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Geneva Accords
This was a temporary agreement to seperate Vietnam into to countries. They split the zones on the 17th parallel. -
SDS founded
The SDS, or Students for a Democratic Society, was a student activist movement which represented the new left. -
My Lai Massacre
The My Lai Massacre was a mass killing of innocent women and children by U.S. soldiers. The people killed were unarmed and many bodies were found to be badly mutilated. This destroyed the popularity of the war in the U.S. -
Woodstock Festival
The Woodstock festival was a music festival that had over 400,000 in attendance. It was held on a dairy farm in New York. -
Invasion of Cambodia
On this date, the U.S. invaded Cambodia to cut of Vietcong's supply lines. Cambodia was a mostly neutral country so the America public hated this move. -
Kent State Shooting
At Kent State University, students were holding a protest when the National Guard was called in. The guards felt like the students were acting violent so they open fired into the crowd of students. 4 students were killed including two who were just walking to class. -
Fall of Saigon
This was the capture of the capitol of south Vietnam by the North. This marked the end of the Vietnam war.
