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Historical Events
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1788-12-19 - Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam
1788-12-21 - Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam
1789-02-01 - Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long
1803-01-01 - Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam.
1882-09-03 - French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die
1930-02-03 - Vietnamese Communistic Party forms
1930-02-03 - The Communist Party of Vietnam is established.
1945-03-10 - Japan declares Vietnam Independence
1945-08-22 - Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup
1945-09-02 - Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
1946-03-02 - Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam
1946-03-06 - France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation
1946-11-23 - French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000
1949-06-14 - State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor
1949-07-01 - Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France
1950-02-07 - US & Great-Britain recognize Bao Dai Vietnamese regime
1950-05-21 - Vietnamese troops of Ho Chi-Minh attack Cambodia
1950-06-27 - US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam
1950-07-19 - French/Vietnamese offensive against Viet Minh
1950-08-13 - Pres Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai
1950-09-16 - Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam
1950-10-04 - French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam
1950-12-30 - Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia become Independent states in France Union
1954-02-10 - Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1954-04-21 - USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam
1954-06-04 - France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union
1954-06-16 - Ngo Dinh Diem elected president of Vietnam
1954-07-20 - Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North & South
1954-07-21 - At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North & South Vietnam
1954-07-27 - Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries
1954-10-24 - Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
1954-10-27 - Pres Eisenhower offers aid to S Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem
1955-02-12 - Pres Eisenhower sends 1st US advisors to S Vietnam
1955-10-26 - Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as pres
1956-04-28 - Last French troop leave Vietnam
1956-10-26 - Vietnam promulgates its constitution
1960-11-12 - Coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails
1960-12-20 - National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
1961-10-18 - Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack
1961-11-18 - JFK sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam
1961-12-11 - JFK provides US miltary helicopters & crews to South Vietnam
1962-01-18 - US begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas
1962-02-27 - South-Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem's palace bombed, 1st US killed
1962-03-09 - US advisors in South-Vietnam join the fight
1963-08-21 - Martial law declared in S Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas
1964-01-30 - Military coup of Gen Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam
1964-06-23 - Gen Maxwell Taylor appointed US ambassador in South Vietnam
1964-07-30 - US naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam
1964-08-02 - North Vietnam fires on a US destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin
1964-08-04 - North Vietnamese torpedos US ships Gulf of Tonkin
1964-08-05 - US begins bombing North Vietnam
1964-10-30 - Tran Van Huong appointed premier of South Vietnam
1964-12-05 - Vietnam War: For his heroism in battle earlier in the year, Captain Roger Donlon is awarded the first Medal of Honor of the war.
1965-01-26 - South Vietnam milt coup under general Nguyen Khanh
1965-02-07 - US begins regular bombing & strafing of N Vietnam
1965-03-08 - 1st US combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines)
1965-03-30 - Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
1965-03-31 - US ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam
1965-04-20 - People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid
1965-04-29 - Australian govt announces it would send troops to Vietnam
1965-05-05 - 1st large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
1965-05-16 - Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam
1965-06-08 - US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam
1965-06-10 - Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
1965-06-12 - South Vietnam Gen Nguyen Cao Ky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier
1965-06-28 - 1st US ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by Pres Johnson
1965-07-28 - LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam (total of 125,000)
1965-08-02 - Morley Safer's sends 1st Vietnam report indicating we are losing
1965-09-11 - The 1st Cavalry Division of the United States Army arrives in Vietnam.
1965-11-14 - US govt sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam
1965-11-19 - ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report
1965-11-27 - 15-25,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Wash DC
1966-01-10 - Julian Bond denied seat in Ga legislature for opposing Vietnam War
1966-01-12 - LBJ says US should stay in S Vietnam until communist aggression ends
1966-03-02 - 215,000 US soldiers in Vietnam
1966-03-10 - North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley
1966-03-27 - Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe & Australia
1966-04-12 - 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam
1966-05-15 - South Vietnamese army battle Buddhists, about 80 die
1966-05-26 - Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam
1966-05-30 - 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1966-06-29 - In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Hanoi & Haiphong for 1st time
1966-06-29 - US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities
1966-07-30 - US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam
1966-08-06 - US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1966-10-13 - 173 US airplanes bomb North-Vietnam
1966-10-14 - 175 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam
1966-12-24 - USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129
1967-02-22 - 25,000 US & S Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
1967-02-23 - US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
1967-03-24 - U of Mich holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
1967-03-28 - UN Sect General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
1967-04-14 - In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time
1967-04-20 - US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War
1967-04-24 - Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily."
1967-05-10 - Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
1967-05-20 - 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam
1967-08-03 - 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
1967-08-26 - Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam
1967-09-03 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected pres of S Vietnam under a new constitution
Famous Birthdays
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1829-09-22 - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
1890-05-19 - Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam (1946, 1969)
1901-01-03 - Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63)
1908-04-07 - Le Duan, Vietnamese politician
1908-05-26 - Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam
1911-08-25 - Vo Nguyen Giap (Võ Nguyên Giáp), Vietnamese general and statesman
1911-10-14 - Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese representive at Paris peace talk
1913-10-20 - Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam (1949-55)
1913-10-22 - Bo Dai, last emporer of Vietnam
1914-03-26 - William Westmoreland, Saxon SC, army general (Vietnam era)
1914-09-15 - Creighton Abrams, US, army general (Vietnam War)
1916-02-02 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (d. 1985)
1922-07-14 - Robin Olds, American World War II and Vietnam War ace fighter pilot (d. 2007)
1923-04-05 - Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president (1965-75)
1923-12-23 - James Stockdale, admiral (Vietnam)/Ross Perot's 1992 running mate
1926-10-11 - Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk
1930-09-08 - Nguyen Cao Ky, Premier of South Vietnam
1944-05-10 - Marie-France Pisier, Daclat Vietnam, actress (Scruples, Midnight)
1946-07-04 - Ron Kovic, disabled vietnam vet (Born on 4th of July)
1946-09-15 - Oliver Stone, NYC, director (Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon)
1947-02-14 - Pham Tuan, Vietnam, cosmonaut (Soyuz 37/36)
1949-06-30 - Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut
1949-06-30 - Thanh Liem Bui, Vietnam, cosmonaut
1951-09-14 - Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut (STS 50)
1951-10-09 - Robert Wuhl, Union NJ, actor (Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam)
1952-10-18 - Bảo Ninh, Vietnamese novelist
1962-09-17 - Dustin Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Harry-21 Jump Street)
1963-03-16 - Phung Vuong, Saigon Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
1964-05-30 - Nhi Lan Le, Vietnam, US fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1964-06-18 - Thanh Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, 141 lbs US weightlifter (Olympics-1996)
1969-03-20 - Thang Thanh Nguyen, Soc Trang Vietnam, murderer (FBI Most Wanted)
1969-07-25 - Angela Melini, Saigon, Vietnam, playmate (Jun, 1992)
1971-08-20 - Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Sam-Together We Stand)
1971-09-05 - Kim Maher, Saigon Vietnam, US softball infielder (Olympics-gold-96)
1972-04-20 - Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer
1973-09-14 - Tony Bui, Vietnamese film director
1975-01-25 - Dat Phan, Vietnamese stand-up comedian
1984-04-29 - Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer
Famous Deaths
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1925-11-06 - Khải Định, Emperor of Vietnam
1959-07-08 - Dale Buisand & Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War
1962-09-06 - Hanns Eisler, composer (N Vietnam/E German Natl Anthem), dies at 64
1963-11-01 - Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese PM, assassinated in a coup at 62
1963-11-02 - Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62
1967-03-20 - A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
1969-09-03 - Ho Chi Minh, [Nguyen Ta't-Tanh], N Vietnamese president, dies at 79
1973-02-05 - L C William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral
1974-09-04 - Creighton W Abrams, US general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59
1975-04-29 - Charles McMahon Jr, US USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam
1975-04-29 - Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam
1980-11-23 - Thien-an Thich, Zen teacher/Vietnamese Rinzai line, dies in LA at 54
1981-09-01 - Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut, dies in Mig-21 crash at 32
1984-09-30 - Ellsworth Bunker, US ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90)
1985-12-18 - Xuân Diệu, Vietnamese poet (b. 1916)
1986-07-09 - Le Duan, Vietnamese politician, dies at 78
1988-03-11 - Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74
1990-10-13 - Le Duc Tho, North Vietnamese negotiator in Paris (1975), dies at 78
1990-10-13 - Lê Ðức Thọ, Vietnamese general and politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1911)
1990-11-23 - Nguyen Van Tam, PM of Vietnam (1952-53), dies
1995-02-09 - J William Fulbright, (Sen-D-Ark)/anti-Vietnam War, dies at 89
1996-12-24 - Nguyen Huu Tho, Pres of Vietnam (1980-81), dies
1997-07-30 - Bảo Đại, Emperor of Vietnam (b. 1913)
1997-07-31 - Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies
1997-07-31 - Bo Dai, Last emporer of Vietnam, dies at 85
1998-02-26 - J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54
2001-04-01 - Trinh Cong Son, Vietnamese composer (b. 1939)
2001-09-29 - Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923)
2006-01-06 - Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943)
2007-01-22 - Ngô Quang Trưởng, South Vietnamese general (b. 1929)
2008-06-11 - Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
