Vietnam Timeline
Published on Nov 26, 2015
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VIETNAM DECLARES INDEPENDENCE
1945: HO CHI MINH GIVES A SPEECH ABOUT VIETNAMESE INDEPENDENCE.
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GENEVA ACCORDS
1954: GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. FRANCE AND VIETNAM NEGOTIATE CREATION OF VIETNAM
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EISENHOWER'S REELECTION
1956: HE WINS WITH A LANDSLIDE VICTORY, HE FUNDED FRENCH
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JFK ELECTED
NOV 8, 1960: WON BY A LESS THEN 1% MARGIN
NATIONAL lIBERATION FRONT
1960- END: NLF, POLITICAL+ARMY (VIET CONG)
KENNEDY ASSASSINATED
NOV 22, 1963: JOHNSON BECOMES PRESIDENT
GULF OF TONKIN AGREEMENT
AUG 17, 1964: JOHNSON GETS FULL CONTROL OVER MILITARY FORCES
JOHNSON REELECTED
1964: HE WON WITH THE HIGHEST POPULAR VOTE EVER
FIRST US TROOPS INTO 'NAM
MARCH 8, 1965: THE FIRST AMERCIAN TROOPS ENTER VIETNAM
DEMONSTRATION AGAINST WAR
APRIL 7, 1966: 100,000 ANTI WAR PEOPLE IN NYC
DEMONSTRATION AT THE PENTAGON
OCT. 21, 1967: SOLDIERS CLASHED WITH PROTESTORS
TET OFFENSIVE
JAN. 31, 1968: VIETNAMESE SOLDIERS LAUNCHED ATTACKS ON MANY US AREAS
NIXON ELECETED
1968: A SLIM VICTORY, ALMOST 1% MARGIN
VIETNAMIZATION
NOV. 3, 1969: NIXONS PLAN TO HAND FIGHTING OVER TO THE SOUTHERNERS
KENT UNIVERSITY SHOOTING
MAY, 4 1970: FOUR STUDENTS WERE KILLED DURING A PROTEST
PARIS ACCORD
1973: RESULTED IN THE AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS
WAR POWERS ACT
1970: LIMITING THE PRESIDENTS CONTROL OF THE ARMED FORCES
US INVOLVEMENT ENDS
1975: THE US PULLS ALL THE SOLDIERS OUT OF VIETNAM
SOUTH VIETNAM SURRENDERS
APRIL 30, 1965: THE SOUTH SURRENDERS TO NORTH VIETNAM
THE PARIS ACT
1973: THE US SIGNS PEACE WITH THE VIETMANESE
