Date: February 19, 1965
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 1965American Airlines Flight…
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 1965Premier Tom Playford Loses Power After 27 Years…
Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war. Date: June 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day…
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted. Date: December 21, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 21 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Operation Rolling Thunder Begins Against North Vietnam, March 2, 1965Vietnam War Draft…
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…
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…