Gulf of Tonkin incident
1964 · Event
On 2 August USS Maddox exchanges fire with North Vietnamese torpedo boats; a second attack reported on 4 August almost certainly never happened. Together they provide the pretext for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.
On these timelines: Master, The Vietnam War, Cold War, USA, Southeast Asia
Around 1964
- Prague Spring (1968)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)