SS Yarmouth Castle Fire and Sinking Kill 87, November 13, 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 1965SS Yarmouth Castle Fire…

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 1965Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Hits Midwest, Kills 266 — April 11,…

Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054. Date: December 7, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Canada Chooses Current Flag Design by Parliament…

South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh. Date: July 16, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events…

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state. Date: June 19, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war. Date: June 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day…