1963 ⟶ Buddhist Protests Ignite in South Vietnam

May 8: Beginning of the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam dur...
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👑 Thục Phán Establishes the Thục Dynasty in Vietnam

Thục dynasty takes over Vietnam.⟶
Thục Phán Establishes the Thục Dynasty in Vietnam (-257)
DynastyPolitical TransitionKingdom FormationGovernanceIndochina
VietnamVietnam

🙏 Buddhist Protests Ignite in South Vietnam

May 8: Beginning of the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.⟶
Buddhist Protests Ignite in South Vietnam (1963)
Vietnam WarBuddhismSouth VietnamReligious ViolencePolitical InstabilityCold War
VietnamVietnam

🔪 Assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem

November 2: 1963 South Vietnamese coup: Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, the South Vietnamese President.⟶
Assassination of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem (1963)
Cold WarVietnam WarCoup d'étatPolitical AssassinationSouth VietnamAnti-CommunismProxy Wars
VietnamVietnam

💥 Tet Offensive in South Vietnam

January – September: The Tet Offensive occurs in South Vietnam.⟶
Tet Offensive in South Vietnam (1968)
Vietnam WarCold WarInsurgencyGuerrilla WarfareMilitary StrategyHo Chi MinhSouth Vietnam
VietnamVietnamUnited StatesUnited States

🪖 My Lai Massacre of Vietnamese Civilians

March 16: My Lai massacre, a mass murder and rape of unarmed South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops in the Vietnam War.⟶
My Lai Massacre of Vietnamese Civilians (1968)
Vietnam WarWar CrimesMassacreUS MilitaryAnti-War MovementAtrocitiesCold WarSouth VietnamHuman Rights
VietnamVietnamUnited StatesUnited States