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** Thich Quang Duc, Vietnamese Buddhist monk ( suicide ) ( b. 1897 )
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** 21 December: In the Suzuki Cup semi-finals, the renamed Asean Football Championship, one leg of the game against Vietnam was played at the National Stadium, but Singapore lost 0-1 to ten-man Vietnam to a goal by Nguyễn Quang Hải, and lost 0-1 on aggregate and were eliminated.
** and Duc
** Jeanne Joséphine Marguerite Junot d ' Abrantès ( Paris, 22 May 1847 – Lasray, 21 March 1934 ), married in Paris, 16 September 1869 Xavier Eugène Maurice Le Ray ( Sèvres, 15 July 1846 – Paris, 1 December 1900 ), who was created 4th Duc d ' Abrantès in 1869, and had issue extinct in male line in 1982
** Duc de Broglie, " Deux Français aux États-Unis " in Mélanges publiés par la Société des Bibliophiles français ( 2nd part, 1903 )
** François Christophe Edmond de Kellermann ( 1802 – 1868 ), 3rd Duc de Valmy, son of François Étienne
** Duc: possessor of a duchy ( duché -- a feudal property, not an independent principality ) and recognition as duke by the king.
** Peer of France was technically a dignity of the Crown ( as, e. g., marshal of France ), but became in fact the highest hereditary rank borne by the French nobility -- always in conjunction with a title ( e. g. " Duc et Pair ", " Comte-Pair ").
** and Vietnamese
** Vietnam War: Viet Cong forces attack a provincial capital, killing 11 South Vietnamese military personnel and 40 civilians ( 30 of which are children ).
** Vietnamese boat people in Hong Kong, facing forced repatriation due to their classification as economic migrants rather than refugees, stage a protest at the Whitehead Detention Centre.
** Vietnam War: A Viet Cong officer named Nguyễn Văn Lém is executed by Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, a South Vietnamese National Police Chief.
** The trial of 14 South Vietnamese accused of murdering 24 North Vietnamese begins in Hong Kong ( ends November 29, 1994 ).
** Vietnam War – Nguyen Hue Offensive: Prompted by the North Vietnamese offensive, the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.
** Vietnam War: U. S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta ( 235 of the 300-strong Viet Cong battalion are killed ).
** Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August's Operation Starlite, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula, south of the Chu Lai Marine base.
** Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
** and Buddhist
** Hue Vesak shootings: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam opens fire on Buddhists who defy a ban on the flying of the Buddhist flag on Vesak, the birthday of Gautama Buddha, killing nine.
** In Saigon, Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Ðức commits self-immolation to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the Ngo Dinh Diem administration.
** Xa Loi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalise Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.
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