aug 2, 1964 - Gulf of Tonkin incident: The Gulf of Tonkin incident, also known as the USS Maddox incident, was an international confrontation that led to the United States engaging more directly in the Vietnam War. It involved either one or two separate confrontations involving North Vietnam and the United States in the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin.
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aug 2, 1964
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~ 60 years ago