Modern Era · Southeast Asia · War
1975
Fall of Saigon
April 30, 1975
North Vietnamese tanks crashed through the gates of the presidential palace in Saigon as the last Americans lifted off the embassy roof in helicopters. Vietnamese who had worked with the Americans were left on the stairs. Thirty years of war for Vietnam had ended. Three million Vietnamese and fifty-eight thousand Americans lay dead.
In context
Also in 1975 (6 other events on record)
- Khmer Rouge take Phnom Penh · Southeast Asia · Politics
- Microsoft and Apple begin · North America · Technology
- Franco dies · Europe · Politics
- Indira Gandhi imposes Emergency · South Asia · Politics
- Angola and Mozambique win independence · Africa · Politics
- Jaws invents the summer blockbuster · North America · Culture
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Era
Modern Era (1901–2000), one of 590 events from that era on Saeculum.
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