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President Kennedy get's assasinated and Vice President Johnson takes over presidency.
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Vietnam War
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Bombing raids on North Vietnam, referred to as 'Operation Rolling Thunder', begin.
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Over 200,000 United States Soldiers are sent to Vietnam
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President Johnson does not run for re-election and Richard Nixon is elected President.
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Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh dies.
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President Nixon extends Vietnam War to Cambodia
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National Guardsmen open fire on protesting students at Kent State University in Ohio.
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Pressure on President Nixon increases to end the United State's involvement in Vietnam and secret peace talks are started.
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Paris signs a cease-fire agreement.
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United State's troops that remain leave Vietnam and the Vietnam War ends.