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Bombing Halt

United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1968–1973Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1968

Lyndon Johnson31 March 1968

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Announces a partial bombing halt and says he will not seek reelection

1973

Richard Milhous Nixon14 August 1973

Washington · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

US bombing in Laos ends after years of covert and overt air operations

Names involved

Lyndon JohnsonRichard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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