2011 Event For the third straight week, hundreds of Vietnamese citizens protest outside China's embassy in Hanoi against disputed areas in the South China Sea 2010 Event Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, celebrates its 1,000-year birthday 1992 Death Scotty Sachs, actor (Hanoi Hilton), dies of gunshot wounds at 39 1973 Event City of Amsterdam decides to support Hanoi 1971 Event Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner" 1967 Event U.S. bombs Hanoi 1966 Event 1st U.S. bombing of Hanoi 1966 Event In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time 1954 Event Ho Chi Minh enters Hanoi after French troops pulled out 1953 Event U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon visits Hanoi 1952 Birthday Paul LeMat, Rahway, New Jersey, actor, Fuirehouse, Hanoi Hilton, PK and the Kid 1952 Event French offensive at Hanoi 1951 Event Viet Minh offensive against Hanoi 1950 Event French women and children leaves Hanoi/Tonkin-delta 1946 Event War breaks out in Indochina as Ho Chi Minh attacks French in Hanoi 1923 Birthday Sara A. Lidman, Swedish author, Jag Och Min Son, Samtal in Hanoi 1882 Event French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
