The 1940 Chicago Bears’ 8-3 regular season wasn’t spectacular,
but their championship game was: they beat the Washington
Redskins 73-0, the widest margin in NFL history.
The Bears led the NFL in rushing offense with 1,818 yards, and
in rushing TDs, with 16.
Chicago Bears owner and couch George Hallas (with hat).
Bing Crosby (1903 – 1977) singing the standards.
His version of "White Christmas" is the best-selling single ever,
with a mind-boggling fifty million copies sold.
At a news conference in 1969, President Richard Nixon said
the Vietnam War is coming to a “conclusion as a result of
the plan that we have instituted.”
Nixon had announced at a conference in Midway in June that
the United States would be following a new program he termed “Vietnamization.”
Under the provisions of this program, South Vietnamese forces
would be built up so they could assume more responsibility
for the war. As the South Vietnamese forces became more
capable, U.S. forces would be withdrawn from combat and
returned to the United States.
In his speech, Nixon pointed out that he had already ordered
the withdrawal of 60,000 U.S. troops.
