US and South Vietnam Launch Operation Rolling Thunder Against North Vietnam March 2, 1965
Date: March 2, 1965
Date: March 2, 1965
The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. Date: June 3, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Vietnam…
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…
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…
Representatives of the National Congress of American Indians testify before members of the US Senate in Washington, D.C., against the termination of the Colville tribe. Date: April 7, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts. Date: February 20, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Kecksburg UFO Fireball Crashes Near…
Martin Luther King Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. Date: March 21, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 21 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Vietnam…