<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mw2A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson" id="mw2Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lyndon B. Johnson">Lyndon B. Johnson</a> announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> from 75,000 to 125,000.