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| 1963 | Amnesty Diem, Ngo Dinh |  |
| Offers an amnesty to Communist soldiers |
| 1963 | Arrest Diem, Nhu | |
| 1st Nov Nhu Diem is captured & burnt to death |
| 1963 | Assassination Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| 1st Nov Captured & burnt to death |
| 1st Nov Ngo Dinh is captured & burnt to death |
| 1963 | Assassination Diem, Nhu | |
| 1st Nov Captured & burnt to death |
| 1963 | Battle of Ap Bac Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| 2nd Jan Ap Bac The Vietcong 514th Battalion and local guerrilla forces ambush the South Vietnamese |
| 2nd Jan Ap Bac The Vietcong stand their ground against American machinery and Sth Vietnamese soldiers |
| 1963 | Battle of Balaclava Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| Balaclava An inferior Vietcong force defeats a Sth Vietnamese Div led by officers picked by Diem |
| 1963 | Battle of Balaclava Dam, Bui Dinh | |
| 2nd Jan Balaclava Leads the Sth Vietnamese 7th Division which is defeated by an inferior Vietcong force |
| 1963 | Coup d'Etat Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| 1st Nov Overthrown & killed by a coup, with tacit USAapproval |
| 1963 | Death Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| 1st Nov Death of Ngo Dinh Diem, assassinated |
| 1963 | Rebellion Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| Saigon A Buddhist burns himself to death & triggers off demonstrations against the Government |