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In the USA, with an emphasis on Vietnam.
January 12 - United States President Lyndon_Johnsonstates that the United States should stay in South_Vietnamuntil Communismaggression there is ended.
January 18 - About 8,000 U.S. soldiers land in South_Vietnam; U.S. troops now total 190,000.
March 29 - The 23rd Communist Party Conference is held in the Soviet_Union; Leonid_Brezhnevdemands that U.S. troops leave Vietnam, and announces that Chinese-Soviet relations are not satisfying.
April 29 - U.S. troops in Vietnamtotal 250,000.
June 29 - Vietnam_War: U.S. planes begin bombing Hanoiand Haiphong.
July 4 - President Lyndon_B._Johnsonsigns the Freedom_of_Information_Act_(United_States), which goes into effect the following year.
August 16 - Vietnam_War: The House_Un-American_Activities_Committeestarts investigating Americans who have aided the Viet_Cong, with the intent to make these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 are arrested.
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