South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It emerged from the partition of Vietnam at the 17th parallel agreed at Geneva in 1954 after the war between France and the Viet Minh. Ngo Dinh Diem took power, removed the emperor Bao Dai in a referendum and proclaimed a republic with Saigon as its capital. Supported by the United States, it fought the communist-led insurgency and the army of North Vietnam in the Vietnam War. After American forces withdrew, North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon in April 1975, and the country was merged into a unified Vietnam the following year.
Before and after
- 12 August 1955Death of Thomas Mann
- 1 September 1955Founding of Non-Aligned Movement
- from 6 September 1955 to 7 September 1955Istanbul pogrom
- 14 September 1955Birth of Leo XIV
- from 26 October 1955 to 30 April 1975South Vietnam
- 28 October 1955Birth of Bill Gates
- from 1 November 1955 to 30 April 1975Vietnam War
- 11 November 1955Birth of Friedrich Merz
- 13 November 1955Birth of Whoopi Goldberg
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The era
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