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2007 Vietnam becomes the 150th member of the World Trade Organization
1998 J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54 1997 Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam 1997 Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies 1997 Bao Dai, ex-monarch, last emporer of Vietnam, dies at 83 1997 1st U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam 1996 Nguyen Huu Tho, President of Vietnam (1980-81), dies 1994 President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam 1990 Nguyen Van Tam, Prime Minister of Vietnam 1952 - 1953, dies 1990 U.S. Secretary of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister 1990 Saddam Hussein warns that U.S. will repeat Vietnam experience 1988 Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74 1987 Nurse Mary R. Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America 1984 Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed 1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam 1982 Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C. 1982 Ground-breaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1981 Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut, dies in Mig-21 crash at 32 1981 Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1980 Vietnam adopts constitution 1979 U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange 1979 China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1979 China invades Vietnam 1978 U.S.S.R. and Vietnam sign peace and friendship treaty 1977 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam 1977 Vietnam and Djibouti ask for membership in U.N. 1977 Vietnam becomes member of U.N. 1977 U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia 1977 Vietnam hands over MIA to U.S. 1977 President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000) 1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders 1976 Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam 1976 Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1975 U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N. 1975 Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 1975 President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" 1975 Charles McMahon, Jr., U.S. USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam 1975 Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam 1975 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years 1975 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam 1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters 1974 Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., U.S. general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59 1973 France recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam 1973 U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution 1973 1st U.S. POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine 1973 Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral 1973 U.S. and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and military draft 1973 William Rogers and Nguyen Duy Trinh sign U.S. - North Vietnam treaty 1973 President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War 1973 US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord 1973 President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam 1973 Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris 1972 Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks 1972 U.S. begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam 1972 Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam 1972 U.S. bombs Haiphong North Vietnam 1972 Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam 1972 Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam 1972 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam 1971 Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam 1971 Kim Maher, Saigon Vietnam, U.S. softball infielder, 1996 Olympics gold 1971 Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor, Sam-Together We Stand 1971 North Vietnam demands U.S. end aid to South Vietnam 1971 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1970 President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam 1970 100,000 march in New York supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam 1970 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War 1969 John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War 1969 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 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported 1969 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War 1969 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US 1969 Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war 1969 Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam 1969 Angela Melini, born in Saigon, Vietnam, playmate, Jun, 1992 1969 U.S. troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam 1969 Nixon says 25,000 U.S. troops would leave Vietnam by end of August 1969 Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices U.S. destroyer "Frank E. Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) 1969 U.S. troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam 1969 U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 1969 Thang Thanh Nguyen, born in Soc Trang, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1969 Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris 1969 Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam 1968 President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam 1968 Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. and North Vietnam 1968 U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled 1968 North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks 1968 My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1968 U.S. troops reconquer Hue Vietnam 1968 10,000 demonstrators against U.S. in Vietnam War in West-Berlin 1968 U.S. sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam 1968 Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns U.S. bombing of North Vietnam 1968 Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam 1967 474,300 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam 1967 Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war 1967 U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep 1967 Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution 1967 Dutch 2nd Chamber demands U.S. stop bombing North Vietnam 1967 45,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Vietnam 1967 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1967 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares U.S. aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia 1967 U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War 1967 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time 1967 U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam 1967 University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam 1967 A J F Moody, 1st U.S. Army General to die in Vietnam 1967 U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War 1966 USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 1966 175 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam 1966 U.S. citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1966 U.S. airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam 1966 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time 1966 300 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam 1966 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam 1966 Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia 1966 215,000 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam 1966 Lyndon Baines Johnson says U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1966 Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War 1965 15,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C. 1965 ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report 1965 U.S. government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam 1965 Morley Safer's sends 1st Vietnam report indicating we are losing 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam 1965 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson 1965 South Vietnam General Nguyen Cao Kentucky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier 1965 U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam 1965 Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam 1965 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam 1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam 1965 People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1965 U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam 1965 1st U.S. combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 1965 U.S. begins regular bombing and strafing of North Vietnam 1965 South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 1964 Tran Van Huong appointed premier of South Vietnam 1964 U.S. begins bombing North Vietnam 1964 North Vietnam fires on a U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin 1964 U.S. naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam 1964 General Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam 1964 Thanh Nguyen, born in Saigon, Vietnam, 141 lbs U.S. weightlifter 1996 Olympics 1964 Nhi Lan Le, Vietnam, U.S. fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1964 Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62 1963 Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1963 Phung Vuong, born in Saigon, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1962 Dustin Nguyen, born in Saigon, Vietnam, actor, Harry-21 Jump Street 1962 Hanns Eisler, composer (North Vietnam/East German National Anthem), dies at 64 1962 U.S. begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas 1961 John F. Kennedy provides U.S. miltary helicopters and crews to South Vietnam 1961 John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam 1961 Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack 1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails 1959 Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1956 Vietnam promulgates its constitution 1956 Last French troop leave Vietnam 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president 1955 President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam 1954 President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem 1954 Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries 1954 At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam 1954 Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1954 Ngo Dinh Diem elected president of Vietnam 1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union 1954 USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam 1954 Eisenhower warns against U.S. intervention in Vietnam 1951 Robert Wuhl, Union, New Jersey, actor, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam 1951 Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1950 Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union 1950 French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam 1950 Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam 1950 U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam 1949 Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France 1949 Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut 1949 Thanh Liem Bui, Vietnam, cosmonaut 1949 State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor 1947 Pham Tuan, Vietnam, cosmonaut, Soyuz 37/36 1946 French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000 1946 Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1946 Ron Kovic, disabled vietnam vet, Born on 4th of July 1946 France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation 1946 Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam 1945 Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup 1945 Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1944 Marie-France Pisier, Daclat, Vietnam, actress, Scruples, Midnight 1940 Nong Duc Manh, born in Na Ri District, Bac Kan province, Vietnam, Vietnamese Politician 1934 David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1923 James Stockdale, Admiral, Vietnam, Ross Perot's 1992 running mate 1923 Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president, 1965-75 1914 Creighton Abrams, U.S., army general, Vietnam War 1914 William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era 1913 Bo Dai, last emporer of Vietnam 1913 Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam, 1949-55 1908 Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67, ; supported U.S. in Vietnam 1901 Ngo Dinh Diem, president/dictator of South Vietnam, 1955-63 1890 Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam, 1946, 1969 1789 Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long 1788 Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam 1788 Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam |
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