Thích Quảng Đức Self-Immolates in Saigon for Religious Freedom, June 11, 1963
Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
Date: June 11, 1963
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