<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" id="mwnA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang" id="mwnQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Ia Drang">Battle of Ia Drang</a> begins: The first major engagement between regular American and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam" id="mwng" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnamese</a> forces.