| 2 September 1969 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Hồ Chí Minh dies in Hanoi
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| 10 June 1969 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Congress meets to form the Provisional Revolutionary Government
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| 8 June 1969 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Nixon announces an initial withdrawal of 25,000 U.S. troops
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| April 1969 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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U.S. troop strength in Vietnam reaches its wartime peak
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| 2 November 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Anna Chennault urges Saigon to resist peace talks before the U.S. election
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| 1 November 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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United States halts bombing of North Vietnam
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| 22 October 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Nixon campaign aides discuss disrupting Johnson’s peace initiative
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| 10 May 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Paris peace talks begin
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| 8 April 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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U.S. forces open a ground corridor to the Khe Sanh base
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| 4 April 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated amid growing criticism of the war
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| 31 March 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Johnson announces bombing halt and will not seek reelection
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| 16 March 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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U.S. soldiers massacre civilians at Mỹ Lai
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| 2 March 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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South Vietnamese and U.S. forces retake Huế after weeks of urban battle
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| 27 February 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Walter Cronkite questions whether the war can be won
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| 31 January 1968 |
Vietnam
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Vietnam war
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Battle of Huế begins during the Tết Offensive
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