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Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam an Independent Nation in Hanoi.
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The Vietnamese overtake the French outpost of Dien Bien Phu.
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The countries of France, Great Britain, the
Soviet Union, the United States, China, Laos, and Cambodia met in Geneva,
Switzerland, with the Vietminh and with South Vietnam’s anticommunist
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The Students for a Democratic Society was created by Tom Haden.
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Students protesting the war were killed.
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John F. Kennedy was marginally elected president.
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Thich Quang Duc set himself on fire in protest of the South Vietnamese government for religious intolerance and discriminatory policies.
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The US created the Gulf Tonkin Resolution in response to Vietnamese attacks on US ships.
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President Johnson unleashes the first bombing on Northern Vietnam.
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Americans Massacred civilians
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Troops start to leave Vietnam
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The war officially ends.