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Ngô Đình Diệm presidency and the Buddhist crisis (1955–1963)

Ngô Đình Diệm presidency and the Buddhist crisis (1955–1963)

  1. Geneva Accords divide Vietnam temporarily

    Labels: Geneva Accords, Vietnam division
  2. Diệm defeats Bình Xuyên in Saigon

    Labels: Ng nh, B nh
  3. South Vietnam holds referendum removing Bảo Đại

    Labels: Referendum 1955, B o
  4. Republic of Vietnam proclaimed with Diệm as president

    Labels: Republic of, Ng nh
  5. Constitutional Assembly election held

    Labels: Constitutional Assembly, National Assembly
  6. Thích Quảng Đức self-immolates in Saigon

    Labels: Th ch, Saigon self-immolation
  7. Government and Buddhists sign Joint Communiqué

    Labels: Joint Communiqu, Buddhist leadership
  8. Nationwide pagoda raids under martial law

    Labels: Pagoda raids, Martial law
  9. Cable 243 signals U.S. shift on Diệm

    Labels: Cable 243, U S
  10. ARVN coup overthrows Diệm; Diệm and Nhu killed

    Labels: ARVN coup, Ng nh