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Vietnamese rebels drive out china
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France invaded Vietnam and overtook it in 1883.
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The Vietminh forced a French surrender
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Indochina Geneva Convention begins
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Ngo Dinh Diem blocks unifying Vietnam elections suggested by Britain
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Vietnam remains split, all out military action begins. Ngo Dinh Diem also "wins" another election in South Vietnam
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JFK denies that troops are fighting on the ground in vietnam at a press conference
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Ngo Dinh Diem is arrested and assassinated
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North Vietnamese attack Camp Holloway with torpedo boats off the coast
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Operation Pierce Arrow begins as a response to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident by the U.S military.
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15,000 students gather in Washington to protest the U.S bombing Vietnam
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One of the bloodiest, longest battles of the war occurs. U.S Marines and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam defeat 10,000 soldiers from Peoples Army of Vietnam and set up the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam.
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Shooting at Kent State killing 4 and injuring 9, at a protest against the Cambodia Campaign
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USA tests a nuclear bomb at the Nevada test site
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Apollo 14 lifts off. This was the third successful lunar mission executed by the U.S
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Campaign against ARVN and US. by the PAVN
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U.S direct military involvement ends
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Capture of Saigon by North Vietnam. Marked the end of the war