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Representatives from the US, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, China, and France met in Geneva, Switzerland to resolve problems in Asia, particularly about the war between the French and Indochina.
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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was founded by Tom Hayden and Al Haber. The SDS said that large corporations and institutions had taken over the US and called for greater individual freedom.
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Due to Diem's ongoing corruption and his persecution of the Buddhists, a U.S. supported military coup removed Diem from power. Later he was assassinated against President Kennedy's wishes.
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About 70,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops attacked over 100 South Vietnamese metropolitan cities and some US and South Vietnamese bases.
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Charlie Company launched a brutal massacre of over 500 innocent villagers including women and children at My Lai. The US army attempted to cover it up, but it was eventually discovered and a special investigation was launched.
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At the Democratic Convention in Chicago, thousands of protesters came out to show their support for the anti-war cause. As demonstrators gathered in a downtown park, the thousands of police moved in, spraying the protesters with mace and beating them with nightsticks.
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Within months of the US departure from Vietnam, the North launched a full scale invasion of the South. North Vietnamese tanks rolled into Saigon and captured the city and South Vietnam surrendered.
