Ninh Ngo Diem, dictator of the kleptocratic Republic of (South) Vietnam (a Catholic) declares martial law, in an attempt to suppress the anti-government Buddhist majority.

       [restored 10/7/2022]

Subsequent Events:

11/2/1963                   7/30/1964                   3/8/1965

References:

“Today in History,” Orange County (California) Register, 21 August 2009, News:3.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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