A bomb explodes in a car parked in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, virtually destroying the building and killing 19 Vietnamese, 2 Americans, and 1 Filipino; 183 others were injured. Congress quickly appropriated $1 million to reconstruct the embassy. Although some U.S. military leaders advocated special retaliatory raids on North Vietnam, President Lyndon B. Johnson refused.
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Mar 30, 1965:
Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in Saigon
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This Week in History, Mar 30 - Apr 5
- Mar 30, 1965
- Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in Saigon
- Mar 30, 1972
- North Vietnamese launch Nguyen Hue Offensive
- Mar 31, 1965
- Johnson publicly denies actions contemplated in Vietnam
- Mar 31, 1968
- Johnson announces bombing halt
- Mar 31, 1972
- Fighting intensifies with North Vietnamese offensive
- Apr 02, 1972
- North Vietnamese troops capture part of Quang Tri
- Apr 02, 1975
- South Vietnamese evacuation begins at Qui Nhon.
- Apr 03, 1969
- Nixon administration will "Vietnamize" the war
- Apr 03, 1972
- Nixon orders response to North Vietnamese invasion
- Apr 04, 1967
- Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks out against the war
- Apr 04, 1975
- Operation Baby Lift aircraft crashes
- Apr 05, 1969
- Antiwar demonstrations held across United States
- Apr 05, 1972
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