2015 Event Pope Francis appoints 20 new cardinals from a diverse array of nations, including Vietnam, New Zealand, Ethiopia, Tonga, Mexico, Myanmar, Uruguay, France and Thailand; three-fourths of the cardinals will have authority to vote on a papal successor 2014 Event Western Nghe An, Vietnam, records its first snowfall 2013 Event One of the rarest mammals on earth, the saola, an Asian unicorn is released by WWF; the photo was taken by a camera trap in a forest in central Vietnam in September 2013, last seen 15 years ago 2013 Event In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, Australian pledges $10 million to help with major clean-up and relief efforts in Vietnam, where over people in a single province are feared dead 2013 Event Vietnam evacuates 600,00 citizens as Typhoon Haiyan heads towards the country 2013 Event Researchers in Vietnam completed a two-year project to use nanotechnology to produce Nano Curcumin, a substance that can help treat cancer; the substance Curcumin has a low absorption rate and does not dissolve well in water 2013 Event Following an elaborate two-day state funeral, national independence hero of Vietnam, General Vo Nguyen Giap, is buried 2013 Event Central Vietnam is hit by Tropical Storm Wutip; over 1,000 houses are damaged, trees are uprooted and power lines are cut 2013 Event Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, will welcome it's first McDonald's early next year; the site will be run by the son of Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, Henry Nguyen 2013 Event The defense ministry of China accuses the United States of increasing tensions in the Asia-Pacific region by increasing its military presence and supporting Vietnam, Japan and the Philippines in long-term territorial disputes with the country 2013 Event China reports it will open the South China Sea's Paracel Islands to tourism before the May Day holiday. Vietnam voices strong opposition this move, as ownership of the Islands is in dispute 2012 Event Vietnam accuses China of cutting seismic survey cables from territorial waters in the South China, disputed by Vietnam, the Philippines Malaysia, Taiwan, and Brunei 2012 Event For the first time since the Vietnam War ended in 1975, the United States plans to help clean up herbicide Agent Orange from areas in Vietnam 2011 Event Vietnam re-elects Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung 2011 Event In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea 2011 Event In Vietnam, 1,400 members of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam gather to vote for new leaders 2010 Event Hanoi, Vietnam's capital, celebrates its 1,000-year birthday 2010 Event The Medal of Honor is awarded for the first time since the Vietnam War; U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta received the medal for his actions during the War in Afghanistan 2010 Event Pope Benedict XVI celebrates open-air Mass at Fatima, Portugal with over 500,000 pilgrims attending from 35 nations including Vietnam, China and India 2007 Event Vietnam becomes the 150th member of the World Trade Organization 1998 Death J T Walsh, actor (Good Morning Vietnam), dies at 54 1997 Event Typhoon Linda kills at least 208 in southern Vietnam 1997 Death Beam Dai, head of South Vietnam (1949-55), dies 1997 Death Bao Dai, ex-monarch, last emporer of Vietnam, dies at 83 1997 Event 1st U.S. ambassador since Saigon fell arrives in Vietnam 1996 Death Nguyen Huu Tho, President of Vietnam (1980-81), dies 1994 Event President Bill Clinton lifts U.S. trade embargo against Vietnam 1990 Death Nguyen Van Tam, Prime Minister of Vietnam 1952 - 1953, dies 1990 Event U.S. Secretary of State James Baker meets with Vietnam's foreign minister 1990 Event Saddam Hussein warns that U.S. will repeat Vietnam experience 1988 Death Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74 1987 Event Nurse Mary R. Stout chosen chairperson of Vietnam Veterans of America 1984 Event Vietnam Veterans Memorial ("3 Servicemen") completed 1984 Event Chinese troops invade Vietnam 1982 Event Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington D.C. 1982 Event Ground-breaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial 1981 Death Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut, dies in Mig-21 crash at 32 1981 Event Maya Yang Lin wins competition to design the Vietnam War Memorial 1980 Event Vietnam adopts constitution 1979 Event U.S. admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to the toxic Agent Orange 1979 Event China withdraws invasion troops from Vietnam 1979 Event China invades Vietnam 1978 Event U.S.S.R. and Vietnam sign peace and friendship treaty 1977 Event Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with Vietnam 1977 Event Vietnam and Djibouti ask for membership in U.N. 1977 Event Vietnam becomes member of U.N. 1977 Event U.S. restricts citizens from visiting Cuba, Vietnam, North Korea and Cambodia 1977 Event Vietnam hands over MIA to U.S. 1977 Event President Carter pardons most Vietnam War draft evaders (10,000) 1977 Event President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders 1976 Event Formal reunification of North and South Vietnam 1976 Event Elections in Vietnam for a National Assembly to reunite the country 1975 Event U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N. 1975 Event Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam established 1975 Event President Ford declares an end to "Vietnam Era" 1975 Death Charles McMahon, Jr., U.S. USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam 1975 Death Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam 1975 Event Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years 1975 Event Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot South Vietnam 1974 Event President Ford announces conditional amnesty for U.S., Vietnam War deserters 1974 Death Creighton W. Abrams, Jr., U.S. general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59 1973 Event France recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Event Netherlands recognizes North Vietnam 1973 Event Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam 1973 Event U.S. troops leave Vietnam, 9 years after Tonkin Resolution 1973 Event 1st U.S. POWs in North Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippine 1973 Event Funeral for LC William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam War 1973 Death L C William Nolde, last U.S. soldier killed in Vietnam, funeral 1973 Event U.S. and Vietnam sign cease-fire, ending longest U.S. war and military draft 1973 Event William Rogers and Nguyen Duy Trinh sign U.S. - North Vietnam treaty 1973 Event President Nixon announces an accord has been reached to end Vietnam War 1973 Event US, North and South Vietnam and Vietcong sign boundary accord 1973 Event President Nixon suspends all U.S. offensive action in North Vietnam 1973 Event Secret peace talks between U.S. and North Vietnam resumed near Paris 1972 Event Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam and announces peace talks 1972 Event U.S. begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam 1972 Event Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam 1972 Event U.S. bombs Haiphong North Vietnam 1972 Event Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam 1972 Event Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam 1972 Event North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam 1971 Event Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam 1971 Birthday Kim Maher, Saigon Vietnam, U.S. softball infielder, 1996 Olympics gold 1971 Birthday Ke Huy Quan, Saigon Vietnam, actor, Sam-Together We Stand 1971 Event North Vietnam demands U.S. end aid to South Vietnam 1971 Event 1st Lt William L Calley, Jr. found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre 1970 Event President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam 1970 Event 100,000 march in New York supporting U.S. policies in Vietnam 1970 Event 100,000s demonstrate against Vietnam War 1969 Event John Lennon returns OBE to protest UK's support for Vietnam War 1969 Event 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 Event 1968 massacre of civilians at Mylai South Vietnam, by U.S. is 1st reported 1969 Event 250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington D.C. against Vietnam War 1969 Event 2nd Vietnam Moratorium Day in US 1969 Event Vietnam Moratorium Day; millions nationwide protest the war 1969 Event Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam 1969 Birthday Angela Melini, born in Saigon, Vietnam, playmate, Jun, 1992 1969 Event U.S. troop withdrawal begins in Vietnam 1969 Event Nixon says 25,000 U.S. troops would leave Vietnam by end of August 1969 Event Australian aircraft carrier "Melbourne" slices U.S. destroyer "Frank E. Evans" in half, killing 74 (South Vietnam) 1969 Event U.S. troop capture Hill 937/Hamburger Hill Vietnam 1969 Event U.S. president Nixon proclaims he will end Vietnam war in 1970 1969 Birthday Thang Thanh Nguyen, born in Soc Trang, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted 1969 Event Expanded 4 party Vietnam peace talks began in Paris 1969 Event Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam 1968 Event President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam 1968 Event Vietnam peace talks began in Paris between the U.S. and North Vietnam 1968 Event U.S. marine base Khe San Vietnam, appalled 1968 Event North Vietnam agrees to meet U.S. reps to set up preliminary peace talks 1968 Event My Lai massacre occurs (Vietnam War); 450 die 1968 Event U.S. troops reconquer Hue Vietnam 1968 Event 10,000 demonstrators against U.S. in Vietnam War in West-Berlin 1968 Event U.S. sends 10,500 additional soldiers to Vietnam 1968 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber condemns U.S. bombing of North Vietnam 1968 Event Beginning of Tet-offensive in Vietnam 1967 Event 474,300 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam 1967 Event Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war 1967 Event U.S. troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam 1967 Event Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep 1967 Event Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm Pentagon 1967 Event Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution 1967 Event Dutch 2nd Chamber demands U.S. stop bombing North Vietnam 1967 Event 45,000 U.S. soldiers sent to Vietnam 1967 Event 10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1967 Event Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares U.S. aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia 1967 Event U.S. planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War 1967 Event In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time 1967 Event U.N. Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam 1967 Event University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam 1967 Death A J F Moody, 1st U.S. Army General to die in Vietnam 1967 Event U.S. troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War 1966 Event USAF C144 military charter crashes near Binh Thai Vietnam kills 129 1966 Event 175 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam 1966 Event U.S. citizens demonstrate against war in Vietnam 1966 Event U.S. airplanes bombs demilitarized zone in Vietnam 1966 Event In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time 1966 Event 300 U.S. airplanes bomb North Vietnam 1966 Event 1st B-52 bombing on North Vietnam 1966 Event Anit Vietnam war demonstrations in U.S., Europe and Australia 1966 Event 215,000 U.S. soldiers in Vietnam 1966 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson says U.S. should stay in South Vietnam until communist aggression ends 1966 Event Julian Bond denied seat in Georgia legislature for opposing Vietnam War 1965 Event 15,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington D.C. 1965 Event ABC radio begins weekly "Vietnam Update" report 1965 Event U.S. government sends 90,000 soldiers to Vietnam 1965 Event Morley Safer's sends 1st Vietnam report indicating we are losing 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam 1965 Event 1st U.S. ground combat forces in Vietnam authorized by President Johnson 1965 Event South Vietnam General Nguyen Cao Kentucky succeeds Phan Huy Quat as premier 1965 Event U.S. troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam 1965 Event Bomb destroys USAF base Bien Hoa South Vietnam 1965 Event 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam 1965 Event Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam 1965 Event People's Republic China offers North Vietnam military aid 1965 Event U.S. ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam 1965 Event 1st U.S. combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines) 1965 Event U.S. begins regular bombing and strafing of North Vietnam 1965 Event South Vietnam military coup under general Nguyen Khanh 1964 Event Tran Van Huong appointed premier of South Vietnam 1964 Event U.S. begins bombing North Vietnam 1964 Event North Vietnam fires on a U.S. destroyer in Gulf of Tonkin 1964 Event U.S. naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam 1964 Event General Maxwell Taylor appointed U.S. ambassador in South Vietnam 1964 Birthday Thanh Nguyen, born in Saigon, Vietnam, 141 lbs U.S. weightlifter 1996 Olympics 1964 Birthday Nhi Lan Le, Vietnam, U.S. fencer-foil 1996 Olympics 1964 Event Military coup of General Nguyen Khanh in South Vietnam 1963 Death Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam (1955-63), murdered at 62 1963 Event Martial law declared in South Vietnam, following raids on Buddhist pagodas 1963 Birthday Phung Vuong, born in Saigon, Vietnam, murderer, FBI Most Wanted List 1962 Birthday Dustin Nguyen, born in Saigon, Vietnam, actor, Harry-21 Jump Street 1962 Death Hanns Eisler, composer (North Vietnam/East German National Anthem), dies at 64 1962 Event U.S. begins spraying foliage in Vietnam to reveal Viet Cong guerrillas 1961 Event John F. Kennedy provides U.S. miltary helicopters and crews to South Vietnam 1961 Event John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam 1961 Event Emergency crisis proclaimed in South Vietnam due to commun attack 1960 Event Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails 1959 Birthday Maya Lin, born in Athens, Ohio, artist, architect of Chinese descent, known for Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., sculpture, landscape art 1959 Death Dale Buisand and Chester Ovnand, 1st Americans killed in Vietnam War 1956 Event Vietnam promulgates its constitution 1956 Event Last French troop leave Vietnam 1955 Event Ngo Dinh Diem proclaims Vietnam a republic with himself as president 1955 Event President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam 1954 Event President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem 1954 Event Armistice divides Vietnam into two countries 1954 Event At Geneva, France agrees to independence of North and South Vietnam 1954 Event Armistice for Indo-China signed, Vietnam separates into North and South 1954 Event Ngo Dinh Diem elected president of Vietnam 1954 Event France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union 1954 Event USAF flies French battalion to Vietnam 1954 Event Eisenhower warns against U.S. intervention in Vietnam 1951 Birthday Robert Wuhl, Union, New Jersey, actor, Bull Durham, Good Morning Vietnam 1951 Birthday Eugene H Trinh, Saigon Vietnam, PhD/astronaut, STS-50 1950 Event Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union 1950 Event French troops vacate Cla Afraid Vietnam 1950 Event Viet Minh-offensive against French bases in Vietnam 1950 Event U.S. sends 35 military advisers to South Vietnam 1949 Event Bao Dai's Republic of Vietnam gains independence from France 1949 Birthday Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut 1949 Birthday Thanh Liem Bui, Vietnam, cosmonaut 1949 Event State of Vietnam forms, Bao Dai installed as Emperor 1947 Birthday Pham Tuan, Vietnam, cosmonaut, Soyuz 37/36 1946 Event French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000 1946 Birthday Oliver Stone, born in New York City, director, Wall St, Good Morning Vietnam, Platoon 1946 Birthday Ron Kovic, disabled vietnam vet, Born on 4th of July 1946 Event France recognizes Vietnam statehood within Indo-Chinese federation 1946 Event Ho Chi Minh elected president of North Vietnam 1945 Event Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 Event Vietnam conflict begins as Ho Chi Minh leads a successful coup 1945 Event Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1944 Birthday Marie-France Pisier, Daclat, Vietnam, actress, Scruples, Midnight 1940 Birthday Nong Duc Manh, born in Na Ri District, Bac Kan province, Vietnam, Vietnamese Politician 1934 Birthday David Halberstam, born in New York City, journalist, author, Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote about the Vietnam War 1923 Birthday James Stockdale, Admiral, Vietnam, Ross Perot's 1992 running mate 1923 Birthday Nguyen Van Thieu, South Vietnam president, 1965-75 1914 Birthday Creighton Abrams, U.S., army general, Vietnam War 1914 Birthday William Westmoreland, born in Saxon, South Carolina, army general, Vietnam era 1913 Birthday Bo Dai, last emporer of Vietnam 1913 Birthday Bao Dai, emperor of Annam/Indochina/head of South Vietnam, 1949-55 1908 Birthday Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, 1966-67, ; supported U.S. in Vietnam 1901 Birthday Ngo Dinh Diem, president/dictator of South Vietnam, 1955-63 1890 Birthday Ho Chi Minh, trail blazer/leader of Vietnam, 1946, 1969 1789 Event Chinese troops driven out of Vietnam capital Thang Long 1788 Event Hue Tay Son becomes emperor Quang Trung of Vietnam 1788 Event Chinese troops occupy capital Thang Long Vietnam
