April 26

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David Hume is born, 1711
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Civil War
Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth dies, 1865
Cold War
Geneva Conference begins, 1954
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Girl murdered in pencil factory, 1913
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Nazis test Luftwaffe on Guernica, 1937
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Maria Shriver marries Arnold Schwarzenegger, 1986
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Anita Loos is born, 1888
Music
Studio 54 opens, 1977
Old West
James Beckwourth is born, 1798
Presidential
Reagan visits China, 1984
Sports
Olympic track star Fanny Blankers-Koen is born, 1918
Vietnam War
U.S. troop strength in South Vietnam at five-year low, 1971
Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals, 1972
World War I
Allies sign Treaty of London, 1915
World War II
Rudolf Hess is born, 1894

Vietnam War

Apr 26, 1972:

Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals

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President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000. Nixon emphasized that while U.S. ground troops were being withdrawn, sea and air support for the South Vietnamese would continue. In fact, the U.S. Navy doubled the number of its fighting ships off Vietnam.

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This Week in History, Apr 26 - May 2

Apr 26, 1971
U.S. troop strength in South Vietnam at five-year low
Apr 26, 1972
Nixon announces additional troop withdrawals
Apr 27, 1968
Humphrey announces his candidacy
Apr 27, 1972
North Vietnamese attack outskirts of Quang Tri
Apr 28, 1970
Nixon approves Cambodian incursion
Apr 28, 1972
North Vietnamese press South Vietnamese at Hue and Kontum
Apr 29, 1970
U.S.-South Vietnamese forces launch Cambodian "incursion"
Apr 29, 1971
New casualty figures released.
Apr 29, 1975
Operation Frequent Wind begins
Apr 30, 1975
South Vietnam surrenders
May 01, 1969
Senator criticizes Nixon's handling of the war
May 01, 1972
North Vietnamese troops capture Quang Tri
May 02, 1964
U.S. ship sunk in Saigon port
May 02, 1970
Joint forces continue attack into Cambodia

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