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Today's featured article Aftermath of the Brinks Hotel bombing The Brinks Hotel bombing occurred in Saigon on December 24, 1964, during the Vietnam War. Two Viet Cong operatives detonated a car bomb under the hotel, which housed United States Army officers. The explosion killed two Americans and injured approximately 60 other people. The Viet Cong commanders had two objectives: to demonstrate their ability to strike in South Vietnam should the United States decide to launch air raids against North Vietnam, and to show the South Vietnamese that the Americans could not be relied upon for protection. The bombing prompted debate within United States president Lyndon B. Johnson's administration. Most of his advisers favored retaliatory bombing of North Vietnam and the introduction of American combat troops, while Johnson preferred the existing strategy of training the Army of the Republic of Vietnam to protect South Vietnam from the Viet Cong. In the end, Johnson decided not to take retaliatory action. (Full article...) Recently featured: Bonn–Oberkassel dog Tomb of Antipope John XXIII Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang Did you know... Voltairine de Cleyre ... that Voltairine de Cleyre (pictured), despite losing her ability to move or speak due to illness, refused to accept last rites by scowling at the priest? ... that tourte de blettes, a sweet pie made with Swiss chard, is traditionally eaten in Nice on Christmas Eve? ... that Casanova's friend Edoardo Tiretta built a bazaar in India? ... that Christmas: A Biography states that, despite its Christian origins, Christmas has been mostly secular since its inception in the fourth century? ... that Oh Hee-ok was the last surviving female Korean independence activist? ... that the Christmas carp traditionally swims in a bathtub for a few days before becoming Christmas Eve dinner? ... that Italian anti-Mafia prosecutor Nicola Gratteri survived three assassination attempts within three weeks? ... that in 2016 two thieves stole $350,000 worth of rare books in Oakland, California, and tried to sell some of them to Moe's Books nearby? ... that energy executive Chris Wright once drank fracking fluid to prove that it was not dangerous?

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