Vietnam War

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  • The Geneva Acoords makes North and South Vietnam with the 17th parallel.

  • Ngo Dinh Diem becomes leader of South Vietnam.

  • The Vietnam War begins.

  • The first U.S soldiers are killed in Vietnam When they are attacked in Saigon.

  • Agent Orange is dropped for the first time in South vietnam.

  • Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Texas, and Lyndon B Johnson becomes the president of the United States.

  • The Gulf of Tonkin allows President Johnson to become involved in Vietnam War.

  • Over 500 civillians are killed in the My Lai Massaacure by American soldiers.

  • President Johnson announces that he will not run for re-election.

  • Richard Nixon is elected as United States president. He says he will end the Vietnam War.

  • Ho Chi Minh dies of heart failure.

  • 4 students are killed and 9 are wounded at Kent State University by Ohio National Guard.

  • United States tropps are being taken out of Vietnam, priosners of war are being returned

  • The last of the United States tropps return from South Vietnam.

  • The Vietnam War ends.