December 18th, 1972
Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. event on December 18, 1972. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around December 18, 1972
| December 19th, 1972 | Event | Apollo program: The last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, crewed by Eugene Cernan, Ron Evans and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth. |
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