American Airlines Flight 383 Crashes in Kentucky, 58 Killed – November 8, 1965

India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration. Date: September 6, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Soviet Union, Space probe of the Luna program, called Luna 8, is launched, but crashes on the Moon. Date: December 3, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Vietnam War Draft Card Burning Sparks First…

The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom. Date: February 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March Completed by Martin Luther King Jr. March 25, 1965Operation Rolling Thunder…

France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster. Date: November 26, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 26 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Vietnam War: Viet Cong Battle Army of the…

International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted. Date: December 21, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 21 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965United Air Lines Flight 227 Crashes at Salt Lake City, November 11,…

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 → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day…