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February 27, 1962

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TWO PLANES BOMB PALACE IN SAIGON; DIEM KEEPS RULE; LEADER IS UNHURT Attack Believed Made by Dissident Pilots --Building Afire TWO PLANES BOMB PALACE IN SAIGON

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2 mil planes bomb Pres Palace and strafe Saigon airport; Ngo Dinh Diem and family safe; planes, bearing S Vietnam markings, believed piloted by dissident airmen; 1 plane reptdly downed, pilot captured; US repts no evidence of major revolt, Ngo in control; palace illus; map; comment on 2 former assaults on palace and on rebel efforts to set up more liberal regime

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Notable Births

Adam Baldwin

1962Adam Baldwin, American actor[†]

Adam Baldwin is an American actor. He made his film debut in My Bodyguard (1980). He later appeared in Full Metal Jacket (1987) as Animal Mother, and in the television series Firefly and its continuation film Serenity as Jayne Cobb. His roles include Stillman in Ordinary People (1980), Colonel John Casey in Chuck, and Mike Slattery in The Last Ship.

Grant Show

1962Grant Show, American actor[†]

Grant Show is an American actor. He is best known for his role on Melrose Place as Jake Hanson, which he played from 1992 to 1997. From 2017 to 2022, he portrayed Blake Carrington in the soap opera reboot Dynasty.

Historical Events

Vietnam War

1962Vietnam War: Two dissident Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots bomb the Independence Palace in Saigon in a failed attempt to assassinate South Vietnam President Ngô Đình Diệm.[†]

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

Historical Context for February 27, 1962

In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]