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Vietnam War

  • Geneva Accords Signed

    Geneva Accords Signed

    collection of documents relating to Indochina and issuing from the Geneva Conference
  • America's Involvement in Vietnam begins

    America's Involvement in Vietnam begins

    Americans officially enter the war against Vietnam
  • SDS Founded

    SDS Founded

    American student organization that flourished in the mid-to-late 1960s and was known for its activism against the Vietnam War.
  • Operation Rolling Thunder Begins

    Operation Rolling Thunder Begins

  • My Lai Massacre

    My Lai Massacre

    The My Lai massacre was one of the most horrific incidents of violence committed against unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War.
  • Protest at the Democratic Convention

    Protest at the Democratic Convention

    Protest lasted 8 days
  • Nixon Wins Election

    Nixon Wins Election

    Republican party
  • Woodstock Festival

    Woodstock Festival

    Held in Bethel New York
  • Invasion Of Cambodia

    Invasion Of Cambodia

    The Cambodian Campaign was a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during 1970 by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam as an extension of the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War.
  • Kent State Student Shot

    Kent State Student Shot

    Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War.
  • Pentagon Papers printed in NY

    Pentagon Papers printed in NY

    A CIA map of dissident activities in Indochina, published as part of the Pentagon Papers. Shortly after their release in June 1971, the Pentagon Papers were featured on the cover of TIME magazine for revealing "The Secret War" of the United States in Vietnam.
  • Fall Of Saigon

    Fall Of Saigon

    Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam