August 10

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Smithsonian Institution created, 1846
American Revolution
London learns of American independence, 1776
Automotive
Fatal Ford Pinto crash in Indiana, 1978
Civil War
Rebels defeat Union force at the Battle of Wilson's Creek, 1861
Cold War
Truman signs National Security Bill, 1949
Crime
Child found decapitated, 1981
Disaster
Three-ship collision causes oil spill, 1993
General Interest
New state west of the Mississippi, 1821
Son of Sam arrested, 1977
Temperatures in UK top 100 F for first time during European heat wave, 2003
Hollywood
Red Dawn, first PG-13 movie, is released, 1984
Literary
Virginia and Leonard Woolf marry, 1912
Music
First-ever electric guitar patent awarded to the Electro String Corporation, 1937
Old West
Amanda McFarland begins Alaskan mission, 1877
Presidential
Herbert Hoover is born, 1874
Sports
Pete Rose sets National League hits record, 1981
Vietnam War
Diem refuses to negotiate with Communists, 1955
Marines fight bitter battle in Quang Tin Province, 1966
North Vietnamese forces attempt to cut off Saigon, 1972
World War I
German ships Goeben and Breslau reach Constantinople, 1914
World War II
Japan accepts Potsdam terms, agrees to unconditional surrender, 1945

Vietnam War

Aug 10, 1966:

Marines fight bitter battle in Quang Tin Province

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Troops of the First Battalion, Fifth Marines fight a bitter battle against NVA forces in Quang Tin province, 60 miles west of Tam Ky. In Thailand, a U.S.-built air base is opened in Sattahib. Ultimately, there would be five major airbases and over 49,000 U.S. military personnel in Thailand. The bases would be turned over to the Thais and the U.S. troops withdrawn in 1973.

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This Week in History, Aug 10 - Aug 16

Aug 10, 1955
Diem refuses to negotiate with Communists
Aug 10, 1966
Marines fight bitter battle in Quang Tin Province
Aug 10, 1972
North Vietnamese forces attempt to cut off Saigon
Aug 11, 1967
U.S. pilots cleared to bomb Hanoi-Haiphong area
Aug 11, 1970
South Vietnamese troops assume responsibility for guarding border
Aug 11, 1972
Last U.S. ground combat unit departs South Vietnam
Aug 12, 1965
Henry Cabot Lodge sworn in as Ambassador to Vietnam
Aug 12, 1969
VC launch new offensive
Aug 13, 1966
Prince Sihanouk criticizes the United States
Aug 13, 1972
Sappers raid Long Binh ammo dump
Aug 14, 1964
Hanoi prepares for more air attacks
Aug 14, 1965
Seventh Marines land at Chu Lai
Aug 14, 1972
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark reports on his tour of North Vietnam
Aug 14, 1973
U.S. bombing of Cambodia ceases
Aug 15, 1968
Heavy fighting erupts in and around the DMZ
Aug 15, 1969
Woodstock begins in upstate New York
Aug 15, 1970
Regional Forces victorious
Aug 15, 1971
North Vietnamese capture Vietnamese marine base
Aug 16, 1964
General Khanh ousts General Minh as chief of state
Aug 16, 1966
Congress investigates antiwar demonstrators
Aug 16, 1967
Tonkin Gulf Resolution challenged
Aug 16, 1972
Heavy air attacks on North Vietnam

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