Date: March 21, 1965
The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ. Date: June 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Mariner…
Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat, sparking a 14-minute brawl, one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history. Date: August 22, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on…
Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. Date: April 6, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965South Vietnam PM Phan Huy Quát Resigns Amid Junta Conflict,…
Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun. Date: October 21, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Hurricane Betsy Second Landfall Near New Orleans, 76 Dead, $1.42B Damage, September 9,…
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054. Date: December 7, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 Crashes at…
The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction. Date: March 19, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on…