April 10

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Lead Story
ASPCA is founded, 1866
American Revolution
John Paul Jones sets out to raid British ships, 1778
Automotive
Hertz rental car founder born, 1879
Civil War
General Lee gives final address to troops, 1865
Cold War
U.S. table tennis team visits communist China, 1971
Crime
A torture chamber is uncovered by arson, 1834
Disaster
Atomic submarine sinks in Atlantic, 1963
General Interest
Zapata assassinated in Mexico, 1919
Bataan Death March begins, 1942
Chaplin receives Oscar, 1972
Hollywood
First color 3-D film opens, 1953
Literary
The Gift of the Magi is published, 1906
Music
Paul McCartney announces the breakup of the Beatles, 1970
Old West
Civilian Conservation Corps created, 1933
Presidential
FDR creates Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933
Sports
Tiger Woods wins fourth Masters, 2005
Vietnam War
Poll reveals that public approval of Vietnam policy is down, 1970
B-52s begin bombing North Vietnam, 1972
World War I
Congress of Oppressed Nationalities closes in Rome, 1918
World War II
Croatia declares independence, 1941

Vietnam War

Apr 10, 1970:

Poll reveals that public approval of Vietnam policy is down

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A Gallup Poll shows that 48 percent of the public approves of President Nixon's policy in Vietnam, while 41 percent disapprove. In January, Nixon had a 65 percent approval rating. The drop reflected the growing dissatisfaction with Nixon's failure to end the war in Vietnam. He had been elected in 1968 largely because he claimed to have a plan to end the war, but after three months in office, there was still no announcement about when the plan would be enacted. His approval rating further plummeted later in April, when he announced that U.S. and South Vietnamese forces had crossed the border into Cambodia. This announcement set off a wave of antiwar demonstrations, including one at Kent State University that resulted in the killing of four students by Army National Guard troops. The "Cambodian incursion," as it came to be called, angered many in Congress, who felt that Nixon was illegally widening the war; this resulted in a series of congressional resolutions and legislative initiatives to severely limit the executive power of the president.

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This Week in History, Apr 10 - Apr 16

Apr 10, 1970
Poll reveals that public approval of Vietnam policy is down
Apr 10, 1972
B-52s begin bombing North Vietnam
Apr 11, 1963
Troops from Hawaii sent to South Vietnam
Apr 11, 1972
B-52s strike North Vietnamese positions
Apr 12, 1961
Rostow recommends escalation of effort
Apr 12, 1975
U.S. Embassy in Cambodia evacuated
Apr 13, 1966
SCLC passes resolution about South Vietnam
Apr 13, 1972
North Vietnamese launch major attack on An Loc
Apr 14, 1965
173rd Airborne Brigade ordered to South Vietnam
Apr 14, 1975
Operation "Baby Lift" concludes
Apr 15, 1967
Antiwar protests held in New York and San Francisco
Apr 15, 1970
U.S. 1st Infantry Division withdraws from Vietnam
Apr 16, 1968
Johnson arrives in Honolulu
Apr 16, 1972
United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong

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