In South Vietnam's national election, General Nguyen Van Thieu wins a four-year term as president with former Premier Nguyen Cao Ky as vice-president. They received only 34.8 percent of the votes cast, but the rest were divided among 10 other candidates. There were many allegations of corruption during the election, including charges of ballot rigging, but a favorable impression of the election process was reported by 22 prominent Americans who visited Vietnam as election observers. The Johnson administration cited the elections, held in the midst of war, as evidence that South Vietnam was maturing as a democratic nation.
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Sep 3, 1967:
Thieu-Ky ticket wins national election
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This Week in History, Sep 3 - Sep 9
- Sep 03, 1950
- U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group arrives in Saigon
- Sep 03, 1967
- Thieu-Ky ticket wins national election
- Sep 04, 1967
- Marines in heavy fighting
- Sep 04, 1969
- Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh
- Sep 05, 1969
- Calley charged for My Lai massacre
- Sep 05, 1970
- U.S. forces launch last major American operation of the war
- Sep 06, 1969
- Ho Chi Minh to be succeeded by committee
- Sep 06, 1972
- Thieu abolishes popular elections
- Sep 07, 1965
- Marines launch Operation Piranha
- Sep 07, 1967
- McNamara Line announced
- Sep 08, 1954
- SEATO established
- Sep 08, 1968
- ARVN general killed
- Sep 09, 1967
- Hackney receives Medal of Honor
- Sep 09, 1969
- Ho Chi Minh buried in Hanoi
- Sep 09, 1972
- DeBellevue becomes leading American Ace
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