1965 Event Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam 1964 Event Vietcong-assault on airport Bien Hoa at Saigon 1954 Event French surrender to Vietminh after 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu 1954 Event Viet Minh General Giap opens assault on That Bien Phu 1953 Event French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu 1902 Birthday Christian Castries, French general, Dien Bien Phu 1878 Birthday Robert Warwick, Bien, Sacramento California, actor, Falcon's Adventure
