Vietnam
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- 1963-06-11 June 11, 1963: Bhuddist Clerics Immolate Selves in Protest at Government Policy
- 1964-07-31 July 31, 1964: South Vietnamese Attack North Vietnamese Island
- 1964-08-02 August 2, 1964: USSMaddoxAttacked off North Vietnamese Coast
- 1964-08-04 August 4, 1964: Disputed Gulf of Tonkin Incident Allegedly Occurs
- 1964-08-06 August 6, 1964: US Senate Holds Hearings into Gulf of Tonkin Incident
- 1964-08-07 August 7, 1964: US Congress Passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
- 1965-08-03 August 3, 1965: Captain of USSMaddoxSays Ship Considered Enemy by North Vietnamese because of Military Operations Nearby
- 1971-06-13 June 13, 1971: New York Times Publishes Pentagon Papers
- 2013-07-12 July 12, 2013: South Korean Supreme Court Orders Monsanto, Dow to Pay Damages to Soldiers Harmed by ‘Agent Orange’ Toxin Exposure during Vietnam War
- 1960-1973: Agent Orange Used in Vietnam
- 1963-1973: US Uses 373,000 Tons of Napalm During Vietnam War
- Between 1969 and 1974: Nixon Expresses Disregard for Civilian Casualties in Vietnam
- 1944-1947: Ho Chi Minh Reaches out to US; US Diplomats Note He Has No Direct Ties to Soviet Union
- May 1954: French Army Defeated in Vietnam
- 1954: Vietnam Temporarily Divided by Geneva Accords
- Mid-1954: Ngo Dinh Diem Returns to Head South Vietnamese Government, US Aims Propaganda Campaign at North
- 1955: Vietnamese Prime Minister Wins Referendum, More Votes Cast than There Are Voters
- 1954: CIA’s Phoenix Program Establishes Secret Units
- July 1956: South Vietnamese President Blocks Unifying Elections
- January 1957: Eisenhower Rejects Soviet Proposal for Permanent Division of Vietnam
- November 1963: South Vietnamese Policies Cause Concern in US
- 1954-1975: Tens of Thousands of Soliders Killed in Vietnam War
- After 1975: Vietnamese People Continue to Suffer from Agent Orange
- (2001): US Harbors Alleged Vietnamese Terrorist