1960s Timeline

Aug. 30, 1963 - A U.S. Army officer who retired recently after more than a year’s service in South Vietnam said today he doubted whether...

Aug. 28, 1963 - The United States has decided that South Vietnam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem (right) must get rid of his powerful brother...

Aug. 28, 1963 - Mrs. Kenneth N. Good of San Marino, Calif., the widow of an Army captain killed Jan. 2, will be presented the first...

Aug. 25, 1963 - At least 600 students were arrested today in Saigon by bayonet-brandishing troops and steel-helmeted policemen moving to...

Aug. 24, 1963 - South Vietnamese soldiers arrested two American photographers and a newsman today with a shout of “to hell with...

Aug. 24, 1963 - Ngo Dinh Nhu (pictured), who is reputed to be the mastermind of the South Vietnamese Government’s moves against...

Aug. 22, 1963 - Some of the U.S. military advisers helping President Ngo Dinh Diem in his war against Communist guerrillas in South...

Aug. 22, 1963 - Tran Van Chuong, South Vietnam’s once-influential Ambassador to the U.S., resigned today in angry protest against his...

Aug. 21, 1963 - South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem’s troops and police shot their way into Saigon’s main Buddhist pagoda today and...

Aug. 18, 1963 - Communist North Vietnam’s official newspaper today described Henry Cabot Lodge (pictured), the new U.S. Ambassador to...

Aug. 18, 1963 - About 15,000 Buddhists, most of them young people, crowded around Xa Loi Pagoda in Saigon today and pledged to fast in...

Aug. 16, 1963 - Mrs. Susan Bedal of Burbank, Calif., received notification today from the Air Force in Washington of the death of her...

Aug. 15, 1963 - A 71-year-old monk burned himself to death in Hue’s biggest pagoda early today, the second Buddhist protest suicide in 24...

Aug. 15, 1963 - President Kennedy held a final conference today with his new Ambassador to South Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge, who leaves...

Aug. 13, 1963 - A 17-year-old Buddhist student monk burned himself to death today. It was the third Buddhist self-immolation since South...

Aug. 11, 1963 - Henry Cabot Lodge (pictured with President Kennedy in 1961), who will take up his new post as U.S. Ambassador to South...

Aug. 9, 1963 - Tragedy today stalked ceremonies in South Vietnam which had been intended to send retiring U.S. Ambassador Frederick...

Aug. 3, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, sister-in-law of South Vietnam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem, accused Buddhist leaders today of treason,...

July 25, 1963 - American armed helicopter pilots in South Vietnam have started taking a full combat role in the war against Communist...

July 23, 1963 - Armed U.S. helicopters inflicted heavy casualties on a Communist guerrilla unit after it attacked two companies of South...