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April 29, 1970

On April 29, 1970, vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army. The year's #1 song was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel. Ricky Schroder, Saad Hariri, Willie Roaf would arrive in the same year.

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1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1970th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 970th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1970s decade.

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On April 29, 1970

  1. 1970 Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.

    1955–1975 war in Southeast Asia

    The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US.

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Born on April 29, 1970

Andre Agassi 1970– American tennis player (born 1970)
Uma Thurman 1970– American actress (born 1970)

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Others born in 1970

Ricky Schroder 1970– American actor
Saad Hariri 1970– Saudi Arabian-Lebanese businessman and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of Lebanon
Willie Roaf 1970– American football player
Kelly Holmes 1970– English athlete and double Olympic champion
Shemar Moore 1970– American actor
Rob Riggle 1970– American actor and comedian

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