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, PM of Vietnam (1952-53), 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 US and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and milt 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 US 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 Gen 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 milt 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 Gen 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 Gen 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 US 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 pres
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
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, PM of Australia, 1966-67, ; supported U.S. in Vietnam
1901 Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/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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