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Remembering a father’s amazing act to rescue his family from Vietnam’s collapse

Conflict

Miki Nguyen was 6 when his dad, a pilot in the South Vietnamese military, landed a Chinook helicopter in downtown Saigon and told his family to hop on. He then ferried them out to USS Kirk, a US Navy frigate that was operating offshore.

Nguyen Cao Ky Duyen, left, is the long-time emcee of the "Paris by Night" show. She is also the daughter of Nguyen Cao Ky, the former South Vietnam leader.

For Vietnamese, ‘Paris By Night’ is a mix of Vegas, nostalgia and pre-war culture

Arts, Culture & Media
Chicago police move in to knock down a burning cross in front of a home, after an African-American family moved into a previously all white neighborhood, August 3, 1963. The civil rights movement in America was one of the historic trends transforming the

Here’s what else was going on in the world when Kennedy was assassinated

Global Politics