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capable, U.S. forces would be withdrawn from combat and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.

John Lennon, a former member of the Beatles, the rock group
that transformed popular music in the 1960s,was shot and
killed by an obsessed fan in New York City.

The 40-year-old artist was entering his Manhattan apartment 
building when Mark David Chapman shot him four times at
close range with a .38-caliber revolver.

Mark David Chapman (69).

Brylcreem is a British brand of hair styling products for men. The
first Brylcreem product was a hair cream created in 1928 by
County Chemicals at the Chemico Works in Bradford Street,
Birmingham, England, and is the flagship product of the brand.

The product was first advertised on television with the jingle
"Brylcreem — A Little Dab’ll Do Ya! Brylcreem is marketed in
the United States by Combe Incorporated.

A modern tube of Brylcreem.

Pearl Harbor survivors, Ken Stevens, 102, of Powers, Ore.,
left, and Ira "Ike" Schab, 104, of Beaverton, Ore., wait for
the start of the 83rd Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
ceremony, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Honolulu. (AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab, a 104-year-old
Pearl Harbor attack survivor, spent six weeks in physical therapy
to build the strength to stand and salute during a remembrance ceremony honoring those killed in the Japanese bombing that
thrust the U.S. into World War II some 83 years ago.

On Saturday, Schab gingerly rose from his wheelchair and raised
his right hand, returning a salute delivered by sailors standing
on a destroyer and a submarine passing by in the harbor.

“He’s been working hard because this is his goal,” said his
daughter, Kimberlee Heinrichs, who traveled to Hawaii with
Schab from their Beaverton, Oregon, home so they could
attend the ceremony. “He wanted to be able to stand for that.”

The USS Arizona Memorial is seen before a ceremony to
mark the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Honolulu.
(AP Photo/Mengshin Lin)

The number of Pearl  Harbor  survivors has
now dwindled to 16 living.