Date: August 22, 1965
NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). Date: March 23, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Kills 266 in Midwest,…
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 1965Gambia, Maldives, and Singapore Join United…
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 1965Palm…
Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California. Date: August 11, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Lyndon B. Johnson Advocates Voting Rights Act, “We Shall Overcome” -…
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established. Date: September 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Aeroflot Flight 513 Crash at Kuybyshev Airport, March 8, 1965Mariner 4 Mars Flyby Takes…
Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore. Date: September 11, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Bloody Sunday Selma Civil Rights Marchers Attacked by Police March 7,…