November 16

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Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa, 1532
American Revolution
Fort Washington Is Captured, 1776
Automotive
Riker Torpedo Racer sets the world speed record for electric cars, 1901
Civil War
Rebels fail to defeat Yankees at the Battle of Campbell Station, 1863
Cold War
German scientists brought to United States to work on rocket technology, 1945
Crime
Ed Gein kills final victim Bernice Worden, 1957
Disaster
Construction begins on deadly bonfire, 1999
General Interest
Hessians capture Fort Washington, 1776
Oklahoma enters the Union, 1907
Benazir Bhutto elected leader of Pakistan, 1988
Hollywood
First Harry Potter film opens, 2001
Literary
Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death, 1849
Music
The Sound of Music premieres on Broadway, 1959
Old West
Becknell opens trade on the Santa Fe Trail, 1821
Presidential
Nixon supports construction of the Alaskan oil pipeline, 1973
Sports
Notre Dame ends Oklahoma record winning streak, 1957
Vietnam War
Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon, 1961
Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia, 1970
U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians, 1971
World War I
New Fatherland League launched in Germany, 1914
World War II
Goebbels publishes his screed of hate, 1941

Vietnam War

Nov 16, 1971:

U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians

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As the fighting gets closer to Phnom Penh, the United States steps up its air activities in support of the Cambodian government. U.S. helicopter gunships struck at North Vietnamese emplacements at Tuol Leap, 10 miles north of Phnom Penh.

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This Week in History, Nov 16 - Nov 22

Nov 16, 1961
Kennedy decides to increase military aid to Saigon
Nov 16, 1970
Ky defends South Vietnamese operations in Cambodia
Nov 16, 1971
U.S. provides support to beleaguered Cambodians
Nov 17, 1965
1st Cavalry unit ambushed in the Ia Drang Valley
Nov 17, 1970
My Lai trial begins
Nov 18, 1964
South Vietnamese conduct largest air assault to date
Nov 18, 1969
South Vietnamese fight first major battle after U.S. troops are withdrawn
Nov 18, 1970
Nixon appeals to Congress for funds for Cambodia
Nov 19, 1967
Chaplain Charles Watters receives Medal of Honor
Nov 19, 1971
Cambodians appeal for help
Nov 20, 1967
Students Demonstrate Against Dow Chemical Company
Nov 20, 1969
Seymour Hersh files follow-up to My Lai story
Nov 21, 1967
Westmoreland tells media the communists are losing
Nov 21, 1970
U.S. force raids Son Tay prison camp
Nov 22, 1963
JFK assassinated in Dallas
Nov 22, 1967
Westmoreland claims U.S. victory at Dak To
Nov 22, 1972
First B-52 shot down over North Vietnam

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