Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 121st day of 2024. There are 245 days left in the year. On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.
Soldiers of the Army of Vietnam 1st Batallion, 6th Regiment, are airlifted to “Landing Zone Kala” northeast of Khâm Đức, Vietnam, by U.S. Army UH-1H Hueys during Operation Elk Canyon, 12 July 1970.Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million.In 1900, engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad died in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi, after staying at the controls in a successful effort to save the passengers.
In 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed a resolution officially confirming the name of Hoover Dam, which had also come to be known as “Boulder Dam.”In 1970, President Richard Nixon announced the U.S. was sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparked widespread protest. In 2004, Arabs expressed outrage at graphic photographs of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by U.S. military police; President George W. Bush condemned the mistreatment of prisoners, saying “that’s not the way we do things in America.”
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