Date: June 9, 1965
Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and explodes, killing all 84 people onboard. Date: February 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19651965 Chile Earthquake Triggers El Cobre Tailings Dam…
Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Date: September 20, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Vietnam War: Operation Piranha Begins on Batangan Peninsula,…
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…
The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals. Date: August 5, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19651964–1965 New York World’s Fair Opens for Final…
Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997. Date: November 24, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day…
At dawn, seven Indonesian Army officers and a police inspector were assassinated by the September 30 Movement at Lubang Buaya, East Jakarta. In addition, two more officers were killed in Yogyakarta. The Army pinned the murders to the Communist Party of Indonesia, resulting in mass killings of suspected leftists. Date: October 1, 1965 Read more…