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The domino theory.
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The Vietnam War began.
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President Eisenhower sends US advisers to vietnam.
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President John F. Kennedy sends US special forces to vietnam.
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American Helicopters arrive at docks in South Vietnam along with 400 US personnel.
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At the hamlet of Ap Bac, the Vietcong 514th Battalion and local guerrilla forces ambush the South Vietnamese Army's 7th division.
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President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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The Gulf of Tonken incident.
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Two days before the U.S. presidential election, Vietcong mortars shell Bien Hoa Air Base near Saigon. Four Americans are killed, 76 wounded. Five B-57 bombers are destroyed, and 15 are damaged.
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The march to Washington against the war (the largest war protest in American history.)
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Ho Chi Minh dies.
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The Kent University masacre.
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The Jackon State shooting.
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President Richard Nixon resigns.
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The end of the Vietnam War.