WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1965
Find out what all happened April to May 1965

PIA Flight 705, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720-040B, crashes while descending to land at Cairo International Airport, killing 121 of the 127 passengers and crew. (20. May 1965)

The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people. (11. April 1965)

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops. (28. April 1965)

Teenage sniper Michael Andrew Clark kills three and wounds six others shooting from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Santa Maria, California. (25. April 1965)

Battle of Dong-Yin, a naval conflict between ROC and PRC, takes place. (1. May 1965)

Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. (6. April 1965)

The first Ford Mustang rolls off the show room floor, two days before it is set to go on sale nationwide. (15. April 1965)

The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project. (6. April 1965)

Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played. (9. April 1965)

Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series. (29. April 1965)

Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria. (18. May 1965)

The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon. (12. May 1965)

Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam. (27. May 1965)

A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting. (26. April 1965)

Civil war breaks out in the Dominican Republic when Colonel Francisco Caamaño, overthrows the triumvirate that had been in power since the coup d'état against Juan Bosch. (24. April 1965)

The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season. (21. April 1965)

The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled. (4. April 1965)

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