Prior Event 6/18/1954 Next Event Puppet Emperor Bao Dai, of Vietnam, appoints Ngo Dinh Diem as his Prime Minister. [added 5/30/2025] Subsequent Events: 6/11/1963 References: Stanley A. Karnow, Vietnam: A History, (1983; New York: Penguin, 1997), 234. SEARCH Current U.s. National Debt: $36,216,389,414,480 Source
