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American's involvement in Vietnam begins
United States military involvement in Vietnam begins as President Harry Truman authorizes $15 million in military aid to French. -
Ngo Dinh Diem refuses to take part in elections
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles supports South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's position regarding his refusal to hold "national and general elections" to reunify the two Vietnam states. -
Geneva Accords signed
A collections of documents relating to Indochina and issuing from the Geneva Conference. -
Eisenhower explains his "Domino Theory"
The theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. Eisenhower expected this to happen if Communist countries started to gain more and more control. -
SDS founded
Student for a Democratic Society is an American student organization that flourished in the mid-to-late 1960's, and was known for its activism against the Vietnam War. -
Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A joint resolution that the United States Congress passed in response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. It gave President Lyndon B. Johnson authorization, without a formal declaration of war by Congress, for the use of conventional military force in Southeast Asia. -
US combat troops land in Vietnam
The first US combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3,500 marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang. -
Protests at the Democratic Convention
Protest activity took place prior to and during the 1968 Democratic National Conventions after promises from the protesters in 1967. -
My Lai Massacre
The Vietnam War mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by US troops in South Vietnam. -
Johnson announces he will not run for re-election
President Johnson delivers a nationally televised address to explain a de-escalation of the US bombing campaign in Vietnam. -
Nixon wins the election
The United States presidential election of 1968 was the 46th quadrennial presidential election. -
Vietnamization introduced
Soon after taking office, President Richard Nixon introduced his policy of "Vietnamization", to encourage the South Vietnamese to take more responsibility for fighting the war. -
Invasion of Cambodia
A series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during 1970 by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam as an extension of the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Civil War. -
Kent State student shot
The Kent State shootings of unarmed college students by members of the Ohio National Guard at Kent State University. -
Last US troops leave Vietnam
Ending American involvement in the Vietnam War, the last troops left Vietnam.
