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RETURN TO WAR IN VIETNAM TIMELINE PAGE
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Jan 3 - Alaska becomes 49th U.S. state
Jan 7 - Cuban Revolutionary forces enter Havana
Jan 22 - Project HOTFOOT starts
Apr 9 - Mercury 7 astronauts introduced
May 19 - North Vietnam forms Group 559
May 20 - Japanese-Americans regain citizenship
Jul 8 - First U.S. soldiers killed in Vietnam
Jul 28 - PAVN attacks Royal Lao Army forces
Aug 20 - Ho Chi Minh supply trail opens
Aug 21 - Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state
Sep 12 - Soviet Union launches Luna I to Moon
Sep 15 - North Vietnam forms Group 959 in Laos