<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mw-A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: Five thousand more American military advisers are sent to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" id="mw-Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> bringing the total number of United States forces in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" id="mw-g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> to 21,000.