Labels:text | font | paper | document OCR: SEPTEMBER 2, 1945 Ho Chi Minh sets up Democratic Republic of Vietnam DECEMBER 28, 1946 Vietnamese uprising sparks war with French MAY 8, 1954 Viet Minh defeat French at Dien Bien Phu JULY 21, 1954 Geneva Agreements divide Vietnam along the 17th Parallel OCTOBER 23, 1955 Ngo Dinh Diemn becomes president of South Vietnam JULY 16, 1956 President Diem cancels reunification elections OCTOBER 26, 1961 President Kennedy offers aid to South Vietnam NOVEMBER 1, 1963 Pro-Western military coup overthrows President Diem AUGUST 2, 1964 North Vietnamese attack U.S. boats in Gulf of Tonkin AUGUST 5, 1964 U.S. planes bomb naval bases in North Vietnam MARCH 8, 1965 First U.S. combat troops and in South Vietnam JUNE 29, 1965 U.S. troops fight first battles in Vietnam SEPTEMBER 3, 1967 General Thieu elected president of South Vietnam OCTOBER 21, 1967 Antiwar protesters storm the Pentagon, 250 arrested JANUARY 21, 1968 5,000 U.S.soldiers besieged at Khe Sanh in South Vietnam JANUARY 31, 1968 Viet Cong launch Tet (New Year) offensive MAY 13, 1968 Paris peace talks begin with bitter exchanges NOVEMBER 1, 1968 U.S. ceases bombing of North Vietnam MARCH 16, 1969 J.S. troops carry out massacre at My Lai APRIL 29, 1970 U.S. combat troops march into Cambodia MAY 4, 1970 National Guard kills four at Kent State demonstration FEBRUARY 8, 1971 Republic of Vietnam Army invades Laos MARCH 30, 1972 North Vietnamese invade South across the demilitarized zone MAY 9, 1972 U.S. mine North Vietnam ports, including Haiphong DECEMBER 18, 1972 Intensive bombing of North Vietnam launched DECEMBER 30, 1972 Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam, agrees to resume peace negotiations JANUARY 28, 1973 Cease-fire agreed, all U.S. troops to leave in 60 days MARCH 10, 1975 North Vietnamese go on the offensive 150 miles from Saigon APRIL 30, 1975 Saigon surrenders to Communists, war ends
