Gulf of Tonkin incident
1964 · Event
Reported attacks on US destroyers provide pretext for the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and dramatic US escalation in Vietnam.
On these timelines: Master, The Vietnam War, Cold War, USA, Southeast Asia
Around 1964
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- The Troubles (1968)