NORTH VIETNAMESE LAUNCH TET OFFENSIVE: IN A SHOW OF MILITARY THAT CATCHES THE US MILITARY OFF GUARD

Battle for Hue: The Battle for Hue wages for 26 days as US and South Vietnamese forces try to recapture the site seized by the Communists during the Tet Offensive.

LBJ ANNOUNCES HE WON'T RUN: WITH HIS POPULARITY PLUMMETING AND DISMAYED BY SENATOR EUGENE MCCARTHY'S STRONG SHOWING IN THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY, PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON

MLK Slain in Memphis

Paris Peace Talks Begin: Following a lengthy period of debate and discussion, North Vietnamese and American negotiators agree on a location and start date of peace talks

Robert Kennedy Assassinated

Upheaval at Democratic Convention in Chicago: As the frazzled Democratic party prepares to hold its nominating convention in Chicago, city officials gear up for a deluge of demonstrations.

DIDN'T FIND NOTHING.

Nixon Begins Secret Bombing of Cambodia

Policy of "Vietnamization" Announced: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird describes a policy of "Vietnamization" when discussing a diminishing role for the US military in Vietnam

PEOPLE WERE CATCHING THEM SELF ON FIRE.

Ho Chi Minh Dies at Age 79

Sihanouk Ousted in Cambodia: Prince Sihanouk's attempt to maintain Cambodia's neutrality while war waged in neighboring Vietnam forced him to strike opportunistic

Pentagon Papers Published: A legacy of deception, concerning US policy in Vietnam, on the part of the military and the executive branch is revealed as the New York Times publishes the Pentagon Papers.

NIXON CUTS TROOP LEVELS BY 70K: RESPONDING TO CHARGES BY DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES THAT HE IS NOT MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO END US INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM, PRESIDENT NIXON ORDERS TROOP STRENGTH REDUCED BY SEVENTY THOUSAND.

BY: CHELSEA HAWKS