Editing November 1963 (section)

==[[November 1]], 1963 (Friday)==
*At 1:15&nbsp;p.m. in [[Saigon]], three Marine battalions of [[South Vietnam]] began their seizure of communications throughout the capital city, taking control of the city's radio stations, national and municipal police stations, and the public and Defense Ministry telecommunications centers. The acts were the first in a [[1963 South Vietnamese coup|coup d'état]] against President [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] and his brother [[Ngo Dinh Nhu]]. The planners had set a deadline of 1:15 to either begin the coup or to call it off, and were waiting until visiting U.S. Admiral [[Harry Felt]] had departed. Admiral Felt's airplane took off at 1:00&nbsp;p.m. Diem and Nhu quietly escaped [[Gia Long Palace]] by 8:00&nbsp;p.m. and fled to refuge at the Roman Catholic church in the nearby [[Chợ Lớn, Ho Chi Minh City|Cholon]] section of the city.<ref name="Essoyan">{{cite news |title=Bare Story Behind Coup in Vietnam |first=Roy |last=Essoyan |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=November 10, 1963 |page=1}}</ref>
*In the first test of the type of rocket to be used by U.S. astronauts in the [[Gemini program]], [[Titan II]] development flight N-25 was launched from the [[Atlantic Missile Range]]. The modified Titan II missile carried an oxidizer surge chamber and fuel accumulator kit to reduce the amplitude of longitudinal vibration, a problem in earlier flights, to less than 0.25g, the maximum level tolerable in [[human spaceflight]]. The N-25 flight achieved a vibration level of 0.22g, within acceptable limits. Two later Titan II rocket flights would confirm that the surge chamber and accumulator kit had solved the problem.<ref name="Grimwood 2">{{Source attribution}} {{cite book |title=Project Gemini Technology and Operations - A Chronology |chapter=PART II (A) Development and Qualification January 1963 through December 1963 |last1=Grimwood |first1=James M. |last2=Hacker |first2=Barton C. |last3=Vorzimmer |first3=Peter J. |series=NASA Special Publication-4002 |chapter-url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4002/p2a.htm |publisher=[[NASA]] |access-date=24 February 2023}}</ref>
*In the mountains of [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Arecibo Observatory]], along with the world's largest fixed-reflector radar and [[radio telescope]], were officially dedicated. Assistant U.S. Secretary of Defense formally accepted the instrument for use by the [[United States Department of Defense|DOD]]'s [[Advanced Research Projects Agency]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Unveil Giant U.S. Radar Today in Puerto Rico |newspaper=[[Bridgeport Telegram]] |location=[[Bridgeport, Connecticut]] |date=November 1, 1963 |page=46}}</ref>
*Lennox Madikane, Mxolisi Dam'ane and Felix Jaxa, three [[African National Congress]] (ANC) members who had been convicted of violating South Africa's [[African Resistance Movement#NLC/ARM|Sabotage Act of 1962]] for inciting riots at [[Paarl]] the year before, were hanged at [[Robben Island]] prison.<ref>{{cite news |title=3 Executed for Parts in South Africa Riots |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=November 2, 1963 |page=1}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Rick Allen (drummer)|Rick Allen]], English drummer who plays for the hard rock band [[Def Leppard]]; in [[Dronfield]], [[Derbyshire]]<ref name="gold">{{cite web|last=Gold|first=Adam|title=Def Leppard's Rick Allen: The Cream Interview [Updated]|url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2009/08/07/def-leppards-rick-allen-the-cream-interview-updated|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110417051204/http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashvillecream/archives/2009/08/07/def-leppards-rick-allen-the-cream-interview-updated|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 17, 2011|publisher=Nashville Scene|access-date=13 September 2012|date=7 August 2009}}</ref>
*'''Died:''' [[Elsa Maxwell]], 80, American gossip columnist and socialite