2012 Event Vietnamese police break up anti-China protests over oil and gas claims in the disputed territorial waters of the South China Sea 2012 Event The Vietnamese government asks for help from the World Health Organization after an outbreak of an unidentified fatal disease occurs in Quang Ngai Province 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 2009 Event U.S. Army officer William Calley publicly apologizes for the mass killings in the Vietnamese community of My Lai 1990 Death Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78 1989 Event Last Vietnamese soldier leaves Cambodia 1988 Event U.S. accept immigration of 30,000 U.S. - Vietnamese children 1987 Event Chinese/Vietnamese border fights, 1500 killed 1986 Death Le Duan, Vietnamese politician, dies at 78 1980 Death Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54 1980 Event Soyuz 37 ferries 2 cosmonauts (1 Vietnamese) to Salyut 6 1979 Event Vietnamese troops overtook Khmer Rouge and occupy Phnom Penh 1979 Event Vietnamese forces capture Phnom Penh from Khmer Rouge 1972 Event U.S. Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army 1972 Event North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee 1972 Event North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam 1971 Event South Vietnamese troops flee Laos 1971 Event 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos 1971 Event South Vietnamese troops invade Laos 1970 Event 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia 1969 Event U.S. Army announces investigating William Calley for alleged massacre of civilians at Vietnamese village of My Lai in March, 19 1969 Death Ho Chi Minh, Nguyen Ta't-Tanh, North Vietnamese president, dies at 79 1969 Event US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris 1967 Event 25,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border 1966 Event U.S. bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities 1966 Event South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die 1966 Event North Vietnamese capture U.S. Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley 1964 Event North Vietnamese torpedos U.S. ships Gulf of Tonkin 1950 Event President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai 1950 Event French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh 1950 Event Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia 1950 Event U.S. and Great Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime 1940 Birthday Nong Duc Manh, born in Na Ri District, Bac Kan province, Vietnam, Vietnamese Politician 1937 Birthday Tran Duc Luong, Vietnamese Statesman 1930 Event Vietnamese Communistic Party forms 1911 Birthday Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk 1908 Birthday Le Duan, Vietnamese politician 1882 Event French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
