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Genera Accords
Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel -
John F. Kennedy
JFK becomes president of the United States -
Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem, leader of South Vietnam, is assassinated -
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Three weeks after the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, JFK is assassinated -
The Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on two US destroyers in Gulf of Tonkin -
Nixon wins the Presidency
The Republican nominee, Richard Nixon, defeated the Democratic nominee, Hubert Humphrey. -
Tet Offensive
A series of major attacks by communist forces in the Vietnam War -
My Lai Massacre
The mass murder of unarmed Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in South Vietnam [https://www.britannica.com/event/My-Lai-Massacre] -
Johnson's Address
Johnson announces he will not be rerunning for president -
Repel of Gulf of Tonkin
Congress repeals the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which had given the president nearly complete power in directing the conflict -
Nixon's Announcement
President Richard Nixon declared to a television audience that the American military troops, accompanied by the South Vietnamese People's Army, were to invade Cambodia -
Kent State Massacre
Four Kent State University students were killed and nine were injured when members of the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest -
Christmas Bombing
Air raids called "Christmas Bombing", dropped thousands of bombs on North Vietnamese targets for 11 days -
"Ending the War and Restoring Peace"
The US withdraws it's troops, and exchanges prisoners of war -
Cambodia Falls
Cambodia falls under the control of Khmer Rouge, a communist group -
Invasion of South Vietnam
North Vietnamese army invades South Vietnam -
Fall of Saigon
North Vietnamese captured Saigon, renamed the city Ho Chi Mihn City
