Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 Crashes at Cairo Airport, May 20, 1965
Date: May 20, 1965
Date: May 20, 1965
The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom for almost all crimes. Date: November 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on November 8 ๐ Events on this day in 1965 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament. Date: January 28, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 28 ๐ Events on this day in 1965 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Canada Adopts Maple Leaf Flag, Replacing Red Ensign, February 15,…
U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid. Date: July 30, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 30 ๐ Events on this day in 1965 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Watts Riots Begin in Los Angeles, August…
Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war. Date: August 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 18 ๐ Events on this day in 1965 ๐ On This Day (Today)…
The wreck of the SSย 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 โ ๐ Other events on March 19 ๐ Events on…
Project Gemini: Gemini 6A, crewed by Wally Schirra and Thomas Stafford, is launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida. Four orbits later, it achieves the first space rendezvous, with Gemini 7. Date: December 15, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 15 ๐ Events on this day in 1965 ๐ On This Day…