September 6

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American Revolution
Arnold orders burning of New London, 1781
Automotive
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Civil War
Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island, South Carolina, 1863
Cold War
Soviet pilot lands Russian MIG fighter plane in Japan, 1976
Crime
Former police sergeant Drew Peterson is convicted of killing his third wife, 2012
Disaster
Train derails on way to New York, 1943
General Interest
Magellan's expedition circumnavigates globe, 1522
Architect of apartheid assassinated, 1966
More Israeli hostages killed in Munich, 1972
Hollywood
Some 2.5 billion TV viewers watch Princess Diana’s funeral, 1997
Literary
Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden and moves in with the Emersons, 1847
Music
Elton John performs a re-written "Candle in the Wind" at Princess Diana's funeral, 1997
Old West
John C. Fremont reaches the Great Salt Lake, 1844
Presidential
President William McKinley is shot, 1901
Sports
Ripken breaks record for consecutive games played, 1995
Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee, 1969
Thieu abolishes popular elections, 1972
World War I
First Battle of the Marne begins, 1914
World War II
Italian resistance fighters persevere, 1944

Vietnam War

Sep 6, 1969:

Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee

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South Vietnam's Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan and Radio Hanoi announce that Ho Chi Minh is to be succeeded by a committee of leadership consisting of Le Duan, first secretary of the party; Truong Chin, member of the Politburo and chairman of the National Assembly; General Vo Nguyen Giap, defense minister, and Premier Pham Van Dong. Ho, the spiritual leader of North Vietnam and the Vietnamese communists in the South, had died on September 2. His passing led many in America to hope that the time might be right to negotiate an end to the war, but his death had little long-term impact on the war as he had long been only a ceremonial figurehead. The new committee carried on with the war until the Paris Peace Accords were signed in January 1973 and, after U.S. forces departed, directed North Vietnamese forces as the fighting renewed in the South until they were eventually victorious in April 1975.

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This Week in History, Sep 6 - Sep 12

Sep 06, 1969
Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee
Sep 06, 1972
Thieu abolishes popular elections
Sep 07, 1965
Marines launch Operation Piranha
Sep 07, 1967
McNamara Line announced
Sep 08, 1954
SEATO established
Sep 08, 1968
ARVN general killed
Sep 09, 1967
Hackney receives Medal of Honor
Sep 09, 1969
Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi
Sep 09, 1972
DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace
Sep 10, 1963
President Kennedy gets mixed signals
Sep 10, 1964
President Johnson sends signal to both North and South Vietnamese
Sep 11, 1965
1st Cavalry Division arrives in country
Sep 11, 1968
Heavy fighting rages in Tay Ninh
Sep 12, 1959
Situation deteriorates in South Vietnam
Sep 12, 1972
U.S. intelligence agencies report 100,000 troops in the South

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