30 April -- On This Day [multiple clips]
1975: Saigon surrenders. The war in Vietnam ends as the government in Saigon announces its unconditional surrender to the Vietcong. Other video and audio from the BBC news archive, WWII and 1950-2004 includes 1973: Nixon takes rap for Watergate scandal; 1999: Dozens injured in Soho nail bomb; 1993: Tennis star stabbed; 1952: Anne Frank published in English.
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