Date: October 23, 1965
The 173rd Airborne is ambushed by over 1,200 Viet Cong in Operation Hump during the Vietnam War, while the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment fight one of the first set-piece engagements of the war between Australian forces and the Viet Cong at the Battle of Gang Toi. Date: November 8, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia…
The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people. Date: April 11, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Aeroflot Flight 101/X-20 Crashes…
Vietnam War: The United States Air Force uses B-52 bombers to attack guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam. Date: June 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Hits Midwest, Kills 266…
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 1965Lyndon B. Johnson Signs Voting Rights Act into Law, August 6, 1965Malcolm X…
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 1965Cook…
Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. Date: May 18, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1965Alexei Leonov First Spacewalk on Voskhod 2, March 18, 1965Ranger 8 Launches to Photograph Mare Tranquillitatis…