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the democratic republic of vietnam
http://thevietnamwar.info/vietnam-war-years/ japan surrendered. ho chi minh proclaimed thec independence of the democratic republic of vietnam hanoi as the capital and ho chi minh as its president -
the first indochina war
the first indochina war in late 1945 after the japans defeat in world war 2 french troops came back from vietnam. the conflict soon turned into a coventional war between the french and the viet minh -
china & soviets recognized the democratic republic of vietnam
http://thevietnamwar.info/vietnam-war-years/ of china, how a communist state, recognized ho chi minh's gov. so did the soviet union 12 days later -
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User Launched Sputnik 1
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the surprise sucess precipates the american spuntic crisis, an triggered the space, a part of the larger cold war. the launch ushered in new political, military, technology, scientif developments -
Explorer 2 is launched but it fails to reach orbit
explorer 2 was to be a repeat of the explorer 1 mssion. however, due to a failure in the rocket during launch, the spacecraft did not reach orbit.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_II -
Pioneer 1 is launched to a night of 7,700
on october 11, 1958 became the first spacecraft launched by nasa, the newly formed space agency of the united states the flight was the second and most successful of three thor-able space robeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_1 -
unnamed vostok prototype
http://www.worldspaceflight.com/russia/vostok/overview.php the vostok was the first manned space craft. it was not maneuverable and could only hold a single occupant -
President Johnson Returns
Vice President Johson returns to the United States from a visit to Southeast Asia and gives a report to Kennedy about his trip. He says that the US must help the countries of Southeast Asia. -
President Meeting
The president of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem and the US president John F Kennedy meet and Kennedy increases the number of american advisors in Vietnam from 340 to 805. -
military assistance command vietnam (macv)
the military assistance command, vietnam (macv) was the first established to assist the maag controlling all advisory and assistant efforts in south vietnam by the end of 1962 the number of us military advisors increased from 700 to 12,000 personnal -
operation rolling thunder
http://thevietnamwar.info/operation-rolling-thunder/responding to the assault, and aerial bombardment campaign against north vietnam known as operation rolling thunder began. the continous operation would go on for more 3 yrs -
Operation Masher
In the largest search and destroy mission up to that point in the war, Operation Masher, 2,389 Viet Cong casualties are reported. The name of the operation is changed from Operation Masher to White Wing at the insistence of the President. The operation combined US and Vietnamese troops in sweeps and amphibious assaults. Operation Masher continued until March 6. -
b-52s pounded north vietnam
mainnorth vietnam in an attempt to disrupt movement along the muoia pass which was the main route that north vietnamese army (nva ) used to send personnel and supplies through laos into south vietnam, 29 u.s air force b-52s bombed north vietnam for the first time. -
north korean commados stage
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/a raid on seoul presidental blue house in an attempt to assasinate pres park chung-hee.they are stoppped just 800 meters away. all 32 killed are killed or captured in subsequent. -
vietnamization strategy
http://thevietnamwar.info/what-was-nixons-vietnamization-policy/as u.s troops in vietnam reachehd its peak at 542,000 in jan 1969 , president richard nixon announced his plan to vietnamiize the war and withdraw american ground combat -
first automotor rover on moon
http://news.discovery.com/space/history-of-space/getting-the-first-ever-rover-tracks-on-mars-120824.htm but for sojourner the first rover to land on mars in 1997, had a much more complicated first drive. it had to get from a landing platform to the surface before leaving history's first tracks on mars -
first automotor rover on moon
the news comes as a timely development following the no landing of indas first robotic probe on mars. the country had already achieved a probe moon landings with a projection to seen by 2017 http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtid=2&psid=3426 -
north korean agent
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/north korean agent fires at park during speech. he misses but the shot kills the presidents wife. park continues his speech -
korean war
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/the north agent blow up a land more in burma (now myanmar) just before the visisting south korean president chun hoo-hwan is set to arrive for south korean cabinet ministers and 16 others are killed -
korean war
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/all people on board are killed when a bomb planted by the north agents explodes on a south karean airliner -
korean war
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/a north korean submarine lands cammados on the south korean coast, prompting a huge manhunt. twenty, four in filtrations are shot dead, including 11 by their own hand, one is captured and one unaccounted for. -
korean war
a clash breaks out along the yellow sea border, the first naval battle since the korean war. a worth korean boat with an estimated 20 sailors aboard is sunk.
