1967 Kuehongese coup d'etat

1967 Coup
The 1967 Kuehongese coup d'etat, often referred to as the 16 August Revolution, was a military coup d'etat in Kuehong in 1967, organised by the Kuehongese military loyal to Prime Minister and Chief of the Defence Force Tran Chi Due. The coup deposed and killed interim president Doãn Thái Nhật when he failed to deal with the political instability in the country following the assassination of Phúc Kinh Gu (福京俱).

According to declassified documents on the coup, it was meant to be bloodless, but several protestors disrupted the coup and 'things began to spin out of control' after that. The military only said about 500 died in the coup; many estimated from 1000 to 5000. It was one of the bloodiest incidents in Kuehong's history.