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RETURN TO WAR IN VIETNAM TIMELINE PAGE

Vietnam - 1961

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United States - 1961

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World - 1961

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Jan 3 - U.S. ends diplomatic relations with Cuba

Jan 20 - John Kennedy inagurated President

Mar 23 - American captured by Pathet Lao

Apr 12 - Yuri Gagarin becomes 1st man in space

Apr 19 - CIA-backed Bay of Pigs invasion

May 5 - Alan Shepard 1st American in space

May 13 - Army unit deployed to Vietnam

May 25 - Kennedy sets goal of man on the Moon

Jun 4 - Berlin Crisis begins

Aug 13 - Berlin Wall construction started

Oct 18 - Emergency proclaimed in South Vietnam

Oct 27 - Stand-off at Checkpoint Charlie

Dec 11 - 1st helicopter units arrive in Vietnam

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