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Geneva Accords
In Geneva Switzerland the Geneva Conference took place to discuss peace returning to Indochina. The conference produced a set of documents that temporarily separated Vietnam into two zones, north Viet Minh and the south governed by the State of Vietnam. -
Vietminh defeat the French at Dien Bien Phu
In November 1953 the French occupied a small mountain outpost on the Vietnamese border called Dien Bien Phu. On March 12 the first assault by the Viet Minh and despite their air support the French held only 2 square miles by late April. After 57 days of siege on May 7, the French position had been compromised. -
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Vietnam War
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Buddhists Protests of Diem
The Vietnam police and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam poured chemicals on the heads of praying Buddhist protesters. Buddhist Monk Thích Quảng Đức Burned himself to death in protest of Diems policies. -
Diem overthrown and assasinated
Following the overthrow of the the government in south Vietnam, Ngo Dihn Diem was captured by soldiers and killed. While his death brought much celebration the United States became more heavily involved in trying to stabilize the south Vietnamese government. -
President JFK is assassinated and Johnson takes office
The democratic party had been split and JFK was determined to bring them together by campaigning around the US. One of his stops was Dallas Texas, where he was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald OR WAS HE I THINK HE WAS ASSASSINATED BY THE ILLUMINATI THERE IS SO MUCH EVIDENCE THAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THIS AND STUFF -
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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Re-election of President Johnson
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First Teach In
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Introduction of the B-52 Bomber and saturation bombing
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Tet offensive
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Mai Lai
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President Johnson decides not to run for re-elections
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Richard Nixon elected President
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Policy of Vietnamization
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Woodstock Festival
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First draft lottery
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Invasion of Cambodia
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Kent State Killings
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Peace agreement signed in Vietnam / American Withdrawal
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Saigon Falls
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Cambodia falls to communism
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated
