Vietnam War: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Babylift" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Operation Babylift">Operation Babylift</a>, a mass evacuation of children in the closing stages of the war begins.<sup about="#mwt102" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_3#cite_note-19" id="mw3A" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw3Q">[19]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-19">Martin, Allison, <i id="mwB5M">The Legacy of Operation Babylift</i>, Adoption Today journal, Volume 2, Number 4 March 2000. "On April 3rd, a combination of private and military transport planes began to fly more children out of Vietnam as part of the operation. Numbers vary, but it appears that at least 2,000 children were flown to the United States and approximately 1,300 children were flown to Canada, Europe and Australia."</span>