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North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial

United States of America · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1968

Lyndon Baines Johnson23 January 1968

Government / Democratic Party Government

North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, claiming the ship violated its territorial waters while spying

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

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