Bloody Sunday
Is absent when local civil rights leaders march from Selma and are attacked.
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Explore 278 historical events and records for United States of America in 1965.
Historical records for United States of America in 1965
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March
Bloody Sunday
SCLC supports the voting rights campaign, but King is not on the first march.
Bloody Sunday
Leads marchers toward the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Bloody Sunday
Commands Alabama troopers at the bridge confrontation.
Bloody Sunday
Photographs help publicise violence on the bridge.
Bloody Sunday
Young local activists support the voting rights march.
Bloody Sunday
Supports the voting rights campaign that led to the march.
Bloody Sunday
His earlier arrest helps intensify the Selma campaign.
Bloody Sunday
Supports the voting rights campaign in Alabama.
Bloody Sunday
Opposes the march and defends segregationist state authority.
Bloody Sunday
Co-leads the first Selma to Montgomery march.
Bloody Sunday
Works with SCLC during the Selma campaign.
Bloody Sunday
Joins efforts to continue the march after the violence.
Bloody Sunday
Voting rights campaigners connect Selma to wider disenfranchisement.
Bloody Sunday
Federal officials respond to the crisis after Bloody Sunday.
Bloody Sunday
Helps national support build after the televised violence.
Da Nang Landing
Commands Marines landing at Da Nang as the first major US ground combat units
Landing-Da Nang
The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade are the 1st U.S. ground combat force in Vietnam
Napalm Bombing
Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based anti-personnel bomb that showers hundreds of explosive pellets upon impact
Siege of Da Nang
The 1st U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang
Siege of Da Nang
The 1st US combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang
Appalachian Regional Development Act
Signs the Appalachian Regional Development Act, creating a regional development programme for Appalachia.
Bloody Sunday
Dies after being attacked during Selma campaign events.
Market Time
Joint effort between the U.S. Navy & South Vietnamese Navy to disrupt North Vietnamese sea routes used to funnel supplies into the South. 1st day of Operation-Market Time, results in the North Vietnamese shifting to the more difficult land route along the Ho Chi Minh trail
Bloody Sunday
Calls for voting rights legislation after Selma.
Voting Rights Speech
Addresses Congress after Selma and calls for voting rights legislation, declaring “We shall overcome.”
Bloody Sunday
Later permits the protected Selma to Montgomery march.
Bringing It All Back Home
Releases Bringing It All Back Home.
Bringing It All Back Home
Releases an album mixing acoustic songs with electric instruments.
Black Power
The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power"
Black Power
The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power"
Bloody Sunday
Is murdered after supporting the Selma voting rights campaign.
Demonstrations
The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power". On the steps of the state capitol building, King delivers a speech that has become known as "How Long, Not Long"
Demonstrations
The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power"
Studio Z Obscenity Arrest
Is arrested after an undercover officer commissions a suggestive audio recording; he later serves ten days in jail.
Siege of Embassy
Viet Cong terrorists bomb the U.S. embassy in Saigon
Bombing of Ho Chi Minh Trail
The 1st air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail
April
Mobilization
The decision to allow offensive operations is kept secret from the American press & public for 2 months. President Johnson authorizes sending 2 more Marine battalions & up to 20,000 logistical personnel to Vietnam
Vietnam Strategy Letter to Johnson
McCone warned President Johnson against relying on an expanded ground war and argued that military pressure on North Vietnam required a broader strategic approach.
Operation Steel Tiger
Approves air interdiction against Ho Chi Minh Trail routes in southern Laos
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