Vietnam War: U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. Date: July 28, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. Date: July 25, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…
The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens. Date: July 16, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth. Date: July 14, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 is destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52. Date: July 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed. Date: June 22, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 22 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Vietnam War: The United States Air Force uses B-52 bombers to attack guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam. Date: June 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…