— about 55 years ago
Date | Event |
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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. |
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 |
1950-06-27 |
US sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam |
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 communist attack |
1961-11-16 |
US President Kennedy decides to increase military aid to South Vietnam without committing US combat troops |
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 Vietnam 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 government 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 President Lyndon B. 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 government 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 Washington, 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 |
1966-03-27 |
Anti Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe & Australia |
1966-04-12 |
1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam |
1966-05-26 |
Buddhist sets himself 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 |
1966-07-30 |
US airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam |
1966-08-06 |
US citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam |
1966-10-13 |
173 US aircraft 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 |
1967-02-23 |
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 President of South Vietnam under a new constitution |
1967-10-21 |
Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon |
1967-10-31 |
Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep |
1967-11-03 |
Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins. |
1967-11-05 |
US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam |
1967-11-21 |
Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing." |
1967-12-05 |
Benjamin Spock & Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting against Vietnam war |
1967-12-20 |
474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam |
1968-01-21 |
Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh - One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. |
1968-02-05 |
Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh begins. |
1968-02-06 |
Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns US bombing of North Vietnam |
1968-02-13 |
US sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam |
1968-02-18 |
10,000 demonstrators against US in Vietnam War in West-Berlin |
1968-02-24 |
US troops reconquer Hue Vietnam |
1968-03-16 |
My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die |
1968-04-03 |
N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks |
1968-04-05 |
US marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled |
1968-05-10 |
Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the US & North Vietnam |
1968-10-31 |
President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam |
1969-01-02 |
Operation Barrier Reef begins in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. |
1969-01-10 |
Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam |
1969-01-18 |
Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris |
1969-03-20 |
US president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 |
1969-04-03 |
Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to "Vietnamize" the war effort. |
1969-04-05 |
Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities. |
1969-05-10 |
US troops begin attack on Hill 937 ("Hamburger Hill"), Vietnam |
1969-05-20 |
US troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam |
1969-06-02 |
Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne slices US destroyer USS Frank E Evans in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) |
1969-06-08 |
Nixon says 25,000 US troops would leave Vietnam by end of August |
1969-07-08 |
US troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam |
1969-09-24 |
Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam |
1969-10-15 |
Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war |
1969-11-14 |
2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US |
1969-11-15 |
250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Wash DC against Vietnam War |
1969-11-16 |
1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai S Vietnam, by US is 1st reported |
1969-11-24 |
Lt William L Calley charged with massacre of over 100 civilians in My Lai Vietnam in March 1968, ordered to stand trial by court martial |
1969-11-25 |
John Lennon returns OBE to protest against UK's support for Vietnam War |
1970-05-09 |
100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War |
1970-05-20 |
100,000 march in NY supporting US policies in Vietnam |
1970-11-03 |
Pres Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam |
1970-11-16 |
South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky defends operations in Cambodia because communist forces could overrun South Vietnam "within 24 hours" if troops operating there were withdrawn |
1971-03-29 |
1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre |
1971-04-25 |
About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington |
1971-06-08 |
North Vietnam demands US end aid to South Vietnam |
1971-06-13 |
The New York Times begin publishing excerpts from the Pentagon Papers, classified documents on the long history of the U.S. in Vietnam |
1971-08-18 |
New Zealand Prime Minister Keith Holyoake announces in Parliament that New Zealand's combat force would be withdrawn from Vietnam before the end of the year, coinciding with a similar announcement by the Australian government |
1971-10-11 |
Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam |
1972-03-30 |
North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam |
1972-05-04 |
Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam |
1972-06-06 |
US bombs Haiphong, North-Vietnam; 1000s killed |
1972-08-12 |
Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam |
1972-08-27 |
US bombs Haiphong, North Vietnam |
1972-10-26 |
Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam |
1972-12-18 |
US begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam |
1972-12-30 |
Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks |
1973-01-08 |
Secret peace talks between US & North Vietnam resumed near Paris |
1973-01-15 |
Pres Nixon suspends all US offensive action in N Vietnam |
1973-01-22 |
US, North & South Vietnam & Vietcong sign boundary accord |
1973-01-23 |
US President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War |
1973-01-27 |
US & North Vietnam's William Rogers & Nguyen Duy Trinh sign cease-fire, ending longest US war and miltary draft |
1973-02-05 |
Funeral for LC William Nolde, last US soldier killed in Vietnam War |
1973-02-12 |
1st US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine |
1973-03-29 |
US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution |
1973-03-30 |
Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam |
1973-04-09 |
Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam |
1973-04-12 |
France recognizes North Vietnam |
1974-02-05 |
John Murtha becomes the first Vietnam War veteran elected to the Congress of the United States. |
1974-09-15 |
Air Vietnam flight 727 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board. |
1974-09-16 |
Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for US Vietnam War deserters |
1975-03-12 |
Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam |
1975-04-02 |
Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from the Quang Ngai Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops. |
1975-04-21 |
Last South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years |
1975-04-28 |
South-Vietnam Gen Duong Van Minh sworn in as president till April 30 |
1975-04-29 |
Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate US citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. |
1975-05-07 |
Pres Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" |
1975-06-06 |
Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established |
1975-08-11 |
US vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to UN |
1976-04-25 |
Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country |
1976-07-02 |
Formal reunification of North & South Vietnam |
1976-07-20 |
Vietnam War: The US military completes its troop withdrawal from Thailand. |
1977-01-21 |
US President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders |
1977-03-18 |
US restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea & Cambodia |
1977-03-18 |
Vietnam hands over MIA to US |
1977-07-18 |
Vietnam becomes member of UN |
1977-09-20 |
Vietnam & Djibouti ask for membership in UN |
1977-12-31 |
Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam |
1978-11-03 |
USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty |
1979-02-17 |
China invades Vietnam, marking the start of the Sino-Vietnamese War |
1979-03-08 |
China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam |
1979-11-24 |
US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange |
1980-12-18 |
Vietnam adopts constitution |
1981-06-06 |
Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial |
1982-03-26 |
Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
1982-11-10 |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened |
1982-11-13 |
Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC |
1984-04-11 |
Chinese troops invade Vietnam |
1984-11-09 |
Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed |
1987-08-01 |
Nurse Mary R Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America |
1989-01-15 |
10th ACE Cable Awards: HBO wins the Golden CableACE for "Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam" |
1990-09-25 |
Saddam Hussein warns that US will repeat Vietnam experience |
1990-09-29 |
US Sect of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister |
1992-04-15 |
The National Assembly of Vietnam adopts the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. |
1994-02-03 |
President Bill Clinton lifts US trade embargo against Vietnam |
1997-05-09 |
1st US ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam |
1997-09-03 |
A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64. |
1997-11-02 |
Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam |
2000-11-16 |
Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War. |
2002-10-29 |
Ho Chi Minh City ITC Inferno, a fire destroys a luxurious department store with 1500 people shopping. Over 60 people died and over 100 are missing. It is the deadliest disaster in Vietnam during peacetime. |
2009-09-26 |
Typhoon Ketsana (2009) hit the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand, causing 700 fatalities. |
2012-09-10 |
29 people are killed by floods and heavy rain in Vietnam |
2013-10-12 |
15 people are killed by a series of explosions in a fireworks factory in Vietnam |
2014-02-24 |
7 people are killed & 37 are injured after a bridge collapses in Vietnam |
2016-05-22 |
Obama, bound for Vietnam, seeks to turn old foe into new partner |
2016-05-23 |
Peace Corps Coming to Vietnam for First Time |
2016-05-23 |
Arriving in Vietnam, Obama Aims to Lure It Away From China |
2016-05-23 |
Obama ends arms export embargo on Vietnam |
2016-05-25 |
Obama urges Vietnam youth to tackle climate change |
2016-07-17 |
Vietnam Police Detain Dozens in Anti-China Protest |
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Date | Event |
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1829-09-22 |
Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883) |
1884-11-20 |
Norman Thomas, Vietnam: Pull Out? Stay In? Escalate? |
1890-05-19 |
Ho Chi Minh [Nguyễn Sinh Cung], Nghệ An Province, French Indochina, Vetnamese communist revolutionary and President of North Vietnam (1946-69) |
1890-05-19 |
Chi Minh Ho, North Vietnam |
1901-01-03 |
Ngo Dinh Diem, pres/dictator of South Vietnam (1955-63) |
1908-05-26 |
Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Prime Minister of South Vietnam |
1908-08-05 |
Harold Holt, PM of Australia (1966-67); supported US in Vietnam |
1911-08-25 |
Nguyen Giap Vo, Vietnam: Coming to Terms |
1913-10-20 |
Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam (1949-55) |
1913-10-22 |
Bo Dai, Huế, last Emperor of Vietnam (1926-45) and Chief of State of South Vietnam (1949-55) |
1913-9-15 |
Henry Brant, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1914-03-26 |
William Westmoreland, Saxon SC, army general (Vietnam era) |
1914-08-12 |
Ruth Lowe, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1914-09-15 |
Creighton Abrams, US, army general (Vietnam War) |
1916-10-07 |
Walt Rostow, The Vietnam War: A Descent Into Hell |
1919-11-05 |
Myron Floren, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1920-11-16 |
Anthony Velona, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1921-07-10 |
John Singlaub, Vietnam: Johnson's Battleground |
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) |
1923-05-27 |
Henry Kissinger, Last Days in Vietnam |
1923-10-18 |
Richard Ellison, Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USA |
1923-12-23 |
James Stockdale, admiral (Vietnam)/Ross Perot's 1992 running mate |
1925-01-04 |
Jack Broughton, Vietnam: Alpha Strike |
1925-02-04 |
Stanley Karnow, Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh's Revolution |
1925-02-20 |
Harry Benn, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1926-07-15 |
Tran Bach Dang, Tunnels of Vietnam |
1928-08-18 |
Freddie Cooper, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1930-06-02 |
Vic Firth, Vietnam: Parts I & II - Roots of War/America's Mandarin |
1930-09-08 |
Nguyen Cao Ky, Premier of South Vietnam |
1930-9-08 |
Cao Ky Nguyen, How the Vietnam War Was Lost |
1931-03-17 |
Malcolm W. Browne, Vietnam Report: The Long Pull Ahead |
1931-04-17 |
Malcolm Browne, Vietnam: Coming to Terms |
1931-05-24 |
Clint Ballard Jr., Good Morning, Vietnam |
1931-06-30 |
Guy Hemric, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1935-06-26 |
Pete Peterson, Vietnam: Alpha Strike |
1936-06-18 |
Jerry Styner, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1939-9-03 |
Jo Ann Castle, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1941-12-08 |
Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Vietnam: Alpha Strike |
1942-08-23 |
Larry Brezner, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1943-03-29 |
John Major, Our American Journey: Vietnam |
1944-05-10 |
Marie-France Pisier, Daclat, Vietnam, French actress and writer (Love on the Run, Cousin cousine) |
1945-10-28 |
Wayne Fontana, Good Morning, Vietnam |
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) |
1947-05-27 |
Lynda Van Devanter, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam |
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) |
1951-10-19 |
Floyd Vivino, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1951-12-21 |
Maryanne Culpepper, Vietnam's Unseen War: Pictures from the Other Side |
1962-09-17 |
Dustin Nguyen, Saigon Vietnam, actor (Harry-21 Jump Street) |
1962-9-16 |
Mark Lopez, Inside the Vietnam War |
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) |
1965-01-22 |
Chintara Sukapatana, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1968-08-11 |
Andreas Konzack, Dating Vietnam |
1968-12-12 |
Rory Kennedy, Last Days in Vietnam |
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) |
1976-10-30 |
Christian van Caine, The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 |
1978-03-24 |
Tammy Nguyen, Operation Babylift: The Lost Children of Vietnam |
1980-9-06 |
Joshua Kern, Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived |
1982-01-12 |
Ola Paulakoski, The Werewolf Cult Chronicles: Vietnam 1969 |
1988-04-29 |
Michael E. Palm, Day Under Fire: Vietnam War |
Date | Event |
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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 |
1963-11-02 |
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 [Nguyễn Sinh Cung], Vietnamese communist revolutionary and President of North Vietnam (1946-69), dies at 79 of heart failure |
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 |
1981-01-04 |
Ruth Lowe, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1984-09-30 |
Ellsworth Bunker, US ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90) |
1986-01-31 |
Anthony Velona, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1988-03-11 |
Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74 |
1990-11-23 |
Nguyen Van Tam, PM of Vietnam (1952-53), dies |
1993-01-10 |
Guy Hemric, Good Morning, Vietnam |
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, last Emperor of Vietnam (1926-45) and Chief of State of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies at 85 |
1997-11-24 |
Freddie Cooper, Good Morning, Vietnam |
1998-02-26 |
J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54 |
1998-03-15 |
Benjamin Spock, Vietnam Protests |
2001-09-29 |
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, President of South Vietnam (b. 1923) |
2002-11-15 |
Lynda Van Devanter, Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam |
2003-02-13 |
Walt Rostow, The Vietnam War: A Descent Into Hell |
2004-10-08 |
Richard Ellison, Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USA |
2005-07-23 |
Myron Floren, Good Morning, Vietnam |
2006-01-06 |
Hugh Thompson, Jr., decorated Vietnam War helicopter pilot (b. 1943) |
2007-04-16 |
Tran Bach Dang, Tunnels of Vietnam |
2008-04-26 |
Henry Brant, Good Morning, Vietnam |
2008-06-11 |
Võ Văn Kiệt, former prime minister of Vietnam (b. 1922) |
2008-12-23 |
Clint Ballard Jr., Good Morning, Vietnam |
2009-05-25 |
Harry Benn, Good Morning, Vietnam |
2011-07-23 |
Cao Ky Nguyen, How the Vietnam War Was Lost |
2012-08-27 |
Malcolm W. Browne, Vietnam Report: The Long Pull Ahead |
2012-08-27 |
Malcolm Browne, Vietnam: Coming to Terms |
2013-01-27 |
Stanley Karnow, Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh's Revolution |
2013-10-04 |
Nguyen Giap Vo, Vietnam: Coming to Terms |
2014-10-24 |
Jack Broughton, Vietnam: Alpha Strike |
2015-07-26 |
Vic Firth, Vietnam: Parts I & II - Roots of War/America's Mandarin |
2015-10-05 |
Larry Brezner, Good Morning, Vietnam |
2016-05-01 |
US anti-Vietnam war priest Daniel Berrigan dies aged 94 |
2016-10-05 |
Hanoi Hannah, Vietnam war propaganda radio presenter, dies aged 87 |
2018-07-20 |
Adrian Cronauer, inspiration for 'Good Morning, Vietnam,' dies at 79 |