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

The maple leaf is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the Canadian Red Ensign flag. Date: February 15, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Eisaku Satō First Postwar Japanese PM Visits Okinawa, August…

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 1965Singapore Expelled from…

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 1965Israeli Spy Eli Cohen Hanged in Damascus, Syria — May 18, 1965South Vietnamese PM Trần Văn Hương…

The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam. Date: March 2, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965United Air Lines Flight 227 Crashes…

Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997. Date: November 24, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day…

Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage. Date: September 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On…