August 13

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Berlin is divided, 1961
American Revolution
Patriots ambush Loyalists as French set sail, 1781
Automotive
Rotary engine inventor Felix Wankel born, 1902
Civil War
Deep Bottom Run campaign begins, 1864
Cold War
Record day for the Berlin Airlift, 1948
Crime
Yosemite killer Cary Stayner born, 1961
Disaster
First victim of Memphis yellow-fever epidemic dies, 1878
General Interest
Aztec capital falls to Cortés, 1521
Hitchcock born, 1899
Fidel Castro born, 1926
Hollywood
Fast Times at Ridgemont High debuts, 1982
Literary
Novelist and screenwriter William Goldman is born, 1931
Music
"Hound Dog" is recorded for the first time by Big Mama Thornton, 1952
Old West
Annie Oakley is born, 1860
Presidential
Reagan signs Economic Recovery Tax Act (ERTA), 1981
Sports
Yankee legend dies, 1995
Vietnam War
Prince Sihanouk criticizes the United States, 1966
Sappers raid Long Binh ammo dump, 1972
World War I
German crown council at Spa, 1918
World War II
The Battle of Britain escalates, 1940

Vietnam War

Aug 13, 1966:

Prince Sihanouk criticizes the United States

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Prince Norodom Sihanouk, ruler of neutral Cambodia, criticizes the United States about the attack on Thlock Track, a Cambodian village close to the South Vietnamese border. Sihanouk routinely challenged the United States and its South Vietnamese allies for border violations, but tacitly permitted communist forces to use his territory for transit, supply dumps and base areas. In the United States, General William C. Westmoreland, Commander of Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) met with President Johnson at his ranch in Texas to provide the general's personal assessment of allied progress in the war, reporting that advances were being made against the communist insurgents.

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This Week in History, Aug 13 - Aug 19

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
Aug 17, 1968
117,000 combat missions flown over North Vietnam in three years
Aug 17, 1973
U.S. troops to withdraw from Thailand
Aug 18, 1965
Marines launch Operation Starlite
Aug 18, 1966
Australians defeat VC at Long Tan
Aug 18, 1968
Communists launch new offensive
Aug 18, 1971
Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw troops from Vietnam
Aug 19, 1968
Many Americans against a bombing halt
Aug 19, 1970
Cambodia and U.S. sign military aid pact
Aug 19, 1972
Democratic candidate McGovern attacks Nixon policy in Vietnam

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