August 5, 1964 — The first Anti-Vietnam War protest in Australia
It started off small – although by 1964 standards, 2000 people gathered outside the American Consulate in Prahran, Victoria probably...
June 14, 2017
The Complete History
March 7, 1965 — The Selma to Montgomery March begins
The Selma to Montgomery marches were a series of civil rights protests held in Alabama during March 1965. The first...
June 9, 2017
March 18, 1965 — Gene Seski crashes a truckload of bananas in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Gene Seski was an experienced truck driver who, on the 18th of March, 1965, was driving a semi-trailer load of...
June 4, 2017
April 28, 1965 — US Marines occupy Santo Domingo
The Dominican Civil War was not even a week old before Lyndon Johnson decided that it posed a threat to...
June 1, 2017
November 25, 1965 — Arlo Guthrie is arrested for littering
These things happen on Thanksgiving, especially in the town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts where this all happened. It’s the kind of...
May 30, 2017
September 8, 1966 — The first “Star Trek” episode is broadcast
Space… the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five year mission: to explore strange new...
May 24, 2017
October 14, 1966 — Rubin Carter is falsely accused by Alfred Bello
Alfred Bello, and his partner-in-crime, Arthur Dexter Bradley, were small-timers. Knocking over factories was their style, and the last thing...
May 19, 2017
October 21, 1966 — A Coal Tip falls on the Welsh village of Aberfan killing 144 people
Up until 1966, the National Coal Board had allowed the excavations from the Aberfan mine to be piled up on...
May 14, 2017
November 2, 1966 — Mississippi John Hurt dies of a heart attack
Although he was mostly an obscurity during his life, in the last few years, beginning with an appearance on the...
May 9, 2017
November 15, 1966 — The first documented sighting of the West Virginia Mothman takes place
On November 15, 1966, two young couples from Point Pleasant, West Virginia were out for a pleasant drive. Steve and...
May 4, 2017
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