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Allies Victory over Japan
On this day, it wsa announced that Japan surrendered to the allied powers. The day is now known as V-J day.
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Geneva Accords signed
The accords were designed to restore pece in Vietnam, but actually ended up contributing to the problem. Diplomats from over 100 countries met in Geneva, Switzerland. THe meeting discussion wassupposed to be about Cold War "hot spots", but ended up being about the Vietminh due to the huge problem. The accords were signed and separated Vietnam on a temporary basis in order to solve the problem, but only made it worse. http://alphahistory.com/vietnam/geneva-accords-of-1954/
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Vietminh defeat the French
Vietminh defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu, a French base in North Vietnam. This cleared the way for the separation at the 17th parallel for the North Vietnamese. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-defeated-at-dien-bien-phu
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Kennedy Takes Over Office
Kennedy won by a small margin to Richard Nixon is this election, after losing the previous election. Kennedy brought new things to the country and was highly looked up to. He lsaved the country from nuclear war with Russia and CUba, and did went President in stressful times. He was assassinated before his term was over, on November 22, 1963. http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnfkennedy -
Protest to the Vietnamese government
Some of the protests againtst the South Vietnamese government were known as the Buddhist crisis because so many of the protests were lead by Buddhist monks. The protests consisted of repressive acts and resistence. The main protests lasted from May to November. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_crisis
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Overthrow of Diem
Diem was the first president of South Vietnam, partially assigned by the U.S. Once Diem was in office, he started going against the rules and wishes of the U.S. He started arresting his election opponents and making it so that the country had no other options for leaders. He was then overthrown by a military coup and killed. He was replaced by General Duong Van Minh. http://americaandvietnam.wikispaces.com/Overthrow+and+assassination+of+Diem+1963 -
Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
The resolution gave nearly unlimited power to Lyndon Johnson in doing whatever he wanted to "stop communism" in Southeast Asia. The signed resolution marked new roles militarily for the United States considering the Cold War and the conflicts that went on in Vietnam. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-passes-gulf-of-tonkin-resolution
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U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam
The U.S. Marine Hawk Air defense was the first of U.S. toops to be sent to De Nang, South Vietnam in order to protect our air base there. The reaction around the world wasn't a positive one, and tis just created more problems for the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-sends-first-combat-troops-to-south-vietnam
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Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling THunder was the strategic bombing campaign that the Uited States used against North Vietnam to try and get their leaders to double think war and pull back. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/operation-rolling-thunder
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March on the Pentagon takes place
100,000 people including black nationalists, radicals, liberals, hippies, and professors started protesting ouside of the Pentagon to go against the war. The violence started when one marcher called JOhnson "the enemy" due to his support for the war. THe riot broke out when the marchers conflicted with the soldiers and security protcting the Pentagon. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/100000-people-march-on-the-pentagon
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Tet Offensive
Tet is the Lunar New Year Holiday in Vietnam. On this specific Tet, 70,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese soldiers went though with a series of attacks on more than 100 South Vietnam cities. General Giep launched this attack to show rebellion against the South Vietnam citizens and to see if the U.S. would pull back. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive
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Soviets repress Czechoslovakia’s rebellion
On the night of the 20-21st, Russia and the countries involved in the Warsaw Pact invaded Czechoslovakia in order to stop their leader from hispolitical liberalation reforms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia -
Vietnamization
When Nixon entered office, he introduced the new process of Vietnamization. This was intended to pull U.S. troops out of Vietnam and end our involvement in the war. The treaty was negotiated in 1973 with Noth Vietnam. http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/vietnamization
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Kent State
As students protested the war outside of their school, the National Gard was called in in order to stop the riot. The National Guard ended up killing four students and injuring nine due to shooting without orders. This caused more riots throughout the country and even caused a few universities to close. http://dept.kent.edu/sociology/lewis/lewihen.htm
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26th Amendment
The right to vote was restricted to 21, until after the Vietnam war when men were being drafted that couldn't even vote. After a court case in Oregon, the 26th Amendment was brought up and passed.
http://www.history.com/topics/the-26th-amendment
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Cease-fire signed with North Vietnam
The ceasefire started at 8am Saigon time and although it went into effect on time, both sides violated it once. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cease-fire-goes-into-effect
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War Powers Act
The War Powers Act was passed after the Vietnam war. The act ensures that the president can't sent troops on delpoyment without consent of congress for mor than 60 days. http://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/29/world/how-war-powers-act-works.html
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Evacuation of last Americans from Vietnam
Both U.S. and South Vietnamese troops started to pull out of the battle areas. North Vietnam started attacking from the South trying to block off routes for the South. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-evacuation-begins-at-qui-nhon
http://namvietnews.wordpress.com/a-look-back-at-the-vietnam-war-on-the-35th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-saigon/35th-anniversary-of-the-fall-of-saigon-a/ -
South Vietnam Surrender
Athough the US and South Vietnamese put up a good fight, the US pulled out and South Vietnam surrendered due to lost support in the air and lack of weapons. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnam-surrenders
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