The United Nations High Commission on Refugees evacuated of 49 U.S. citizens and their dependents from Vietnam.
The 23 Americans, 14 Vietnamese spouses and 14 children had been stranded in the country after the fall of South Vietnam in 1975.
They were a mixed group. Most had remained in the country against their will, and three had been held in jail, while a few had plead to be allowed to remain in Vietnam.
Trinidad and Tobago became a republic.
The 1976 Summer Olympics ended.
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