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French leave Vietnam
after 100yrs of colonial rule, a defeted France was forced to leave Vietnam -
Eisenhower explains his "domino theory"
he described the theory at his news conference, when refering to communism in indochina -
Viet Minh seizes power
the triumphant viet minh marched onto hanoi as the French prepared to withdraw their forces -
SDS founded
students for Democratic society was a student activist movement in the US -
Kennedy is elected President
JFK defeated incumbent vice President Richard nixon. the republican nominee -
Ngo Dinh diem
successful CIA, bakes coup led by General During van minh -
tet offinsive
one of the largest military campaigns of the war
http://www.history.com/topics/vietnam-war/tet-offensive -
My Lai Massacre
mass murder of unarmed vietnamese civilians by US troops in south Vietnam -
MLK assassination
shot at Lorraine motel in memphis Tennessee -
Nixon wins election
46th quadrennil presidential election Nixon defeats Hubert Humphery -
Vietnamization introduced
US secretary of defense Melvin Laird is the mastermind of Nixon's strategy for Vietnamization -
woodstock festival
music & art fair, audience over 400,000 people -
invasion of Cambodia
series of military operations operated by Nixon -
kent state student shot
during a mass protest 28 guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds , 4 students were killed -
Fall of saigon
capitol of south Vietnam, by the peoples army of vietnam
