Date: March 15, 1965
Vietnam War: The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission. Date: February 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 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) More events from 1965Ranger 8 Moon Crash After Apollo Site Photos, February 20, 1965France Launches Astérix,…
Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on the head with a bat, sparking a 14-minute brawl, one of the most violent on-field incidents in sports history. Date: August 22, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on…
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…
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) More events from 1965Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Kills…