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Wright Brother's Airplane
The Wright Brothers were two Americans, Orville and Wilbur, who are largely credited with making the world's first successful airplane in 1903 -
Ho Chi Minh Established Communist Rule in Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh was a Vietnamese Communist who founded the Indochina Communist Party. As the leader of the Vietnamese nationalist movement for nearly three decades, Ho was one of the prime movers of the post-World War II anticolonial movement in Asia -
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Vietnam War
A long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Passed by Congress in 1964, gave President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to use conventional military force in Southeast Asia without a formal declaration of war by Congress -
Tet Offensive
One of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War in which the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese army led a surprise attack against South Vietnam during the Tet holiday, the Vietnamese New Year -
My Lai Massacre
Mass murder of between 347 to 504 unarmed Vietnamese civilians (men, women, children, and infants) in South Vietnam by U.S. Army soldiers, some bodies were raped and mutilated -
Vietnamization
Policy of President Richard Nixon to end U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War by equipping/training South Vietnamese forces while steadily reducing the number of U.S. combat troops -
Woodstock Music Festival
On August 17, 1969, the grooviest event in music history–the Woodstock Music & Art Fair–draws to a close after three days of peace, love and rock ‘n’ roll in upstate New York. -
Draft Lottery
366 blue plastic capsules contained the birthdays that would be chosen in the first Vietnam draft lottery drawing on December 1, 1969. -
Manson Family Murders
The Manson Family members were convicted for taking part in the murders of the LaBiancas. -
Apollo 11
The first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. -
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Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon was elected the 37th President of the United States after previously serving as a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator from California. -
Invasion of Cambodia
On April 30, 1970, President Richard Nixon asks the American people to support his decision to send troops into Cambodia in response to North Vietnam’s invasion of the country. -
Kent State Shootings
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured on May 4, 1970, when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. -
Pentagon Papers
A top-secret Department of Defense study of U.S. political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. -
26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. -
War Powers Resolution
A federal law intended to check the President’s power to commit the U.S. to an armed conflict without the consent of Congress; requires the President to notify Congress 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days -
Fall of Saigon
Capture of the capital of South Vietnam in 1975 by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces; ended the Vietnam War and started reunification of Vietnam under a communist regime
