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Vietnam Divided
France and Ho Chi Minh signed an agreement that formally ended the war between France and the Vietminh in 1954 titled the Geneva Accords. Upon settling this agreement Vietnam was divided into North and South Vietnam. However, the South Vietnamese government and the United States refused to sign the agreement. Though they both refused to sign the agreement, both respected it. -
Ho Chi Minh in Time
Ho Chi Minh is featured on the cover of Time magazine, inside an article titled Ho Chi Minh, Dedicated Communist profiles the president of North Vietnam at the time. -
Kennedy Elected
John F. Kennedy wins the 1960 presedential elections defeating Richard M. Nixon and becoming the 35th president of the United States. -
First US Combat Deaths
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Chester Ovnand and Maj. Dale Buis were the first two U.S. servicemembers killed in the Vietnam War. For many Americans, their deaths meant the beginning of the Vietnam War. -
Buddhist Monks Self-Immolate
A 66-year-old Buddhist monk named Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire to protest the South Vietnamese government. The protest targeted South Vietnamese’s religious intolerance and discriminatory issues. Quang Duc's suicide protest became an iconic picture in Lifemagazine from this era. -
Kennedy Assassinated
While riding in a motorcade through Dallas Texas on Nevember 22 1963, President Kennedy was shot and killed by Lee Harvey Oswald. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson is next in line to become president. -
Students Burn Draft Cards
It's estimated that around 1,000 students gather in New York City to protest the Vietnam War. During this rally, 12 of the students in the crowd burned their draft cards to symbolize their hatred for the Vietnam War. -
Nixon Elected
Republican Richard Nixon defeats opponent democratic Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 presidential election. As a result, Nixon is elected the 37th president of the United States. -
Life Portraits
In 1969 Life magazine prints the portraits of the 242 Americans killed in the line of duty during one specific week in the month of May, during the Vietnam War. 12 pages in the magazine feture the young faces of the fallen during the week observed. -
Ho Chi Minh Dies
On the early morning of September 3rd 1069, Ho Chi Minh Dies in his home from heart failure. Due to Minh's will, the family doesn't bury or cremate his body. Instead, Minh's family has the leader embalmed and put on display in a mausoleum. -
DC Anti-War Protest
It is estimated that nearly 600,000 Americans attend on November 15 1969 in Washington D.C. for an anti-war protest rally. -
Cambodia Invasion
On public television on April 30th 1970, President Nixon announces that American soldiers and allied South Vietnamese soldiers invaded Cambodia to destroy bases that have provided aid to the NLF agianst the will of the United States. -
Kent State Killings
During the fourth day of the anti-war protests that took place on Kent State University property, the Ohio National Guard is called in in order to attempt to break up the growing crowd. Upon their arrival the crowd breaks out in complete chaos. The Ohio National Guard begins to shoot into the crowd shooting four students fatal and injuring nine others. The pictures of the chaos, wounded, and the dead are printed and released to the public. In response to these pictures Americans grow more hatred -
Watergate
Five men were caught while attempting to rob the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel in Washington D.C. Their arrests were the cause of President Nixon's resignation. -
Vietnam War Officially Ends
After almost 20 years of violence between the United State and Vietnam, the last U.S. soldier is pulled out of Vietnam. As a result to the soldiers being sent home, the Vietnam War is officially declared over for the United States.
