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When Japan overtook the French in 1945, they declared their own independence as well as Vietnam's. Ho Chi Minh was granted power to his Vietnminh.
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John Kennedy is elected President of the U.S. and will endure the beginnings of the Vietnam War.
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Monk burns himself alive in protest of the South Vietnamese government persecuting Buddhist monks.
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President Kennedy is assassinated. Lyndon Johnson becomes President.
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This was the second altercation with North Vietnam ships in the Guld of Tonkin.
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The Vietcong of North Vietnam made surprise attacks on those allying against them.
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A cease-fire is signed by President Nixon in Paris.
