T. Felix Viet Nom By felixt21 Period: Jan 1, 1945 to Dec 31, 2009 Viet Nom Jan 1, 1949 Mao Zedong and his comunists had taken power from china Jan 1, 1950 the begining of the korean war Jan 1, 1954 Eisenhower said ''you heva a row of dominoes set up; you knock over the first one,'' Jan 1, 1954 President Dwight D. sent military to train and arm the south Jan 1, 1961 President John F. Kennedy took office Jan 1, 1963 Kennedy was assassinated Jan 1, 1964 Preident lyndon B. Johnson asked congress to pass the gulf of tonkin resolution Jan 1, 1965 the first demonstration took place Jan 1, 1965 the first mass domonstration Apr 12, 1965 the full-scale military inervention Jan 1, 1967 johnson's national security advier said "i se the light at the end of the tunnel" Jan 1, 1970 withdrawing our forces lift Nom with only 220,000 troops Jan 1, 1975 the american embassy in saigon Jan 1, 1975 marshall mcluhan wrote "Viet Nom was lost in the liveing rooms of america" in "not on the battlefelds of Viet Nom" Jan 1, 1986 party leaders followed china's lead and instituted free-market reforms, known as doi moi.