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Events on Friday 7 August 1964 1
1964Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passedUS Congress authorises military force in VietnamFollowing the Gulf of Tonkin incident, Congress passed a joint resolution granting President Johnson broad authority to use military force in Southeast Asia without a formal declaration of war. It became the legal basis for the rapid expansion of US involvement in the Vietnam War.