Vietnam Timeline

By Josephburns
  • President Kennedy's Assassination

    President Kennedy's Assassination

    President JFK was assassinated
  • LBJ swore in as President

    LBJ swore in as President

    Lyndon B. Johnson swears in as the 36th president of the United States.
  • Gulf of Tonkin

    Gulf of Tonkin

    The USS Maddox gets hit by North Vietnamese torpedos.
  • Tet Offensive

    Tet Offensive

    The tet offensive was surprise attacks against southern cities, it was also a Vietnamese New Year.
  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    U.S. Soldiers kill Vietnamese citizens, thinking there was Vietcong in the Village, they killed no Vietcong.
  • Nixon wins presidency

    Nixon wins presidency

    Richard Nixon wins the presidency election and becomes the 37th president of the United States
  • War protest in Washington.

    War protest in Washington.

    War protest against the Vietnam war break out in Washington
  • Paris Peace Accords

    Paris Peace Accords

    An Agreement between North Vietnam and South Vietnam to have the US end the war.
  • Saigon gets captured.

    Saigon gets captured.

    The capital city of South Vietnam gets taken over by North Vietnam.