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Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The French suffer a decisive defeat at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu. -
Diem was overthrown
The U.S. realized that Diem's government was corrupted and no one respected him. Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown. After the generals had promised him that he could leave the country, they decided to kill him instead. -
Lyndon B. Johnson became president
He became the 36th President of the United States after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. -
JFK's assassination
The 35th president of the United States was assassinated in Dallas, Texas (November 22, 1963) as he rode in a limo through Dealey Plaza in downtown for a motorcade, along side his wife. -
President LBJ signs the Resolution
President LBJ signed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, also known as the Southeast Asia Resolution and the U.S. congress approved of and passed it. -
Operation Rolling Thunder Begins
The name of the aerial bombing by the United States against North Vietnam during the Vietnam War (Rolling THunder). It was meant to persuade North Vietnam to end it;s campaign for communism in South Vietnam, but the operation was a failure for the U.S. and caused North Vietnam to continue to fight. -
My Lai Massacre
An attack on hundreds of South Vietnam civilians by the United States Army. Lead by Lieutenant William Calley, -
American cassualties
About 33,629 people lives were lost in the Korean war. -
Ho Chi MInh
President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam dies from a heart attack. -
President Nixon sent US forces into Cambodia
President Nixon announced on national television, that United States troops were invading Cambodia and that the United States have been conducting bombing raids in Cambodia for over a year.
