Venera program: The Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, which will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet. Date: November 16, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Craig Breedlove sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the Spirit of America, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Date: November 15, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins. This is the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces. Date: November 14, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
The SS Yarmouth Castle catches fire and sinks, killing 87. Date: November 13, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
United Air Lines Flight 227 crashes at Salt Lake City International Airport, killing 43. Date: November 11, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Southern Rhodesia's Prime Minister Ian Smith unilaterally declares the colony independent as the unrecognised state of Rhodesia. Date: November 11, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building. Date: November 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965. Date: November 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
American Airlines Flight 383 crashes in Constance, Kentucky, killing 58. Date: November 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi. Date: November 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia…