In Indonesia, a coup attributed to communists is foiled; Mohamed Suharto’s military kills 500,000 communists or suspected communists, and Suharto emerges as a leader and becomes president of the country that same year. At 3:15 a.m., 2,000 rebel soldiers take seven Indonesian generals hostage. Three generals are killed, a fourth escapes, and the rioters accidentally kill his five-year-old daughter. The rioters, lacking even walkie-talkies and poorly coordinated, fail to find President Sukarno. By 9:00 p.m. on October 1st, the coup has failed.
