Date: March 21, 1965
South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, is hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh. Date: July 16, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events…
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…
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) More events from 1965UK Imposes 70 mph Rural Road and Motorway…
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) More events from 1965Vietnam War: Battle of Ia Drang Begins, November 14, 1965SS Georgiana Wreck…
Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. The photographs take approximately six hours to be transmitted back to Earth. Date: July 14, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 14 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch. Date: April 24, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More…