1965 plane crash of a Boeing 720-040B; deadliest Boeing 720 accident. It took place on 20 May 1965 in what is now Egypt. The setting was Cairo International Airport. Those involved included Huang Zhiqian. Its causes included controlled flight into terrain. About 121 people died. Some 6 were injured.
Before and after
- 18 March 1965Alexei Leonov makes the first spacewalk
- 4 April 1965Birth of Robert Downey Jr.
- 8 April 1965Merger Treaty
- 11 May 1965Construction of Israel Museum
- 20 May 1965Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705
- 14 July 1965Mariner 4 sends the first close-up pictures of Mars
- 19 July 1965Introduction of Ghana cedi
- 31 July 1965Birth of J. K. Rowling
- from August 1965 to September 1965Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
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- 24 October 1945Founding of United Nations
- 5 October 1948Founding of International Union for Conservation of Nature
- 5 May 1949Founding of Council of Europe
- 1960Founding of Somalia
- 1 October 1963Founding of Nigeria
- 1985Introduction of new shekel
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