1964 ⟶ Gulf of Tonkin Incident and US Escalation in Vietnam
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🇱🇦 Laotian Civil War Begins
🔪 Assassination of South Vietnamese President Diem
South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated in a coup. CIA involvement is suspected.⟶
VietnamSouth VietnamNgo Dinh DiemCoupAssassinationUS InvolvementCold WarSoutheast AsiaPolitical Instability
🇺🇸 Assassination of President Kennedy
John F. Kennedy is shot and killed in Dallas. There has been some speculation over whether communist countries, or even the CIA, were involved in the assassination, but those theories remain controversial. Kennedy's vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson becomes President of the United States.⟶
United StatesJohn F. KennedyAssassinationLyndon B. JohnsonPolitical TurmoilCold WarUS HistoryDallas
🚀 Gulf of Tonkin Incident and US Escalation in Vietnam
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson claims that North Vietnamese naval vessels had fired on two American destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Although there was a first attack, it was later shown that American vessels had entered North Vietnamese territory first, and that the claim of second attack had been unfounded. The Gulf of Tonkin incident leads to the open involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War, after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.⟶
Vietnam WarGulf of TonkinUS Foreign PolicyEscalationSoutheast AsiaCold WarMilitary InterventionLyndon B. Johnson
🛡️ South Vietnam's Lam Son 719 Operation in Laos
South Vietnamese forces enter Laos to briefly cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail.⟶
Vietnam WarLaosMilitary OperationHo Chi Minh TrailSoutheast AsiaInterventionCold War
💣 Nixon Launches Bombing Campaign in North Vietnam
Richard Nixon announces the beginning of a massive bombing campaign in North Vietnam.⟶
Vietnam WarBombingNorth VietnamNixonAir WarCold WarUS MilitaryIndochinaEscalation