December 27

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Radio City Music Hall opens, 1932
American Revolution
Americans raid Hammonds Store, 1780
Automotive
Office of Price Administration begins to ration automobile tires, 1941
Civil War
Confederate General Hood's army crosses the Tennessee River, 1864
Cold War
Soviets take over in Afghanistan, 1979
Crime
Carry Nation smashes bar, 1900
Disaster
Coal mine explodes in India, 1975
General Interest
HMS Beagle departs England, 1831
Apollo 8 returns to Earth, 1968
Spanish king ratifies democratic constitution, 1978
Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto assassinated, 2007
Hollywood
Agnes Nixon, “Queen of Modern Soap Opera,” born, 1927
Literary
Peter Pan, by James Barrie, opens in London, 1904
Music
The legend of "Stagger Lee" is born, 1895
Old West
Doniphan's Thousand takes El Paso, 1846
Presidential
FDR seizes control of Montgomery Ward, 1944
Sports
Peyton Manning breaks single-season touchdown pass record, 2004
Vietnam War
U.S. and South Vietnamese troops attack Viet Cong stronghold, 1966
U.S. and North Vietnamese forces battle near Loc Ninh., 1969
World War I
Poles take up arms against German troops in Poznan, 1918
World War II
Germans form the Smolensk Committee to enlist Soviet soldiers, 1942

Vietnam War

Dec 27, 1969:

U.S. and North Vietnamese forces battle near Loc Ninh.

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In the fiercest battle in six weeks, U.S. and North Vietnamese forces clash near Loc Ninh, about 80 miles north of Saigon. Elements of the 1st Infantry Division reported killing 72 of 250 North Vietnamese soldiers in a daylong battle. Loc Ninh, a village of fewer than 10,000 people, was located at the northern limit of national Route 13, only a few miles from the Cambodian border. It was the site of several major battles between U.S. and Communist forces. On April 5, 1972, as part of their Easter Offensive, North Vietnamese forces overtook Loc Ninh during their attempt to capture the An Loc provincial capital to the south.

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This Week in History, Dec 27 - Jan 2

Dec 27, 1966
U.S. and South Vietnamese troops attack Viet Cong stronghold
Dec 27, 1969
U.S. and North Vietnamese forces battle near Loc Ninh.
Dec 28, 1964
South Vietnamese win costly battle at Binh Gia
Dec 28, 1972
Hanoi announces return to the Paris peace talks
Dec 29, 1962
Saigon announces success of strategic hamlet program
Dec 29, 1966
Johnson Administration responds to Harrison Salisbury's charges
Dec 30, 1970
U.S. Navy transfers some responsibility to South Vietnamese
Dec 30, 1972
Negotiations to resume in Paris
Dec 31, 1968
Bloodiest year of the war ends
Dec 31, 1971
U.S. annual casualty figures down
Dec 31, 1972
U.S. and communist negotiators prepare to return to the Paris talks
Jan 01, 1966
1st Marine Division advance elements arrive
Jan 01, 1967
Operation Sam Houston begins
Jan 02, 1963
Viet Cong are successful at Ap Bac
Jan 02, 1967
U.S. planes down seven enemy planes

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