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Geneva Accords
A conference among several nations in Geneva, Switzerland. It was arranged to discuss issues that were a result of the Korean War and First Indochina War. -
Tet Offensive
Over 80,000 Vietcong troops emerged from their tunnels and attacked nearly every major metropolitan center in South Vietnam. -
My Lai Massacre
American Soldiers opened fire on several hundred women and children in the tiny Hamlet of My Lai, 300-500 were killed. Some of the women were gang raped and found their dead bodies. -
Woodstock Festival
A festival that is held in the United States and in 1969 there was an audience of over 400,000 people. -
Invasion of Cambodia
U.S and South Vietnamese troops invaded Cambodia resulting in a firestorm of protests and gave the anti war protest a new rallying point. -
Kent State Shooting
A group of college students at Kent State University started a protest opposing the Vietnam War. They burnt down an ROTC Building and destroyed local property. The National Guards was called in and open fired at thecrowd of students, four students died. -
Fall of Saigon
When the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam captured Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam.
