A game of basketball is made up of four quarters, each ten (or in the National Basketball Association 12,) minutes long. At the start of each quarter the team who has the possession arrow pointing towards their hoop gets the ball. Then the arrow is switched, and the next team gets the ball next quarter.
Ending the Vietnam War, 1969â1973. 1  President Richard M. Nixon assumed responsibility for the Vietnam War as he swore the oath of office on January 20, 1969. He knew that ending this war honorably was essential to his success in the presidency.
End of the Vietnam war. In 1973 North Vietnam, South Vietnam, the United States and the Vietcong signed a peace agreement. However it was not kept. The North Vietnamese army and the Vietcong pushed further to the south.efore World War II the French controlled most of Indochina, todayâs Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. After Japan had lost the war left the country in 1945 the French wanted to take control of Vietnam again.