Date: April 24, 1965
U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid. Date: July 30, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 30 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Vietnam War Saigon U.S. Embassy Car Bomb…
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) More events from 1965March Intifada: Leftist Uprising…
The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands. Date: November 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965South Vietnamese Catholic Generals Attempt Coup Against Nguyễn…
India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate followed by the signing of the Tashkent Declaration. Date: September 6, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction. Date: March 19, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on…
Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun. Date: October 21, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I Revoke Excommunications, December 7, 1965Jean-Bédel Bokassa…