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==[[November 5]], 1963 (Tuesday)== [[File:Chân dung Ngô Đình Cẩn.jpg|110px|thumb|Ngo Dinh Can]] *[[Ngo Dinh Can]], the last member of the Ngo political family remaining in [[South Vietnam]], was handed over to the new government on orders of [[List of ambassadors of the United States to South Vietnam|U.S. Ambassador]] [[Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.]], after an American military plane transported him to [[Saigon]] from [[Huế]], where he had sought refuge at the American consulate.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Turns in Diem's Brother |newspaper=Miami News |date=November 5, 1963 |page=1}}</ref> Put on trial for murder, the unpopular Can, who had ruled Central Vietnam as a dictator during the regime of his brother, President Ngo Dinh Diem,<ref>{{cite book |first=Howard |last=Jones |title=Death of a Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2003 |pages=433–424}}</ref> would be executed by a [[firing squad]] six months later.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ngo Dinh Can Killed By Viet Firing Squad |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=May 10, 1964 |page=7}}</ref> *[[McDonnell Aircraft Corporation]] reviewed work on the [[beryllium]] shingles to be used for the heat shield of the [[Gemini spacecraft]], after a labor strike at Pioneer Astro Industries had delayed shingle tests. The finished shingles had problems with flaking, lamination, and cracking, and the decision was made to substitute chemical etching for [[machine tool]]ing wherever possible and to use lighter cuts where machine tooling was unavoidable.<ref name="Grimwood 2"/> *[[Giovanni Leone]] resigned as [[Prime Minister of Italy]] six months after forming a minority government. President [[Antonio Segni]] requested Leone to remain on the job until a successor could be found to form a new cabinet of ministers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Resignation Ends Minority Rule in Italy |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=November 6, 1963 |page=1}}</ref> *'''Born:''' **[[Andrea McArdle]], American child actress and singer known for portraying "Annie" in the Broadway musical [[Annie (musical)|of the same name]]; in [[Philadelphia]] **[[Tatum O'Neal]], American child actress and Academy Award winner known for portraying "Addie" in the film ''[[Paper Moon (film)|Paper Moon]]''; in [[Los Angeles]] **[[Yair Lapid]], [[Leader of the Opposition (Israel)|Leader of the Opposition]] in Israel since 2023; in [[Tel Aviv]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-61950964.amp |title=Yair Lapid: The ex-TV host who is Israel's new PM |date=30 June 2022}}</ref>
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