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Ho Chi Mihn declares the independence of Vietnam from the French. This sparked the First Indochina War.
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The French and Vietnamese begin a War over dominance and independence in Vietnam.
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The French were defeated by Viet Mihn at Dien Bien Phu gaining freedom for the Vietnamese people (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/french-defeated-at-dien-bien-phu)
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The Indochina War ends, and the Vietnamese are victorious.
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South Vietnam secedes from North Vietnam and declares itself as a republic and chooses its own leaders (http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/vietnam/timeline.htm)
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President Kennedy declares the the US will increase their assistance to South Vietnam. This make the United States more of a target for North Vietnam.
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John F. Kennedy is assassinated. The Presidency and responsibility in the Vietnam War falls on Vice President Lyndon Johnson.
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North Vietnamese torpedo boats attack US ships in the Gulf of Tonkin, marking this the first attack on the US during the span of the Vietnam War.
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After the incident in the Gulf of Tonkin, President Johnson sends US troops onto Vietnamese soil.
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The massacre of hundreds of Vietnamese civilians at the hands of the United States takes place. It became known as the My Lai Massacre.
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The Vietnamese revolutionary leader and President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, Ho Chi Mihn, dies of a heart attack.
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North Vietnam pans to attack part of their own country, South Vietnam, as an offensive tactic.
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On this day, the last of the US troops left Vietnam.
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North Vietnam carries out their plan to attack South Vietnam
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Just a month after the attack, South Vietnam surrenders to North Vietnam, thus ending the Vietnam War.
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North and South Vietnam are reunified as one country. Reunification day is celebrated on July 2nd every year, to this day.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reunification_Day)
