sDay.
18
SupremeCourtbansracialdiscriminationinsale&rentalofhousing.
19
50,000participateinSolidarityDayMarchofPoorPeople'sCampaign.
Juneteenth.
20 21
SupremeCourtChiefJusticeEarlWarrenresigns.
22 23
WarinVietnambecomesthelongestwarinAmericanhistory.
24
ResurrectionCityinWashington,D.C.closedpermanently.
25 26
IwoJima&BoninIslandsreturnedtoJapanafter23yearsoccupationbytheUnitedStatesNavy.
27
LudvikVaculikpublishes"Manifestof2000words",promotingPragueSpringreforms
28
DanielEllsbergindictedforleakingPentagonPapers.
29 30
LockheedC-5GalaxyheavymilitarytransportaircraftfirstfliesintheU.S.
LGBTQAIMonth.
June 2018 Standingwithco-defendants(WilliamSloaneCoffinJr.MichaelFerber,andMitchellGoodman)famedpediatricianDr.BenjaminSpock(secondfromleft)talkstonewsmenhereJune14thaftertheywereconvictedbyafederaljuryofconspiringtocounselyoungmentoevadethedraft.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday1
WestmorelandreplacedasU.S.commanderinVietnambyGeneralCreightonW.Abrams.
2
ElAlIsraeliairlinerhijackedtoAlgeriabythePopularFrontfortheLiberationofPalestine(PFLP).
3 4
Independence
Day.
5
6 7
FranceperformsnucleartestatMururoaatoll.
8
Israeli-EgyptianartilleryduelalongSuezCanal.
9 10 11 12
USSRperformsnucleartestatEasternKazakh/SemipalitinskUSSR.
13
Frenchgovernment-CouvedeMurvilleforms.
14
BastilleDay.
15 16 17SaddamHusseinbecomesViceChairmanoftheRevolutionaryCouncilinacoupinIraq.
18SemiconductorcompanyIntelisfounded.NelsonMandelaInternationalDay.
19 20The1stInternationalSpecialOlympicsSummerGamesareheldinChicago,Il.
21
22 23
Anti-racistinsurrectioninClevelandresultsin11,including3policeofficers,killed.
24 25
PopePaulVIencyclical“OnTheRegulationofBirth”-anti-contraception.
26
SouthVietnamoppositionleaderTrươngĐìnhDzu
callsforcoalitiongovt.,given5yearshardlabor
27Anti-racistdemonstrationinGary,Indiana.
28
29
GramParsonsrefusestoplay
withtheByrdsinSouthAfrica.
30 31
ThePhoenixassassinationprogramisestablishedtocrushthesecretNLFinfrastructureinSouthVietnam.
US,Britain,USSR&58nationssignNuclearNonproliferationTreaty.
July 2018 ThePhoenixProgramwasaCIAcreationinVietnam.ItconsistedbasicallyofassassinationsquadswhichaimedtophysicallyeliminateNLFleaders.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
.
2
7.6CasiguranearthquakeinthePhilippineskillsatleast207andinjures261.
3 4
100,000attendNewportPop
Festival,CostaMesa,California.
5
Republican
Conventionin
Miamibegins.
6
HiroshimaDay.
7 8
Anti-racist
demonstrationinMiami.
9
NagasakiDay.
10
Anti-racist demos
inMiami, Chicago,&LittleRock.
11
12 13 14 15
USSRperformsnucleartestatSaryShagan.
16 17 18
19 20 21
PragueSpringendsas750,000WarsawPacttroopsand6,500tankswith800planesinvadeCzechoslovakia.
22 23
Killeen,TX:5OleoStrutcoffeehousestaffchargedwithpossessionofillegaldrugs.
24
100+BlackGIsatFortHood,TXprotestbeingsentfor"riotcontrol"dutytoChicagofortheDemocraticconvention
25
26
DemonstrationsbeginatDemocraticConventioninChicago
27 28
JohnG.Mein,US
AmbassadortoGuatemala,isassassinatedinGuatemalaCity.
29 30
DemonstrationsatDemocraticConventionculminatein“policeriot”.
31
12,000diein7.8
quakedestroys60,000buildingsinNEIran.
August5-8RepublicanNationalConventioninMiamiBeachnominatesRichardNixon,whopledgesthathe
willendtheVietnamWarassoonashetakesoffice.AlineoftankshassealedoffMiamiBeachfrom
demonstrationstakingplaceinMiami.
August26-30DemocraticNationalConventioninChicagonominatesHubertHumphrey,asthepolice
confront10,000+protestorsinwhattheKernerCommissionlatertermeda“policeriot”.
August 2018 1968,attheDemocraticNationalConventioninChicago,thousandsofVietnamWarprotestersbattlepoliceinthestreets,whiletheDemocraticPartyfallsapartoverdisagreementsaboutthewarinVietnam.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
Earthquakein
Iran,2,000killed.
Vietnam
NationalDay
(1945independence
fromFrance).
2 3
LaborDay.
4
NigeriantroopsconquerAbaBiafra.
5
NucleartestinEasternUSSR.
6
InAtlanticCity,150membersofNewYorkRadicalWomenprotestMissAmericaPageant.
7 8
9 10RoshHashanah
(NewYear’sDay).
11 12AlHijra(NewYear’sDay).
AlbanialeavesWarsawPact.
13 USSR'sZond5islaunchedon1stcircumlunarflight.
14 15
16MexicanIndependenceDay(1810).
17TheMaryleboneCricketClubtourofSouthAfricaiscancelled.
18 19YomKippur.
20 21FortHood-5oftheFtHood43foundguiltyoffailuretoreportforreveille.
22AutumnEquinox.
23ProclamationoftheRepublicofPuertoRicoinrevoltagainstSpain(1868).
24USperformsnucleartestatNevadaTestSite.
25 26 27 283moreoftheFortHood43sentencedtohardlabor.
29Greekreferendumresultsinmorepowertomilitaryjunta.
30
The900thU.S.aircraftshotdownoverNorthVietnam.
VietnamGIreportsthatthestockadeatFortLeonardWoodissoovercrowdedthatthere’sawaitinglist!
Samestoryaselsewhere--GIsaregoingAWOLinever-increasingnumbers.Thereare135menawaitingtrial
wholiveinregularbarracks,pullingsoftduty--andthey’reevengettingpasses.
September 2018 SomeofheFortHood43whorefusedorderstogotoChicagoduringtheDemocraticConventioninAugust.Fromleft,Pfc.ErnestBess,Atty.MichaelKennedy,Pfc.GuySmith,Sp/4AlbertHenry,Pvt.ErnestFrederick,Sgt.RobertRucker,Sp/4TollieRoyal.October1968atFortHood,Texas.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
FortDix-Spec/4AllenMyersacquittedofhandingout“subversive”literature.
2MexicoCitystudentdemoendsinbloodbath,hundredskilled,moreinjured,and1300+arrested.
3IuanFranciscoVelascoAlvaradoseizespowerinmilitarycoupinPeru.
4 5PolicebatoncivilrightsdemonstratorsinDerry,NorthernIrelandmarkingthebeginningofTheTroubles.
6
7OperationSealord:largestcombinednavaloperationofthewar;withover1200U.S.NavyandSouthVietnameseNavyships.
8IndigenousPeoples’Day.
9TheCatonsville9sentencedto18years;severalgounderground.GovernmentseizesoilfieldsinPeru.
10NavynurseSusanSchnalldropsflyersfromtheairforGIsforPeaceMarchonmilitarybasesinSanFranciscoBayArea:
11NASAlaunchesApollo7,thefirstmannedApollomission.NationalComingOutDay.
·
12GIsforPeacedemoinSanFrancisco,includingspeechbySchnallinuniformleadingtocourtmartial.DiadelaRaza.
13
14ThePresidiomutiny:asit-downprotestby27prisonersattheArmystockade,SanFrancisco.
15 16TommieSmithandJohnCarlosgiveBlackPowersaluteafterwinningmedalsintheOlympics;RodneyRiotsinJamaica.
17 18JohnLennon&YokoOnofined£150formarijuanapossession;USOlympicComm.SuspendsSmith&Carolos.
19DerryCitizen'sActionCommitteestagesasit-downatGuildhallSquareaspartofcivildisobediencecampaigninNorthernIreland.
20
21
U.S.releases14NorthVietnamesePOWs.
22
GunControlActof1968enacted.
23 24
People'sDemocracy(PD)stagesprotestatParliament,Belfast,NorthernIreland.
25 26
6ofFortHood43
singledoutfor
harsherpunish-
ment;saidtohave
playedaleading
roleindemo.
27
InLondon,50,000protestthewar.
28 29
USSRperformsnucleartestatSaryShagan.
30 31LBJendsbombingof North Vietnam(RollingThunder).
Halloween.
.
Tacoma’sShelterHalfcoffeehouse,thefifthsuchcoffeehouseinthenation,opens.TheGICivilLibertiesDefenseCommitteeissuesanappealfortelegramsofsupportonbehalfofantiwarGIs.
DomesticViolenceAwarenessMonth.NationalBullyingPreventionMonth.
October 2018 PrecipitatedbythemurderofPresidiostockadeprisonerRichardBunch,andinprotestofprisonconditions,aswellasthewar,prisonersbrokeranksandsatinthegrass,singing"WeShallOvercome”.WalterPawlowski,readingdemandsduringThePresidioMutinyof1968.Photo:SteveRees
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1
.
2
AbannedmarchinDerry,NorthIreland,bymembersoftheDerryCitizen'sActionCommittee(DCAC),isjoinedbythousands.
3
300,000demonstrateagainstfascistjuntainGreece.
4
BattlesbetweenJordanianarmy&PalestinianAlFatahforces.
DaylightSavings.
5
RichardNixonnarrowlydefeatsHubertHumphreyfortheUSPresidency.
6
LedbyThirdWorldLiberationFront(TWLF),SanFranciscoStatestudentsstrikeforEthnicStudies.ElectionDay.
USSRperformsnucleartestatNovayaZemlyaUSSR.
7 8 9
IanPaisleyandRonaldBuntingleadaLoyalistmarchtotheDiamondareaofDerry,NorthIreland.
10
11OperationCommandoHunt:tointerdictpeople&suppliesontheHoChiMinhtrail.3milliontonsofbombswillbedroppedonLaos.
1212USSupremeCourt:Eppersonv.Arkansas,declareslawbanningteachingevolutioninpublicschoolsunconstitutional.
13Craig,HomeAffairsMinister,bansallmarches,exceptingLoyalistparades,inDerry,NorthernIreland.
14National“TurninYourDraftCardDay"featuresdraftcardburning.
15 TheDerryCitizensActionCommitteedefiesabanonmarchesinDerry,NorthernIreland.
16 17PanagoulisiscondemnedtodeathforattemptingtoassassinateGreekdictatorPapadopoulos
18 19
MilitarycoupinMali,presidentModiboKeitaflees.
20
USperformsnucleartestatNevadaTestSite.
TransgenderDayofResilience.
21 22Beatlesrelease"Beatles"(WhiteAlbum).
Thanksgiving.
VeteransDay.
BuyNothingDay.
23 24
4menhijackPanAmFlight281fromNewYorktoHavana,Cuba.
25
InternationalDay
fortheElimination
ofViolenceAgainst
Women.
26 27
President-electNixonappointsHarvardprofessorHenryKissingerasNationalSecurityAdvisor.
28 29
JohnLennonandYokoOnoreleasetheir1stalbum"TwoVirgins"inUK.
30
WilliamE.ColbyreplacesRobertKomerasheadofCORDS(CivilOperationsandRevolutionary
DevelopmentSupport),thegroupresponsibleforthebrutalPhoenixProgram.
November27–30:1stNationalWomen'sLiberationConferenceinLakeVilla,Illinois.
NativeAmericanHeritageMonth.
November 2018 SecretaryofStateHenryKissinger,left,andPresidentRichardM.NixonafterKissingerwasswornisasthe56thsecretaryofstateintheEastRoomoftheWhiteHouseonSept.22,1973.(AssociatedPress)
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
WorldAIDSDay.1
2 3
InternationalDayofPersonsWithDisabilities.
Chanukah.
4 5 6
NationalDayofRemembrance&ActiononViolenceAgainstWomen(Canada).
7 8
RollingStonesreleaseBeggarsBanquet,whichcontainstheclassicsong"SympathyfortheDevil."
9 10
InternationalHumanRightsDay.
11 12OperationTaylorCommon:searchanddestroyoperationbyTaskForceYankee,of1stMarineDivision.
13BrazilianPresidentDaCostaeSilvaissuesAtoInstitucionalNúmeroCincoemegencydecree.
14 15
16RevocationoftheEdictofExpulsionofJewsfromSpainatSecondVaticanCouncil.
17 InternationalMigrantsDay.
18 19 20 21LaunchofApollo8beginsthefirstUSmissiontoorbittheMoon.
22MaoZedongstartsthe"Uptothemountainsanddowntothevillages"movement.
2382membersofUSintelligenceshipPuebloreleasedbyNorthKorea.
24 ChristmasDay.
25 26Kwanzaabegins.
27ChinaperformsnucleartestatLopNor,PRC.
28IsraeliforceslaunchanattackonBeirutairport.
29
30 NewYear’sEve.
31
By year's end, U.S. troop levels reach 549,500 with 30,000 American deaths to date; over a 1000 per month
were killed in 1968 and there were 155,536 individuals who were Away Without Leave (AWOL) from the US military. Vietnamese casualties are more difficult to come by, with estimates of 181,000+ NVA and NLF
killed and at least 40,000 civilians. U.S. Army. Ramsey Clark's Justice Department prosecutes 1,500 draft
refusal cases.
December 2018 TheHồChíMinhtrail:AlogisticalsystemthatranfromtheDemocraticRepublicofVietnam(NorthVietnam)totheRepublicofVietnam(SouthVietnam).Thesystemprovidedsupport,intheformofmanpowerandmateriel,totheNationalFrontfortheLiberationofSouthVietnam.