Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space. Date: March 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Aeroflot Flight 513 crashes during takeoff from Kuybyshev Airport, killing 30 and injuring 9. Date: March 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang. Date: March 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)