Today in Vietnam History (Part 2)
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Historical Events
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1967-10-21 - Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon
1967-10-31 - Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st pres of S Vietnam 2nd Rep
1967-11-03 - Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
1967-11-05 - US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
1967-11-21 - Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
1967-12-05 - Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war
1967-12-20 - 474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam
1968-01-13 - Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam
1968-01-21 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
1968-02-05 - Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins.
1968-02-06 - Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam
1968-02-13 - US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam
1968-02-18 - 10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin
1968-02-24 - US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam
1968-03-16 - My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die
1968-04-03 - N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks
1968-04-05 - US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled
1968-05-10 - Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam
1968-10-31 - President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam
1969-01-02 - Operation Barrier Reef begins in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
1969-01-10 - Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam
1969-01-18 - Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris
1969-01-25 - US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
1969-03-20 - US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970
1969-04-03 - Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort.
1969-04-05 - Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities.
1969-05-20 - US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam
1969-06-02 - Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices US destroyer "Frank E Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam)
1969-06-08 - Nixon says 25,000 US troops would leave Vietnam by end of August
1969-07-08 - US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam
1969-09-24 - Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam
1969-10-15 - Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war
1969-11-12 - US army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19
1969-11-14 - 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US
1969-11-15 - 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against Vietnam War
1969-11-16 - 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai S Vietnam, by US is 1st reported
1969-11-24 - Lt William L Calley, charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial
1969-11-25 - John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War
1970-04-29 - 50,000 US & South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia
1970-05-09 - 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War
1970-05-20 - 100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam
1970-11-03 - Pres Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam
1971-02-08 - South Vietnamese troops invade Laos
1971-02-13 - 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
1971-03-14 - South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
1971-03-29 - 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1971-04-25 - About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington
1971-06-08 - North Vietnam demands US end aid to South Vietnam
1971-10-11 - Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam
1972-03-30 - North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
1972-05-01 - North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
1972-05-04 - Vietcong forms revolutionary govt in Quang Tri South Vietnam
1972-06-06 - US bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed
1972-08-12 - Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam
1972-08-27 - US bombs Haiphong North Vietnam
1972-10-26 - Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
1972-11-11 - US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army
1972-12-18 - US begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam
1972-12-30 - Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
1973-01-08 - Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris
1973-01-15 - Pres Nixon suspends all US offensive action in N Vietnam
1973-01-22 - US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord
1973-01-23 - Pres Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War
1973-01-27 - US & Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest US war & milt draft
1973-01-27 - William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign US-N Vietnam treaty
1973-02-05 - Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War
1973-02-12 - 1st US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine
1973-03-29 - US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution
1973-03-30 - Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam
1973-04-09 - Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam
1973-04-12 - France recognizes North Vietnam
1974-02-05 - John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States.
1974-09-15 - Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
1974-09-16 - Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters
1975-03-12 - Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam
1975-04-02 - Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
1975-04-04 - 130, killed as USAF plane evacuating Vietnamese orphans crashes
1975-04-21 - Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years
1975-04-28 - South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30
1975-04-29 - Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate US citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
1975-05-07 - Pres Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era"
1975-06-06 - Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established
1975-08-11 - US vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to UN
1976-04-25 - Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country
1976-07-02 - Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam
1976-07-20 - Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand.
1977-01-21 - Pres Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
1977-01-27 - Pres Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000)
1977-03-18 - US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, N Korea & Cambodia
1977-03-18 - Vietnam hands over MIA to US
1977-07-18 - Vietnam becomes member of UN
1977-09-20 - Vietnam & Djibouti ask for membership in UN
1977-12-31 - Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam
1978-11-03 - USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty
1979-01-07 - Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge
1979-01-08 - Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge & occupy Phnom Penh
1979-02-17 - China invades Vietnam
1979-02-17 - The Sino-Vietnamese War begins.
1979-03-08 - China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam
1979-11-24 - US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange
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