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  • Vietnam
    Monday Mar 10, 1975
    Vietnam War

    General Dung launched Campaign 275

    Vietnam
    Monday Mar 10, 1975

    On 10 March 1975, General Dung launched Campaign 275, a limited offensive into the Central Highlands, supported by tanks and heavy artillery. The target was Buôn Ma Thuột, in Đắk Lắk Province.




  • South Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1975
    Vietnam War

    The ARVN proved incapable of resisting the onslaught

    South Vietnam
    Tuesday Mar 11, 1975

    The ARVN proved incapable of resisting the onslaught, and its forces collapsed on 11 March.




  • Vail, Colorado, U.S.
    Saturday Mar 15, 1975
    Ted Bundy

    Julie Cunningham

    Vail, Colorado, U.S.
    Saturday Mar 15, 1975

    On March 15, 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Snowmass, Vail ski instructor Julie Cunningham, 26 years old, disappeared while walking from her apartment to a dinner date with a friend. Bundy later told Colorado investigators that he approached Cunningham on crutches and asked her to help carry his ski boots to his car, where he clubbed and handcuffed her, then assaulted and strangled her at a secondary site near Rifle, 90 miles (140 km) west of Vail. Weeks later, he made the six-hour drive from Salt Lake City to revisit her remains.




  • Huế, South Vietnam
    Thursday Mar 20, 1975
    Vietnam War

    Thieu reversed himself and ordered Huế

    Huế, South Vietnam
    Thursday Mar 20, 1975

    On 20 March, Thieu reversed himself and ordered Huế, Vietnam's third-largest city, be held at all costs, and then changed his policy several times. As the North Vietnamese launched their attack, panic set in, and ARVN resistance withered.




  • Huế, South Vietnam
    Saturday Mar 22, 1975
    Vietnam War

    The NVA opened the siege of Huế

    Huế, South Vietnam
    Saturday Mar 22, 1975

    On 22 March, the NVA opened the siege of Huế. Civilians flooded the airport and the docks hoping for any mode of escape.




  • South Vietnam
    Friday Mar 28, 1975
    Vietnam War

    35,000 NVA troops were poised to attack the suburbs

    South Vietnam
    Friday Mar 28, 1975

    By 28 March, 35,000 NVA troops were poised to attack the suburbs.




  • Huế, South Vietnam
    Sunday Mar 30, 1975
    Vietnam War

    The Fall of the city

    Huế, South Vietnam
    Sunday Mar 30, 1975

    By 30 March 100,000 leaderless ARVN troops surrendered as the NVA marched victoriously through Da Nang. With the fall of the city, the defense of the Central Highlands and Northern provinces came to an end.


  • Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Mar 30, 1975
    Mass Shootings in the United States

    Easter Sunday Massacre

    Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.
    Sunday Mar 30, 1975

    James Urban Ruppert is an American murderer, who was responsible for one of the deadliest shootings inside a private residence in US history. On Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975, Ruppert murdered 11 family members in his mother's house at 635 Minor Avenue in Hamilton, Ohio in what has been referred to as the "Easter Sunday Massacre." He is serving two life sentences at the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio.


  • Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Mar, 1975
    Ted Kaczynski

    Kaczynski performed acts of sabotage

    Chicago, Illinois, United States
    Mar, 1975

    Starting in 1975, Kaczynski performed acts of sabotage including arson and booby trapping against developments near to his cabin. He also dedicated himself to reading about sociology and political philosophy, including the works of Jacques Ellul.


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