历史上的今天-Today in History 2013-03-29

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1971, Army Lieutenant⁵ William Calley Junior is convicted of murdering Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre⁶ during the Vietnam War. Correspondent Morgan Batty: “The charge is --- at least 22 unarmed and unresisting South Vietnamese men, women and children were slain⁷ at My Lai in 1968.” Cally ends up serving three and half years on the house arrest at his quarters at Fort Benning, Georgia. 1973, the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam ending America's direct military role on the Vietnam War. Two years later, South Vietnam including its capital Saigon falls to North Vietnamese forces.

2005, "If it doesn't fit, you must quit." Attorney Johnnie Cochran dies in Los Angeles at age 67. Cochran was best known for his successful and controversial defense of OJ Simpson during his murder trial Today In History, March 29th, Sandy Kozel, the Associated Press

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