jan 1, 1954 - After the French were
defeated by the Viet Mihn
in Vietnam, a conference
known as the Geneva
Accords was held. In the
agreement settled upon
there,it was decided that
Vietnam be split on the
17th parallel. Communism
in the North led by Ho Chi
Mihn, and Capitalism in the
South led by United States
backed Ngo Dihn Diem.
