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Eisenhower Explains Domino Theory
Eisenhower described the theory during a news conference, when referring to communism in Indochina -
Geneva Accords Signed
A collection of documents relating to Indochina issuing from the Geneva conference attended by representatives of Cambodia, France, Laos, etc. -
SDS Founded
Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main representations of the new left -
Gulf Of Tonkin Resolution
A joint resolution that the United States Congress passed in result of the Gulf of Tonkin incident -
Operation Rolling Thunder Begins
Operation Rolling Thunder was the codename for an American bombing campaign during the Vietnam War. U.S. military aircraft attacked targets throughout North Vietnam. -
Tet Offensive
One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, which was a coordination of surprise offensive attacks aimed at breaking stalemate in Vietnam -
John Announces He Will Not Run For Re-election
President Johnson delivers a nationally televised address to explain a deescalation of the U.S bombing campaign in Vietnam. He concludes a shocking statement that he will not run for re-election -
My Lai Massacre
A Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in South Vietnam -
Protests At The Democratic Convention
Protest activity took place prior to and during the convention. Counterculture and anti-Vietnam War protest groups had been promising to come to Chicago and disrupt the convention, and the city promised to maintain law and order -
Nixon Wins The Election
Election of 1968, President Richard Nixon, defeats democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey. -
Vietnamization Introduced
President Richard Nixon introduced his policy of vietnamization. The plan was to encourage the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war -
Woodstock Festival
The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a music festival in the United States which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. It was the most famous rock concert and festival ever held -
Invasion of Cambodia
The Cambodian Campaign was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during 1970 by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam as an extension of the Vietnam War and the Cambodian War -
Kent State Student Shot
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Were the shootings of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio during a mass protest against the bombing of Cambodia -
Fall Of Saigon
The capture of Saigon, capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam
