September 27

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John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British, 1779
American Revolution
John Jay is appointed minister to Spain, 1779
Automotive
"My Mother, The Car" exported to France, 1967
Civil War
Confederate guerillas sack Centralia, Missouri, 1864
Cold War
Khrushchev ends trip to the United States, 1959
Crime
Zsa Zsa Gabor storms out of the courtroom, 1989
Disaster
Ships collide off Newfoundland, 1854
General Interest
Jesuit order established, 1540
Sylvia Pankhurst dies, 1960
Hollywood
Reeves and Phoenix star in My Own Private Idaho, 1991
Literary
F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp is issued, 1996
Music
Placido Domingo breaks Caruso's opening-night record at the Metropolitan Opera, 1999
Old West
Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok proves too wild for Kansas, 1869
Presidential
Franklin Roosevelt appeals to Hitler for peace, 1938
Sports
Bobby Jones wins U.S. Amateur title, 1930
Vietnam War
Antiwar sentiment increases, 1967
Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy, 1969
World War I
John Kipling killed at the Battle of Loos , 1915
World War II
Poland surrenders, 1939
The Tripartite Pact is signed by Germany, Italy, and Japan, 1940

Vietnam War

Sep 27, 1969:

Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy

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President Nguyen Van Thieu says his government entertains no "ambition or pretense" to take over all fighting by the end of 1970, but given proper support South Vietnamese troops could replace the "bulk" of U.S. troops that year. Thieu said his agreement on any further U.S. troops withdrawals would hinge on whether his requests for equipment and funds for ARVN forces were granted. These comments were in response to President Nixon's continued emphasis on "Vietnamizing" the war so that U.S. forces could be withdrawn.

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This Week in History, Sep 27 - Oct 3

Sep 27, 1967
Antiwar sentiment increases
Sep 27, 1969
Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy
Sep 28, 1968
Battle for Thuong Duc begins
Sep 28, 1972
Weekly casualty figures contain no U.S. fatalities
Sep 29, 1965
Hanoi announces that downed pilots will be treated as war criminals
Sep 29, 1969
Charges dropped against Green Berets
Sep 30, 1964
First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley
Sep 30, 1968
Humphrey announces that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam
Oct 01, 1961
South Vietnam requests a bilateral defense treaty
Oct 02, 1966
Soviets report that Russian military personnel have come under fire
Oct 02, 1967
Aerial offensive against North Vietnam continues
Oct 03, 1967
Operation Wallowa commences
Oct 03, 1968
Twenty-four die in Army helicopter accident

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