June 25

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Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876
American Revolution
South Carolina Patriot Thomas Tudor Tucker born in Bermuda, 1745
Automotive
Last Packard produced, 1956
Civil War
Union begins tunneling toward Rebels at Petersburg, 1864
Cold War
Korean War begins, 1950
Crime
Congress passes Mann Act, 1910
Disaster
Hurricane Audrey hits Gulf Coast, 1957
General Interest
Eisenhower takes command, 1942
Kim Campbell takes office, 1993
Hollywood
“King of Pop” Michael Jackson dies at age 50, 2009
Literary
Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal is published, 1857
Music
Teenager Debbie Gibson earns a #1 hit with "Foolish Beat", 1988
Old West
Indians defeat Custer at Little Big Horn, 1876
Presidential
Eisenhower assumes command of U.S. troops in Europe, 1942
Sports
Joe Louis defeats Jersey Joe Walcott, 1948
U.S. World Cup team wins unlikely victory over England, 1950
Vietnam War
Viet Cong blow up a floating restaurant, 1965
U.S. Navy turns boats over to South Vietnamese Navy, 1969
World War I
Germans release statement on use of poison gas at Ypres, 1915
World War II
Lord Louis Mountbatten is born, 1900

Vietnam War

Jun 25, 1965:

Viet Cong blow up a floating restaurant

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Two Viet Cong terrorist bombs rip through a floating restaurant on the Saigon River. Thirty-one people, including nine Americans, were killed in the explosions. Dozens of other diners were wounded, including 11 Americans.

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This Week in History, Jun 25 - Jul 1

Jun 25, 1965
Viet Cong blow up a floating restaurant
Jun 25, 1969
U.S. Navy turns boats over to South Vietnamese Navy
Jun 26, 1965
Westmoreland given authority to commit U.S. forces
Jun 26, 1972
U.S. aircraft shifted to Thailand
Jun 27, 1963
Kennedy appoints Lodge as ambassador
Jun 27, 1968
U.S. forces begin to evacuate Khe Sanh
Jun 28, 1965
U.S. forces launch first offensive
Jun 28, 1972
Nixon announces draftees will not go to Vietnam
Jun 29, 1964
First New Zealand troops arrive
Jun 29, 1970
U.S. ground troops return from Cambodia
Jun 30, 1967
Thieu becomes president
Jun 30, 1970
Cooper-Church Amendment passes in Senate
Jul 01, 1965
Ball recommends compromise in Vietnam
Jul 01, 1966
Bombing of North Vietnam continues

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