Israeli Spy Eli Cohen Hanged in Damascus, Syria, May 18, 1965

The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people. Date: April 11, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Hurricane Betsy Second Landfall…

Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997. Date: November 24, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day…

One hundred twenty-one people are killed when Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705 crashes at Cairo International Airport. Date: May 20, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Lyndon B. Johnson Advocates Voting Rights Act, Says…

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 →…

Launch of Early Bird, the first commercial communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. Date: April 6, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Pentagon Urges 400,000 U.S. Troops in Vietnam, November 27, 1965British…

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) More events from 1965Dominican Civil War…