Key Headlines That Shaped 1965: A 60-Year Look Back

Fast Summary

• Canadian Pacific Flight 21: On July 8, 1965, the airplane exploded mid-air due to a bomb, killing all 52 people aboard. Despite a thorough examination, no perpetrator or motive was identified.
• Vietnam War Escalation: The U.S deployed additional troops in Vietnam during 1965 and launched Operation Rolling thunder. By year-end, American troop strength reached 180,000.
• Bob Dylan Goes Electric: Folk purists reacted with outrage at Dylan’s electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival; however, his musical fame surged nonetheless. Notable music releases included hits by The Beatles and Rolling stones.
• Watts Riots: Six days of rioting erupted in Watts (Los Angeles) triggered by racial tensions and police arrests; this resulted in loss of life (34 dead), injuries (~1,000), and notable property damage ($40 million).
• Winston Churchill Dies: Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill passed away on January 24 at age 90; globally mourned for his leadership during WWII against Nazi aggression.
• space Race Intensified: Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performed humanity’s first spacewalk while American astronaut Ed White conducted one later that year aboard Gemini IV.
• Selma March (Bloody Sunday): Civil rights activists peacefully marching for African-American voting rights were brutally attacked by law enforcement on March 7 in Selma, Alabama-nationally broadcasted violence shocked Americans and lead to landmark voting legislation proposals by President Johnson later that month.
• Palm Sunday Tornadoes: A deadly tornado outbreak struck six U.S states on April 11 killing ~270; it became Indiana’s deadliest weather disaster recorded historically.
• Malcolm X Assassination: Prominent leader Malcolm X was shot dead during a speech Feb ’65 Harlem NYC auditorium under unresolved political motives further divisively controversial decades across slightly continued societal (justice trail outcomes noted conflicting details timeline loop paired eliminating reasons).

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