Arrest and assassination of Ngô Đình Diệm (Vụ bắt giữ và sát hại Ngô Đình Diệm)
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On 2 November 1963, Ngô Đình Diệm, the president of South Vietnam, was arrested and assassinated in a successful CIA-backed coup d'état led by General Dương Văn Minh. The coup was the culmination of nine years of autocratic and nepotistic family... Wikipedia
Location: Ho Chi Minh City
Start date: November 2, 1963
Date: 2 November 1963; 60 years ago
Deaths: Ngô Đình Diệm; Ngô Đình Nhu