Date: March 19, 1965
A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building. Date: November 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965India…
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 1965Soviet Luna 5 Crashes…
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 1965NASA Launches Gemini 3, First U.S. Two-Man Space Flight March 23, 1965Hurricane Betsy…
The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ. Date: June 9, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Norman…
Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state. Date: June 19, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
An Mw 7.4 earthquake in Chile sets off a series of tailings dam failures, burying the town of El Cobre and killing at least 500 people. Date: March 28, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…