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November 1946
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May 1954
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October 1949
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July 1954
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October 1955
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February 1962
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November 1963
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August 1964
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French forces shell Haiphong and spark a civil war
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French at Dien Bien Phu surrender to the Viet Minh
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Communists under Mao Zedong win control of China
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The signing of the Geneva Accords
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Ngo Dinh Diem declares a Republic of Vietnam
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Kennedy boosts US advisors in Vietnam to 4,000
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Ngo Dinh Diem is overthrown and executed
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US ships involved in Gulf of Tonkin incident