Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen’]
Tag: 1965
16 July 1965
The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking Italy and France opens. The Mont Blanc Tunnel is a highway tunnel in Europe, under the Mont Blanc mountain in…
12 May 1965
The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon. In May 1965, Luna 5 became the first Soviet probe in two years to head for…
25 March 1965
Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. he Selma to Montgomery…
7 March 1965
Over 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. On March 7, 1965, state troopers and a sheriff’s…
16 July 1965
The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy is opened. After 19 years of planning and construction, the Mont Blanc Tunnel officially opens. The new…
7 March 1965
A group of 600 civil rights marchers are brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama. On March 7, 1965, state troopers and…
8 November 1965
The death penalty is formally abolished in the United Kingdom. The abolition of capital punishment was a major priority of the incoming Labour government of…
9 August 1965
Singapore becomes the only country ever to gain independence unwillingly as it is expelled from Malaysia.