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1965 (''' MCMLXV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar).
Events
January
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February
March
- March 7 - Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama
- arrive in South Vietnam becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam
- March 9 - Second march from Selma to Montgomery under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. stops at the bridge that was the site of Bloody Sunday to hold a prayer service and return to Selma in obedience to a court restraining order. White Supremacist s beat up white Unitarian Universalist minister James J. Reeb later that day in Selma, Alabama .
- March 10 - Goldie , a London Zoo golden eagle is recaptured after 13 days of freedom
- March 11 - White Unitarian Universalist minister James J. Reeb , beaten by White Supremacists in Selma, Alabama on March 9 following the second march from Selma, dies in a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama .
- March 17 - In response to the events of March 7 and March 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It will be passed by the Senate May 26 and by the House July 10 and signed into law by President Johnson Aug. 6.
- March 18 - Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov , leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to Walk In Space
- launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of unmanned Lunar Space Probe s
- March 21 - Civil Rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. begin march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery
- March 23 - NASA launches Gemini III with the United States ' first two-person crew into earth orbit ( Gus Grissom and John Young ).
- March 25 - Civil Rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully end march from Selma , arriving at the capitol in Montgomery . Four Klansmen shoot and kill Detroit homemaker Viola Liuzzo as she drives marchers back to Selma at night after the march.
April
- April 6 - Launch of Early Bird Communications Satellite . It becomes operational May 2 and is placed in commercial service in June.
- April 9 - The West German parliament extends the statute of limitations on Nazi War Crime s. Also, in Houston, Texas , the Harris County Domed Stadium (more commonly known as the Astrodome ) was opened.
- April 11 - The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak : An estimated fifty-one tornadoes (forty-seven confirmed) hit in six Midwestern states killing anywhere from 256 to 271 people and injuring some 1,500 more.
- April 14 - '' In Cold Blood '' killers Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, convicted of murdering four members of the Herbert Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas , are executed by hanging at the Kansas State Penitentiary for Men in Lansing, Kansas .
- April 21 - NY World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, NY, reopens.
- April 23 - The Pennine Way officially opened.
- April 24 - Bodies of Portuguese opposition politician Humberto Delgado and his secretary Arajaris Campos are found in a forest near Villanueva Del Fresno , Spain . They were killed February 12 .
- April 24 - In the Dominican Republic , officers and civilians loyal to deposed President Juan Bosch lead a mutiny against the right wing junta running the country, setting up a provisional government. Forces loyal to the deposed military-imposed government stage a countercoup the next day, and civil war breaks out, although the new government retains its hold on power.
- April 28 - US troops are sent by President Lyndon B. Johnson "for the stated purpose of protecting US citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country", thus thwarting the possibility of "another Cuba ".
- n Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that the country will substantially increase its number of troops in South Vietnam , supposedly at the request of the Saigon government, although it is later revealed that Menzies had asked the leadership in Saigon to send the request at the behest of the Americans.
- April 29 - Australia announces that it is sending an Infantry battalion to support the South Vietnam government.
May
June
July
August
September
- September 2 - Pakistan i troops enter the India n sector of Kashmir
- September 6 - India n troops march on Lahore
- September 7 - China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border
- , United States Marines and South Vietnam ese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula , 23 miles south of the Chu Lai Marine base
- September 8 - India opens two additional fronts against Pakistan
- September 9 - UN secretary general U Thant negotiates with Pakistan i president Ayub Khan
- September 9 - U Thant recommends China for UN membership
- September 13 - Congress of Arab countries begins in Casablanca - Habib Bourguiba boycotts the meeting
- September 14 - Opening of fourth and final period of Second Vatican Council
- September 16 - China protests against Indian provocations in its border region
- September 16 - In Iraq , Prime Minister Arif Abd Ar-Razzaq 's attempted coup fails
- September 17 - King Constantine II of Greece forms a new government in Greece with Prime Minister Stephanos Stephanopoulos in an attempt to end a two-year old political crisis
- September 18 - China claims that US troops have used Poison Gas in South Vietnam
- September 18 - In Denmark , Palle Sörensen shoots four policemen in pursuit - apprehended the same day
- September 19 - Soviet prime minister Alexey Kosygin invites the leaders of India and Pakistan to meet in Soviet Union to negotiate
- September 20 - End of term for Tuanku Syed Putra Ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail as the 3rd Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia .
- September 21 - Commander of US troops in Vietnam, general William Westmoreland , pleads Washington to cancel the ban to use Mustard Gas
- September 21 - Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Zainal Abidin III , Sultan of Terengganu becomes the 4th Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia .
- September 22 - Radio Peking announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border
- September 24 - Fighting between India n and Pakistan i troops erupts again
- September 24 - British governor of Aden cancels the Aden constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate because of the bad security situation
- September 27 - Largest tanker ship at the time, '' Tokyo Maru '', launched in Yokohama
- September 28 - Fidel Castro announces that everybody who wants can immigrate to USA
- September 28 - Taal Volcano in Luzon , Philippines , erupts - hundreds dead
- September 30 – Attempted communist coup in Indonesia . Indonesian army crushes it with the lead of general Suharto
October
- October 1 - The Indonesian army takes effective control - leading many to suspect that the Communists were in fact merely a scapegoat.
- October 3 - Fidel Castro announces that Che Guevara has resigned and left the country
- October 4 - Prime minister Ian Smith of Rhodesia and Arthur Bottomley of the Commonwealth Of Nations begin negotiations in London - they end on October 8 without results
- October 4 - Pope Paul VI visits the United States. He appears for a Mass in Yankee Stadium and makes a speech at the United Nations
- October 5 - Pakistan sever Diplomatic Relations with Malaysia because of the disagreement in UN
- October 5 - The Beatles are set to release their song 'Love Me Do' on Parlophone
- October 6 - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley , the Moors Murderers, arrested.
- October 8 - Indonesian army arrests and executes communists
- October 8 - Olympic Committee admits East Germany as a member
- October 8 - The Post Office Tower opens in London
- October 9 - Yale University presents the " Vinland Map "
- October 9 - Brigade of South Korea n soldiers arrive in South Vietnam
- October 10 - First group of Cuba n refugees travels to USA
- October 12 - Per Borten forms a government in Norway
- October 12 - UN general council recommends that United Kingdom try everything to stop a rebellion in Rhodesia
- October 13 - President of Congo, Joseph Kasavubu , fires Prime Minister Moise Tshombe and forms a provisional government with Evariste Kimba in a lead
- stages the first public burning of a Draft card in the United States
- October 16 - Suharto takes power in Indonesia
- October 17 - NY World's Fair at Flushing Meadows, NY, closes. Due to financial losses, some of the projected improvements on the park on the site fail to materialize.
- October 18 - Indonesian government declares communist party illegal
- October 20 - Ludwig Erhard elected as Chancellor in West Germany
- October 21 - Ikeja-Seki Comet
- October 21 - OAU meeting begins in Accra
- October 22 - French authors André Figueras and Jacques Laurent are fined for their comments against Charles De Gaulle
- October 22 - African countries demand that the United Kingdom use force to prevent Rhodesia from declaring unilateral independence
- October 24 - British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Arthur Bottomley travel to Rhodesia for negotiations
- October 25 - Soviet Union declares its support of African countries in case Rhodesia unilaterally declares independence
- October 26
- --- Anti-government demonstrations in the Dominican Republic
- --- The body of Sylvia Likens discovered by authorities in Indianapolis , Indiana , USA.
- October 27 - Brazilian president Branco removes power of parliament, legal courts and opposition parties
- October 28 - French foreign minister Couve De Murville travels to Moscow
- October 28 - Pope Paul VI announces that Ecumenical Council has decided that Jews are not collectively responsible for the killing of Christ
- October 28 - In St. Louis, Missouri , the 630-foot-tall parabolic steel Gateway Arch is completed
- October 29 - Kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barka
- , United States Marines repel an intense attack by wave after wave of Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions was found on the body of a 13-year-old Vietnam ese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.
- October 31 - Indonesian army announces that it is fighting with communist guerillas in Java
November
- November 2 - Republican John V. Lindsay elected mayor of New York City
- November 3 - Charles De Gaulle announces that he will stand in next presidential election
- November 5 - Martial Law announced in Rhodesia . UN General Assembly accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary with a vote of 82-9.
- and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States (by 1971 250,000 Cubans take advantage of this program).
- November 8 - The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago , Aldabra , Farquhar and Des Roches islands (on June 23 , 1976 Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches were returned to Seychelles ).
- s (VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY and portions of NJ) and parts of Canada are hit by a series of Blackout s lasting up to 13 1/2 hours.
- , 22-year old Catholic Worker Movement member Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the war in Vietnam (this was the second such incident in a week; on November 2 32-year-old Quaker member Norman Morrison did the same thing in front of The Pentagon )
- November 11 - In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe ), the white minority regime of Ian Smith unilaterally declares Independence
- November 12 - UN Security Council resolution (voted 10-0) recommends that other countries would not recognize independent Rhodesia
- November 13 - The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.
- begins - In the Ia Drang Valley of the Central Highlands in Vietnam , the first major engagement of the war between regular American and North Vietnam ese forces begins
- November 15 - US racer Craig Breedlove sets a new land speed record of 600.601 mph
- launches the Venera 3 space probe from Baikonur , Kazakhstan toward Venus (on March 1 , 1966 it became the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another Planet )
- November 20 - UN Security Council recommends that all states stop trading with Rhodesia
- November 23 - Soviet general Mikhail Kazakov becomes commander of Warsaw Pact
- November 24 - Queen Elizabeth Of Belgium dies
- November 24 - Congolese lieutenant general Mobutu ousts Joseph Kasavubu and declares himself president
- November 26 - At the Hammaguira launch facility in the Sahara Desert , France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first Satellite , '' Asterix-1 '' on board, becoming the third country to enter Space .
- tells US President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned major sweep operations needed to neutralize Viet Cong forces during the next year were to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000
- 's call for "more flags" in Vietnam , Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam .
- November 29 - Canadian satellite Alouette 2 is launched.
December
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Births
January
- January 1 - Laura Ingraham , American talk show host and author
- January 9 - Joely Richardson , British actress
- January 14 - Marc Delissen , Dutch field hockey player
- January 15 - Adam Jones , American musician ( Tool )
- January 15 - James Nesbitt , Northern Irish actor
- January 18 - Dave Attell , American comedian
- January 20 - Sophie, Countess Of Wessex
- January 20 - John Michael Montgomery , American singer
- January 22 - DJ Jazzy Jeff , American rapper and actor
- January 22 - Diane Lane , American actress
- January 26 - Natalia Yurchenko , Soviet gymnast
- January 27 - Alan Cumming , Scottish actor
- January 29 - Dominik Hasek , Czech hockey player
February
March
- March 1 - Booker T , Proffesional Wrestler, 5 Time WCW World Champion
- March 1 - Stewart Elliott , Canadian jockey
- March 4 - Gary Helms , American kickboxer
- March 4 - Paul W.S. Anderson , British filmmaker, producer and screenwriter
- March 7 - Jesper Parnevik , Swedish golfer
- March 9 - Benito Santiago , baseball player
- March 10 - Rod Woodson , American football player
- March 11 - Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen , British television presenter
- March 12 - Steve Finley , baseball player
- March 14 - Kevin Brown , baseball player
- March 24 - Mark Calaway , American professional wrestler AKA Undertaker
- March 25 - Sarah Jessica Parker , American actress
- March 25 - Stefka Kostadinova , Bulgarian high jumper and president of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee
April
- April 1 - Robert Steadman , English composer
- April 4 - Robert Downey Jr. , American actor
- April 6 - Frank Black , American musician
- April 7 - Bill Bellamy , American actor and comedian
- April 15 - Linda Perry , American musician
- April 16 - Martin Lawrence , American actor, comedian, and producer
- April 21 - Ed Belfour , Canadian hockey player
- April 26 - Kevin James , American comedian and actor
- April 28 - Steven Blum , American voice actor
May
June
July
August
September
- September 2 - Lennox Lewis , British boxer
- September 11 - Moby , American musician
- September 11 - Paul Heyman American Wrestling promoter, ECW
- September 16 - Katy Kurtzman , American actress, director, and producer
- September 20 - Robert Rusler , American actor
- September 21 - Cheryl Hines , American actress
- September 25 - Scottie Pippen , American basketball player
- September 27 - Peter MacKay , Canadian politician
October
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