Tuesday, December 2, 1975. The end of the wars in Indochina.

Vientiane fell to the Pathet Loa, bringing to an end the devided leadership of Laos and making it a fully communist country.

It effectively brought to an end the wars that broke out with end of World War Two over what type of governments former French Indochina would have.

Ironically, the new head of state was the French educated Communist Prince Souphanouvong.  While we think of Communism as being inherently anti monarchical, in Indochina this was much less the case.

December 2, 1975: Archie Griffin Is Awarded a 2nd Heisman Trophy

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Thursday, November 20, 1975. Death of Franco.

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Sunday, November 11, 1945. Armistice Day.

It was Armistice Day.

The Indochinese Communist Party voluntarily dissolved itself "in order to destroy all misunderstanding, domestic and foreign, which can hinder the liberation of our country."

Flag of the Indochinese Communist Party

The party was the regions second Communist Party and had become a regional party, operating in French Indochina, by order of the Comintern.  It's dissolution recognized the rise of regional nationalistic forces opposed to French rule, not all of which were Communist.  Communism itself, of course, as a regional movement, did not disappear.  

In Yugoslavia an election was held.  Only Communist candidates appeared on the ballot.

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Saturday, November 10, 1945. Heart Mountain Closed.

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Tuesday, July 14, 1925. Getting out of the Ruhr and trying to kick them out of Vietnam.

French and Belgian troops began to depart the Ruhr.

The Tân Việt Revolutionary Party, which advocated independence from France of a "New Vietnam", was founded by Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai.  It was not a communist party at the time, but by 1929, would become so.

It's notable in that its founder, Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai.was a woman.  She was executed by the French in 1941.

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Monday, July 13, 1925. Pregnant lady.

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Monday, April 7, 1975. A meeting in Thailand.

Cambodian Prime Minister Long Boret met with representatives of the Khmer Rouge in Thailand.

Wives of Air Force men stationed in Japan volunteered to assist in Operation Babylift.

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Sunday, April 6, 1975. "Election".

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Tuesday, April 1, 1975. Hurried departures.

The ongoing collapse in South Vietnam was increasingly spreading to neighboring Cambodia, where Neak Leung fell to Khmer Rouge after fierce Cambodian resistance. cutting off a supply route to Phnom Penh from South Vietnam.

Cambodian President Lon Nol went into exile, being succeeded by Saukaum Khoy.  He'd spend the rest of his life in Hawaii.

Qui Nhơn in South Vietnam fell to the NVA giving the communists control of half of South Vietnam's landmass.

South Vietnamese Gen.hú departed Nha Trang secretly by helicopter after having previously refused requests from his men to retreat from the city. The American Consul General in Nha Trang, Moncrieff Spear, ordered the evacuation of American personnel from the city, leaving behind about 100 of the consulate's Vietnamese employees and one of the five Marine Security Guards, Sergeant Michael A. McCormick by accident.

McCormick was later able to leave Nha Trang on a CIA  Air America helicopter.

The bicentennial "Freedom Train" began its tour of the United States starting with a display in Wilmington, Delaware.

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Monday, March 31, 1975. Resupply and luck.

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Saturday, April 9, 1910. Transfer of Lourdes.

Under the French confiscatory policy of disestablishment, the shrine at Lourdes was turned over to the local commune. The town council, in turn, turned it's ownership into a trust under the authority of the local Bishop.

Nouhak Phoumsavan, Pathed Lao revolutionary and President of Laos 1992 to 1998; in Ban Phalouka, Mukdahan province, Thailand.

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Saturday, March 26, 1910. The Immigration Act of 1910.

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