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japan surrenders to Allies in WW2 and gives up all military jurisdiction of French colonies in Indochina. Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese communict leader, declares the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam and France decides to send troops to occupy Vietnam which just causes conflict and is the beginning of the first Indochin War
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MAAg is set up to aid the French against Vietminh, the rebel army. The U.s. supplies money and military equipment.
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A major French base is destroyed ending the first Indochina war.
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Vietnam is split into Northern Vietnam and Southern Vietnam
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Backed by the United States,South Vietnam refuses to allow a vote. Insurrection begins once again.
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Diem decides to refuse to follow the Geneva convention's laws and will not comply with the election.
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Kenedy is elected and promises to follow Eisenhowers' policies towards South Vietnam
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Marilyn Monroe a famous actor was found dead in her bedroom
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The U.S. military advisors increases to 16,000 by the time th Army of the Republic of Vietnam is defeated by Ap Bac
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his incredibly famous "I Have A Dream" speech dealing with the civil rights movement
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President John F. Kennedy is assinated while in a parade. He is succeeded by Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson
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A U.S. boat is fired at in the Gulf Of Tonkin. Johnson is given war poweres and the air strikes begin
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VC attacks U.S. military base at Pleiku. The first troops were deployed and operation Rolling Thunder begins.
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Malcolm X was a civil rights movement leader that was assasinated by his own followers
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President Johnson decided to increase U.S. forces in Vietnam to 33,000 troops.
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LBJ decides that it is a good idea to increast the amount of soldiers in Vietnam to 125,000
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operation starlite and operation market time take place to try and enemy seaborne supply routes to SouthVietnam
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the battle of la drand valley involes air calvary assault first troops brought in by air
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400,000 more troops are called over to Vietnam
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American forces are brutally attacked by the Vietcong on Route 13.
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First super bowl held in Los Angeles between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Green Bay Packers. the Packers won 35 to 10
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On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard conducted the first heart transplant on 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky
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martin Luther King Jr. was assinated in Memphis Tennessee by a racist man named James Earl Ray
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U.S. trops in Vietnam reaches 540,000 soldiers
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President Nixon orders the first of many U.S. troop withdrawals from Vietnam
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Neil Armstrong landed the Apollo 11 on the moon becoming the first man ever to step foot on the moon
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The first ever Woodstock, a revolutionary concert in rock-and-roll music's history, takes place in Bethel, New York.
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Communist revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh dies at age 79.
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The last American Soldiers are taken out of Vietnam. We are done with this war.
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. is dedicated.
