Vietnam War: US Marines Arrive at Da Nang, March 8, 1965

The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan is founded in Kabul, Afghanistan. Date: January 1, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Dominican Civil War Begins After Caamaño Overthrows Triumvirate April 24, 1965Socialist Republic of Romania…

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 1965Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 Bombing Near 100 Mile House,…

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 →…

President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. Date: March 15, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Venera 3 Launches…

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)…

Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashes into the Atlantic Ocean and explodes, killing all 84 people onboard. Date: February 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965British Indian Ocean Territory Created from Chagos Archipelago…