Word: dec
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dec. 16. Boston radicals stage "Tea Party" by dressing up as Indians, boarding British ships and throwing 342 chests of tea overboard...
...Dec. 31-Jan. 1. American General Richard Montgomery and Colonel Benedict Arnold join in attack on Quebec and are routed. Montgomery killed...
...Dec. 23, 1975: Richard S. Welch, Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Athens, killed by assassins...
...months ago, Indonesian President Suharto struck. He sent thousands of marines and paratroops to Dili, the capital, where the fighting was bloody but short (TIME, Dec. 22). Suharto's problem then was that he earned international disapproval for his invasion. Some show of popular acceptance was needed for the annexation. Last week just such an extravaganza took place as pro-Indonesians welcomed the idea of union with Indonesia. TIME'S Robert Kroon was one of about 50 international observers at the event. His report...
Died. Mitsuo Fuchida, 73, the Japanese Imperial Navy pilot who led the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that jolted the U.S. into World War II on Dec. 7, 1941; of diabetes; in Kashirhara, Japan. Six months after radioing his jubilant message of success ("Torn! Torn! Torn!") from Hawaii, Fuchida was severely wounded in the battle of Midway and spent the rest of the war as a staff officer. A chance encounter with a missionary in 1949 converted him to Christianity. He became a prolific writer of religious tracts and war histories, including Midway, the Battle That Doomed Japan, a close...