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A conference discussing how France should pull out of the war in Vietnam peacefully. U.S. refused to allow a democratic election for fear of the Communists.
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Ngo Dinh Diem was elected leader of South Vietnam.
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The National Liberation Front, also known as Viet Cong, was established.
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Ngo Dinh Diem was killed in a coup supported by the United States.
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The Gulf of Tonkin Incident was when North Vietnam fired upon U.S. ships in the Gulf of Tonkin. This happened twice once on August 2, 1964 and the other on August 4, 1964.
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This was a resolution Congress passed saying the President had authority to escalate U.S. involovement in Vietnam.
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Operation Rolling Thunder - an operation in which America kept bombing North Vietnam - occurred.
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The first combat troops arrived in Vietnam.
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The 173rd Airborne Brigade on “Operation Hump”, war zone “D” in Vietnam, were ambushed by over 1200 Viet Cong.
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The American Public learns of the My Lai Massacre.
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The North Vietnamese troops surprised both the U.S. forces and the South Vietnamese by having a coordinated assault with the Viet Cong to attack about a hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns.
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This was the mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.
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General Westmoreland was replaced by General Creighton Abrams. Exact day of replacement could not be found.
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Nixon is inaugurated as the 37th President of the United States.
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Nixon withdraws the first troops from Vietnam.
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Ho Chi Minh died on this day.
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Nixon announces that U.S. troops will attack eenmy locations in Cambodia.
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Parts of Pentagon Papers are published in the New York Times.
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The North Vietnamese cross the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at the 17th parallel to attack South Vietnam in what became known as the Easter Offensive.
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The Paris Peace Accords are signed that provide a cease-fire
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The last U.S. troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.