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Ngo Dinh Diem assassinated
Ngo Dinh Diem, the president of South Vietnam is assassinated by his own generals. The United States were sympathetic to this cause. -
LBJ is sworn into Office
After JFK was assassinated, LBJ was sworn into office while inside Air Force One. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, allowing the president broader powers to wage war in Vietnam. -
Operation Rolling Thunder
The sustained bombing of North Vietnam by the USAF, USN, and even the VNAF. -
Tet Offensive
An attack on all US bases by the Vietcong during the Vietnamese new year, the "Tet". -
My Lai Massacre
The massacre of 300+ civilians in the My Lai and My Khe hamlets by American soldiers. Called "the most shocking episode of the Vietnam war." -
MLK assassinated
Civil Rights activist Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated on his hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Richard Nixon elected into office for first time
LBJ announces that he is not running for president again. Nixon wins next election for the republicans. -
Kent State University Protest
College students at Kent State protest the Vietnam War. The Ohio guard are called and four students are shot and killed. No order was given to fire upon the protesters. -
War Powers Act
Limited the powers the president has over war. -
Armistice signed to end Vietnam war
An armistice was signed by the US and North Vietnam. The US soon left South Vietnam. North Vietnam invades South Vietnam after the US leaves. -
Fall of Saigon.
North Vietnam captures the South Vietnamese Capitol of Saigon. It is later renamed to Ho Chi Minh City.
