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25 Jun
1950: UN condemns North Korean invasion
04 Jan
1951: Communist forces to re-take Seoul
03 Jul
1951: Ridgway agrees to ceasefire talks
10 Feb
1955: US evacuates Pacific islands
03 Aug
1957: Rahman to lead independent Malaya
28 Jul
1965: US orders 50,000 troops to Vietnam
07 Feb
1966: Hawaii hosts US-Vietnamese summit
31 May
1966: Vietnam Buddhist burns to death
16 Oct
1967: Joan Baez arrested in Vietnam protest
31 Jan
1968: Americans alarmed by 'Tet Offensive'
27 Oct
1968: Police clash with anti-war protesters
15 Oct
1969: Millions march in US Vietnam Moratorium
29 Mar
1971: Calley guilty of My Lai massacre
15 Jan
1973: Nixon orders ceasefire in Vietnam
23 Jan
1973: Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal
31 May
1973: US Senate stops Cambodia bombing
04 Feb
1973: Vietnam observers' struggle for peace
30 Apr
1975: Saigon surrenders
24 May
1975: Journalists leave fallen Saigon
23 May
1977: Dutch children held hostage
08 Jan
1979: Vietnam forces Khmer Rouge retreat
17 Feb
1979: China invades Vietnam
26 Oct
1979: South Korean President killed
27 Jul
1982: Seychelles coup leader guilty of hijack
01 Sep
1983: Korean airliner 'shot down'
07 Feb
1987: S Korea clashes over student death
15 Oct
1987: Fiji one step closer to a republic
06 Aug
1995: Japan mourns Hiroshima anniversary
20 Sep
1999: UN force arrives in East Timor
12 Oct
2002: Dozens killed in Bali nightclub explosion
31 Oct
2003: End of Mahathir era in Malaysia
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