President Nixon announced the suspension of offensive actions in North Vietnam, effective January 27, in anticipation of a successful conclusion of the Paris Peace Talks. Effectively, this was the declaration of an impending ceasefire. The U.S. Navy, however, hit fourteen North Vietnamese bridges on this day.
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VFA-25 insignia. VFA-25 carried out today's' raids.
France signed a treaty with the Comoro Island guarantying them independence with five years, subject to a referendum approving the same.
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Comoro flag at the time.
Four Watergate defendants accepted plea bargains. Remember, this was a trial regarding an even that had happened quite recently, showing that justice really did move a lot more swiftly in the pre late Bomber era.
