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February 15, 2024
Hello, Americans. This is Paul Harvey!
In 1965 Paul Harvey laced radio news with right wing opinions, hypnotic timbre, extended pauses for effect, heart-warming tales of average Americans and folksy observations that evoked the heartland, family values and the old-fashioned plain talk one heard around the dinner table on Sunday. – NY Times Obituary 2009
Source: Wikipedia
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February 12, 2024
F4 Phantom Jet Shot Down Over Vietnam
In July 1965 an F-4C Phantom escorting a bombing raid over North Vietnam was shot down by antiaircraft missiles for the first time in the war.
Source: Forgotten Jets
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February 8, 2024
Mariner 4 Mars Photos
In July 1965, Mariner 4 passed within 6,118 miles of Mars, snapping 22 photographs of the planet and taking scientific measurements.
Source: Wikipedia
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February 5, 2024
US Intervenes in the Dominican Republic
In April 1965 the democratically elected Dominican president Juan Bosch was ousted and the militarily installed president Donald Reid Cabral in office. A second coup prompted the military loyal to the dictator Reid to initiate an armed campaign against the “constitutionalist” rebels.
Allegations of communist support for the rebels led to a United States intervention in the conflict (Operation Power Pack). Americans and Dominicans skirmished several times but fought only one battle where 8 US and 67 Dominicans were killed.
Source:Wikipedia
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February 1, 2024
1965 Academy Awards
The most successful films of the year were The Sound of Music and Doctor Zhivago, each with ten nominations and five wins, with the former winning Best Picture.
Source: Wikipedia
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January 29, 2024
Russian Cosmonaut Space Walk
In March 1965 Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov , a Soviet cosmonaut, became the first person to walk in space, exiting the capsule of the Voskhod 2 mission for 12 minutes and 9 seconds.
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January 25, 2024
US Ground Troops Land in South Vietnam
In March 1965 3,500 United States Marines landed at Da Nang Vietnam, adding combat troops to the 25,000 U.S. military advisers already in the country.
Source: Wikipedia
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January 22, 2024
Operation Rolling Thunder
Operation Rolling Thunder was a sustained aerial bombardment campaign conducted by the United States Air Force and Navy against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), China and North Korea from March 1965 until November 1968.
Source: Wikipedia
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January 18, 2024
Selma to Montgomery Civil Rights March
In March 1965 Alabama State Troopers attacked over 500 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama, as they attempted to march to the state capitol of Montgomery.
Source: Wikipedia
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January 15, 2024
Malcolm X Assassinated
In February 1965 American Muslim minister and human rights activist Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a speech in Harlem New York City.
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