Vietnam War: 101st Airborne Arrives at Cam Ranh Bay, July 29, 1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space. Date: March 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Vietnam War: U.S. Marines Deploy Hawk…

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 → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Lyndon B. Johnson Advocates Voting Rights Act,…

Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission. Date: February 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. Date: May 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19651965 Chile Earthquake Triggers El Cobre Tailings Dam Failures, March 28, 1965Frank Herbert’s Dune Published for…

Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage. Date: September 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On…

Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Date: March 21, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Comet…