List of political self-immolations
1960s

List of political self-immolations

Section Title: 1960s
Table Section Text: None

Date	Name	Age	Country	Protesting	Notes and references

June 11, 1963	Thích Quảng Đức	66	South Vietnam	Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm	Led to several other monks and nuns committing the same act before Diệm was toppled. The photo, photographed by Malcolm Browne, became well-associated with his political protest.

August 4, 1963	Thích Mguyen Huong	20s	South Vietnam	Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm	Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in the town center of Phan Thiết.

August 13, 1963	Thích Thanh Tuck	17	South Vietnam	Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm	Buddhist novice monk.

August 15, 1963	Dieti Quảng	–	South Vietnam	Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm	Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of Từ Đàm Pagoda in Huế.

August 16, 1963	Thích Tieu	71	South Vietnam	Persecution of Buddhists by the government of Ngô Đình Diệm	Buddhist monk. He soaked his robes in gasoline and self-immolated in the courtyard of Từ Đàm Pagoda in Huế.

January 25, 1964	Kizappazuvur Chinnasamy	27	India	Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language	Inspired 5 other self-immolations.

1965	Keeranoor Muthu	21	India	Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language	Hotel worker

January 26, 1965	Kodambakkam Sivalingam	21	India	Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language	Madras city government employee

January 27, 1965	Virugambakkam Aranganathan	33	India	Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language	Worked in Madras for the Telephone Department.

February 11, 1965	Ayampalayam Veerappan	26	India	Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language	School headmaster

February 1965	Satyamangalam Muthu	21	India	Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language	Farmer

March 1965	Mayavaram Sarangapani	20	India	Imposition of Hindi over the Tamil language	Student

March 16, 1965	Alice Herz	82	United States	Vietnam War	Women Strike for Peace member. Self-immolated on a street corner in Detroit, Michigan.

July 23, 1965	Huh Jik	62	South Korea	Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea	Worked for a minor political party. Self-immolated on the steps of the Seoul Capitol.

October 12, 1965	Hiroko Hayasaki	36	United States	Vietnam War	Japanese American Buddhist. Self-immolated in San Diego, California.

November 2, 1965	Norman Morrison	31	United States	Vietnam War	Quaker from Baltimore, Maryland. Committed act in front of preschool-aged daughter.

November 9, 1965	Roger Allen LaPorte	22	United States	Vietnam War	Catholic Worker

November 9, 1965	Celene Jankowski	24	United States	Vietnam War	Mother whose three-month-old baby died in October 1965. Her brother had also died in the Korean War.

May 28, 1966	Thích Nữ Thanh Quảng	55	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist nun.

May 28, 1966	Ho Thi Thieu	58	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated in pagoda in Saigon. Thousands were present, and monks covered her body with a Buddhist flag.

May 28, 1966	Thích Nữ Vinh Ngoc	19	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in Huế.

May 29, 1966	Name missing	–	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist monk self-immolated in Da Lat.

May 31, 1966	Nguyen Thi Van	17	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist laywoman. Self-immolated outside a pagoda in Huế.

May 31, 1966	Name missing	–	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist

May 31, 1966	Name missing	–	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist

June 4, 1966	Thích Nữ Dien Dinh	26	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the courtyard of a small pagoda in Da Nang.

June 4, 1966	Thích Nữ Bao Luan	24	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang.

June 4, 1966	Thích Dieu Nữ Tri	–	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Buddhist nun. Self-immolated in the same location as Thích Du Dien Dinh in Da Nang.

June 4, 1966	Name missing	–	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime	Novice Buddhist monk. Self-immolated in Quảng Trị

June 17, 1966	Woman; name missing	–	South Vietnam	Government of Nguyễn Cao Kỳ and United States support of the regime

July 12, 1966	Liangqing	70	China	Destruction of the Famen Temple	Buddhist monk

May 16, 1967	Nhất Chi Mai	34	South Vietnam	Vietnam War	Buddhist nun

October 3, 1967	Thích Nữ Tri	–	South Vietnam	1967 South Vietnamese presidential election	Buddhist nun

October 8, 1967	Woman; name missing	–	South Vietnam	1967 South Vietnamese presidential election	Buddhist nun

October 15, 1967	Florence Beaumont	55	United States	Vietnam War

October 22, 1967	Thích Nữ Hue	–	South Vietnam	1967 South Vietnamese presidential election	Buddhist nun

November 1, 1967	Thích Nữ Thuong	–	South Vietnam	1967 South Vietnamese presidential election	Buddhist nun

November 12, 1967	Yui Chunoshin [eo]	73	Japan	Vietnam War	Esperantist.

December 4, 1967	Erik Thoen	27	United States	Vietnam War	Zen Buddhist. Self-immolated in Sunnyvale, California.

March 19, 1968	Ronald Brazee	16	United States	Vietnam War	Student. Died in hospital five weeks later.

September 8, 1968	Ryszard Siwiec	59	Poland	Poland's participation in Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia	Died in hospital four days later.

November 5, 1968	Vasyl Makukh	40	Soviet Union	Soviet rule in Ukraine

January 16, 1969	Jan Palach	20	Czechoslovakia	Communist rule in Czechoslovakia	Student. Inspired a number of self-immolations in protest of Soviet satellite states.

January 20, 1969	Sándor Bauer	17	Hungary	Communist rule in Hungary	Apprentice

January 20, 1969	Josef Hlavatý	25	Czechoslovakia	Communist rule in Czechoslovakia	Blue-collar worker. Self-immolated in Plzeň and died five days later.

January 22, 1969	Miroslav Malinka	–	Czechoslovakia	Communist rule in Czechoslovakia	Blue-collar worker. Referenced Jan Palach. Self-immolated in Brno.

January 26, 1969	Jan Bereš	16	Czechoslovakia	Communist rule in Czechoslovakia	Apprentice. Referenced Jan Palach. Self-immolated in Cheb.

February 10, 1969	Mykola Bereslavsky	45	Soviet Union	Soviet rule in Ukraine

February 25, 1969	Jan Zajíc	19	Czechoslovakia	Communist rule in Czechoslovakia	Student.

April 2, 1969	Evžen Plocek	39	Czechoslovakia	Communist rule in Czechoslovakia	Businessman.

April 9, 1969	Eliyahu Rips	20	Soviet Union	Communist rule in Czechoslovakia	Survived, became professor of mathematics.

May 30, 1969	Bruce Mayrock	20	United States	Genocide against Biafra in the Nigerian Civil War	Columbia University student. Died in hospital several hours later.

Sentence(s)

Ryszard Siwiec from Poland self-immolated in protest of the invasion.
Siwiec was one of the person to self-immolate.

final_sentence: Ryszard Siwiec from Poland self-immolated in protest of the invasion.
final_sentence: Siwiec was one of the person to self-immolate.