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Bao Dai Appoints Ngo Dinh Diem
Ngo Dinh Diem is named the new leader of soon to be South Vietnam -
Vietnam divided
The Geneva Accords is signed by France and Ho Chi Minh this was to divide Vietnam at the seventeenth parallell.United States and South Vietnamese government refused to sigh. -
Guerilla War
Campaign begins of guerrilla warfare against Diems administration -
First American Death
Viet Minh killed two military advisors in a raid at Bien Hoa. -
John F. Kennedy
John F Kennedy becomes the 35th president over Richard Nixon -
National Liberation Front and Viet Cong Formed
South Vietnam forms a national front for liberationto destroy Viet Cong which is funded by Norht Vietnam -
First US Combat Death
First reported American serviceman dies which started the Vietnam War -
Diem Survives Assassination Attempt
Ngo Dihn Diems palace is bombed by two South Vietnamese pilots. Diem escaped. -
South Vietnamese Protests
Shots are fired into a crowd of monks by South Vietnamese police. They were going against Preisdent Diem -
Diem Overthrown
General Duong Van Minh overthrows Diem. General Duong is recognized by US/ -
USS Maddox
USS Maddox was attacked by Vietnamese gunboats in Gulf of Tonkin. There was no casualties and it was on routine patrol -
FIrst Norht Vietnam Bombing
For the first time Lyndon Johnson ordered retaliatory strikes on North Vietnam after gunboats attack the USS Maddox again -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
President Johnson is able to do whatever is necessary to protect South Vietnam from Viet Cong due to US congress passing the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution -
Operation rolling thunder
