November 1963

Friday 01:

President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam is overthrown and executed in a coup d'état led by General Duong Van Minh.

Saturday 02:

South Vietnamese President Ngo Dihn Diem is assassinated following a military coup.

Wednesday 06:

Vietnam War: Following the November 1 coup and murder of President Ngo Dinh Diem, coup leader General Duong Van Minh takes over leadership of South Vietnam.

Thursday 07:

Wunder von Lengede: In Germany, 11 miners are rescued from a collapsed mine after 14 days.

Saturday 09:

At Miike in Japan, a coal mine explosion kills 458, and hospitalises 839 with carbon monoxide poisoning.

Friday 22:

John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, US President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and US Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn-in as the 36th President of the United States.

Saturday 23:

The first episode of the science fiction television series Doctor Who debuts on the BBC.

Sunday 24:

Vietnam War: Newly sworn in US President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.

Monday 25:

John F. Kennedy assassination: John F. Kennedy is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Wednesday 27:

The Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention is signed at Strasbourg.

Friday 29:

Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.