Aeroflot Flight 542 crashes in the Yermakovsky District, killing all 31 aboard. Date: March 7, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. Date: March 7, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office. Date: March 6, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against the British colonial presence. Date: March 5, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. Date: February 20, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 →…
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)
Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the crewed Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing. Date: February 17, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
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)