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Military Advisors Killed
Two military advisors are killed by Viet Minh guerilla soldiers in a raid at Bien Hoa in South Vietnam. These are the first American deaths reported in Vietnam. -
Increase Military Advisors
The United States announces that it will increase the number of military advisors in South Vietnam from 327 men to 685 men. -
John F. Kennedy
Democrat John F. Kennedy defeats Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon to become the 35th president of the United States. -
South Vietnams Government
The United States and the South Vietnamese government attempt to initiate the Strategic Hamlet Program in an effort to group the peasant population into fortified villages. -
Protests
South Vietnamese police fire shots into a crowd of Buddhist monks demonstrating against President Diem's regime. The event will inspire others to protest. -
Kennedy gets killed
President John F. Kennedy is shot and killed. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson assumes the presidency.
