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  16. 1970: 3 events

  1. · Conflict episode

    Vietnam War and the Fall of Saigon, 1955-1975

    A second, longer conflict between North and South Vietnam, with United States military involvement from the early 1960s, ended with the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.

    In: Vietnam

  2. · Other

    The Secret War in Laos, 1961-1975

    CIA-recruited Hmong fighters engaged in a covert conflict in Laos, later facing persecution after the war's end.

    In: Hmong self-determination projects

  3. In: Kurdistan Region of Iraq

  4. · Other

    Biafran surrender, 1970

    Biafra surrendered after a war and blockade that caused widely cited deaths exceeding one million.

    In: Biafra

  5. · Conflict episode

    October Crisis, 1970

    After FLQ kidnappings, the federal government invoked the War Measures Act; Pierre Laporte was killed and hundreds of people were detained.

    In: Quebec