Watts Riots Begin in Los Angeles, August 11, 1965

Kecksburg UFO incident: A fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; with witnesses reporting something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. Date: December 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Dominican Republic Civil War…

Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their four-day 50-mile (80 km) march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. Date: March 25, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965US…

The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock. Date: August 15, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Vietnam…

Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam. Date: May 27, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965SS Yarmouth Castle Fire and Sinking Kill 87, November…

Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Viet Minh, along with Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Trần Thiện Khiêm, all Catholics, attempt a coup against the military junta of the Buddhist Nguyễn Khánh. Date: February 19, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia →…

Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. Date: February 20, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965NASA Launches Gemini 3, First…