1963 Honduran coup d'état

When

3 Oct 1963

Kind

Coup

Coordinates

14.11° N, 87.20° W

Description

military takeover of the Honduran government on 3 October 1963

Military coup against Ramón Villeda Morales

A coup d'état took place in Honduras on 3 October 1963, ten days before a scheduled election. Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Ramón Villeda Morales as president and initiated two decades of military rule.

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• Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Cline Center Coup d’État Project v2.2.2Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois · names it “Coup in Honduras”Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “1963 Honduran coup d'état: A violent coup in Honduras pre-empts the October 13 election, ends a period of reform under President Ramón Villeda Morales and…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “военный переворот в Гондурасе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page