Fighting in the five northern-most provinces comes to a virtual halt as the worst monsoon rains in six years strikes the region. The resultant floods killed 293 people and left more than 200,000 homeless.
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Oct 30, 1970:
Heavy monsoon rains hit Vietnam
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This Week in History, Oct 30 - Nov 5
- Oct 30, 1965
- Marines repel attack near Da Nang.
- Oct 30, 1970
- Heavy monsoon rains hit Vietnam
- Oct 31, 1968
- President Johnson announces bombing halt
- Oct 31, 1970
- Thieu vows to never accept a coalition government
- Nov 01, 1964
- Military and political situation in South Vietnam deteriorates
- Nov 01, 1968
- Two new programs initiated in South Vietnam
- Nov 02, 1963
- Diem murdered during coup
- Nov 02, 1967
- Johnson meets with "the Wise Men"
- Nov 03, 1967
- Battle of Dak To begins
- Nov 03, 1969
- Nixon calls on the "silent majority"
- Nov 04, 1969
- South Vietnamese battle communists along the Cambodian border
- Nov 04, 1970
- U.S. hands over air base to the Vietnamese Air Force
- Nov 05, 1968
- Nixon wins presidential election
- Nov 05, 1970
- U.S. combat deaths down
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