1965

Year 1965 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the 1965.

January

 * - no longer uses silver in the coins; instead, they use a  clad, except for the . The ship  is driven onto the beach in, stranding her.'''
 * - U.S. President proclaims his "" during his.
 * - : The bodies of two 15 year olds, Christine Sharrock and Marrine Schmidt, are found at,.
 * - The Prime Ministers of and the  meet for the first time in 43 years.
 * - The unmanned  is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems.
 * - is sworn in for his own  as.
 * - dies at the age of 90, as the result of a stroke he suffered on.
 * - Anti-Hindi agitations break out in because of which  does not get "National Language" status and remains one of the 23.
 * - Winston Churchill's funeral is held in.
 * - Date of Birth of.

February

 * - Sir plays his final  game, at the record age of 50 years and 5 days.
 * - The U.S. begins the regular bombing of ese towns and villages.
 * - A new red and white leaf design is inaugurated as the, replacing the  and the.
 * - becomes independent from the.
 * - crashes into the, after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the  s.
 * - is assassinated on the first day of National Brotherhood Week, at the  in, allegedly by s.
 * - A new, revised, color production of 's  airs on CBS. makes her TV debut in the title role, with  as the Queen, ] as the King,  as the Fairy Godmother,  as the Stepmother, and  as the Prince. The show becomes an annual tradition for many years. Shot on videotape, it is eventually released on VHS and DVD, and a soundtrack album is produced.

March

 * - in : Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators.
 * - : 3,500 arrive in, becoming the first American combat troops in.
 * - The second attempt to march from Selma to, under the leadership of , 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 . s beat up white  minister  later that day in Selma.
 * -, a , is recaptured after 13 days of freedom.
 * - White minister, beaten by  in  on March 9 following the second march from Selma, dies in a hospital in.
 * - Police clash with 600 marchers in.
 * - In, 1,600 civil rights marchers demonstrate at the Courthouse.
 * - In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, 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, the House July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson Aug. 6.
 * -, leaving his spacecraft  for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
 * - A rules that  has the lawful right to march to  to petition for 'redress of grievances'.
 * - Poupée de cire, poupée de son by (music and text by ) wins the  for.
 * - : launches, which is the last in a series of unmanned  s.
 * - leads 3,200  activists in the third march from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery.
 * - becomes first secretary of the.
 * - : launches the ' first 2-person crew  into.
 * - - (SDS) organizes the first  against the Vietnam War, with 2,500 participants, at the.
 * - and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully end the 4-day march from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery.  Four Klansmen shoot and kill Detroit homemaker  as she drives marchers back to Selma at night after the march.  Her funeral takes place March 30.

April

 * - is awarded the  for his movie .
 * - The  is launched. It becomes operational  and is placed in commercial service in June.
 * - The parliament extends the  on  s.
 * - In, the  (more commonly known as the ) opens.
 * - 100th anniversary of the surrender of and his army of Northern Virginia to the  and his  forces at, Virginia marking the end of the.
 * - The : An estimated 51 tornadoes (47 confirmed) hit in 6 Midwestern states, killing between 256 to 271 people and injuring some 1,500 more.
 * -  killers and, convicted of murdering 4 members of the  family of , are executed by hanging at the Kansas State Penitentiary for Men in.
 * - The first SDS march against the Vietnam War draws 25,000 protestors to Washington, DC.
 * - The in, NY, reopens.
 * - The officially opens.
 * - start in Yerevan, demanding recognition of the.
 * - The bodies of opposition politician  and his secretary  are found in a forest near Villanueva del Fresno,  (they were killed ).
 * - In the, officers and civilians loyal to deposed President mutiny against the right-wing junta running the country, setting up a .  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.
 * - U.S. troops are sent to the by President, "for the stated purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country", thus thwarting the possibility of "another ".
 * - :  announces that the country will substantially increase its number of troops in, supposedly at the request of the  government, although it is later revealed that Menzies had asked the leadership in Saigon to send the request at the behest of the Americans.
 * - announces that it is sending an  battalion to support the  government.

May

 * - replaces  as Premier of . On the same day, the  occurred as a conflict between ROC and PRC.
 * - The first burnings take place at the, and a coffin is marched to the Berkeley.
 * - and  establish diplomatic relations.
 * May 12 - Italian liner enters in service.
 * - A West German condemns the behavior of ex-defense minister  during the.
 * - The largest to date begins at, attended by 30,000. The next day, several hundred participants again march to the Draft Board and burn more cards, and  in.
 * - A in,  kills 274.
 * -  wins the, and later wins the  world driving championship in the same year.
 * Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 starts.

June

 * - is founded in.
 * - Explosion in a in,  kills 237.
 * - : The first contingent of n combat troops arrives in.
 * - : Astronaut makes the first U.S..
 * - A mining accident in Kakanji,, results in 128 deaths.
 * - : The begins - About 1,500  mount a mortar attack on, overrunning its military headquarters and the adjoining militia compound.
 * - A planned at  becomes a teach-in, with demonstrators distributing 50,000 leaflets in and around the building.
 * - 's Revolutionary Council ousts, in a bloodless in.
 * - Police in  demonstrations by people who have taken to the streets chanting slogans in support of deposed President.
 * - Fathers Day.
 * - The is signed in.
 * -, former British boxing champion, is found shot in his car in.
 * - A U.S. Air Force Boeing C135-A bound for Okinawa crashes just after takeoff at in, CA, killing all 85 on board.

July

 * - U.S. spacecraft flies by, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
 * - Greek Prime minister and his government are dismissed by King.
 * - The is inaugurated by presidents  and.
 * - Sir suddenly resigns as a head of the British.
 * - : Four s escorting a  at Kang Chi are targeted by s, in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other 3 sustain damage.
 * - elicits controversy among folk purists by "going electric" at the.
 * The receives full independence from Great Britain.
 * - becomes Leader of the British.
 * - : U.S. President announces his order to increase the number of  troops in  from 75,000 to 125,000, and to double the number of men drafted per month from 17,000 to 35,000.
 * - : The first 4,000 paratroopers arrive in, landing at.
 * - : U.S. President signs the  into law, establishing  and.

August

 * -  is banned on.
 * - U.S. President signs the  into law.
 * -, , recommends the expulsion of from the , negotiating its separation with , Prime Minister of the State of Singapore.
 * - is expelled from the Federation of, which recognizes it as a .   announces Singapore's independence and assumes the position of Prime Minister of the new island nation.
 * - An explosion at an missile plant kills 53.
 * - n president collapses in public.
 * - The begin in.
 * - debuts at the Matrix in  and begins to appear there regularly.
 * - performed the first stadium concert in the history of rock, playing at  in
 * - : begins as 5,500  destroy a  stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in, in the first major American ground battle of the war. The Marines were tipped-off by a Viet Cong deserter who said that there was an attack planned against the U.S. base at.
 * - At the trial in, 66 ex- personnel receive s, 15 others smaller ones.
 * -, an seminarian from Keane, , is murdered in , Alabama while working in the.
 * -  is launched on the first 1-week flight, as well as the first test of s for electrical power.
 * - announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball.
 * - ian releases his influential album , featuring the song "."
 * - An buries a   at,  killing 90 workers.
 * - President Johnson signs a law penalizing the burning of draft cards with up to 5 years in prison and a $1,000 fine.

September

 * - i troops enter the n sector of.
 * - n troops invade.
 * - The announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
 * - : In a follow-up to August's, and ese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula, 23 miles south of the Chu Lai Marine base.
 * - opens 2 additional fronts against.
 * - pitches a  against the . The opposing pitcher,, allowed only 1 run, which was unearned.
 * -  negotiates with  President.
 * - recommends China for  membership.
 * - roars ashore near  with winds of 145 MPH, causing 76 deaths and $1.42 billion in damage. The storm is the first hurricane to cause $1 billion in unadjusted damages, giving it the nickname "Billion Dollar Betsy". It will be the last major hurricane to strike New Orleans until  40 years later.
 * - The Congress of begins in ;  of  boycotts the meeting.
 * - The fourth and final period of the opens.
 * - China protests against Indian provocations in its border region.
 * - In, Prime Minister 's attempted coup fails.
 * - II of  forms a new government with Prime Minister, in an attempt to end a 2-year-old political crisis.
 * - China claims that U.S. troops have used in South Vietnam.
 * - In, shoots 4 policemen in pursuit; he is apprehended the same day.
 * - is first sighted by Japanese astronomers.
 * -  invites the leaders of  and  to meet in the  to negotiate.
 * - announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.
 * - Fighting resumes between n and i troops.
 * - The British governor of cancels the constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate, due to the bad security situation.
 * - The largest tanker ship at the time, Tokyo Maru, is launched in,.
 * - announces that anyone who wants to can emigrate to the.
 * - in, , erupts, killing hundreds.
 * - The n army, led by General, crushes an alleged communist coup attempt.

October

 * - The takes effective control, leading many to suspect that the Communists were in fact merely a scapegoat.
 * - announces that  has resigned and left the country.
 * - U.S. President signs an  which abolishes quotas based on.
 * - Prime minister of  and  of the  begin negotiations in London; they fail on.
 * - visits the United States. He appears for a Mass in  and makes a speech at the.
 * - The opens its doors.
 * - severs  with  because of the disagreement in the UN.
 * -, a 27-year-old stock clerk from in , is arrested for allegedly hacking 17-year-old apprentice electrician Edward Evans to death at a house on the.
 * - The Indonesian army arrests and executes communists.
 * - The admits  as a member.
 * - The opens in London.
 * - presents the "".
 * - A brigade of n soldiers arrive in.
 * - The first group of n refugees travels to the U.S.
 * - forms a government in.
 * - The UN General Council recommends that the try everything to stop a rebellion in.
 * - Congo President fires Prime Minister  and forms a provisional government, with  in a leading position.
 * - : The student-run stages the first public burning of a  card in the  to result in arrest under the new law.
 * - Police find a girl's body on near  in . The body is quickly identified as that of 10-year-old, who disappeared on  last year from a fairground in the  area of . , arrested last week for the murder of a 17-year-old man in nearby , is charged with murdering Lesley, as is his 23-year-old girlfriend.
 * - Anti-war protests draw 100,000 in 80 U.S. cities and around the world.
 * - takes power in.
 * - The at Flushing Meadows, NY, closes.  Due to financial losses, some of the projected site park improvements fail to materialize.
 * - The Indonesian government outlaws the Communist Party.
 * - is elected Chancellor of.
 * - approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the sun.
 * - The meets in,.
 * - French authors André Figueras and are fined for their comments against.
 * October 22 - African countries demand that the use force to prevent  from declaring unilateral independence.
 * October 22 - Second coup of colonel in.
 * - British Prime Minister and  travel to  for negotiations.
 * - find the decomposed body of a boy on.
 * - The declares its support of African countries in case Rhodesia unilaterally declares independence.
 * - Anti-government demonstrations occur in the.
 * - Police discover the body of in,.
 * - ian president removes power from parliament, legal courts and opposition parties.
 * - French  travels to Moscow.
 * - announces that the  has decided that Jews are not collectively responsible for the killing of.
 * - In, the 630-foot-tall parabolic steel is completed.
 * -, a Moroccan politician, is kidnapped in and never seen again.
 * - and  appear in court, charged with the murders of Edward Evans (17), Lesley Ann Downey (10), and John Kilbride (12).
 * - : Just miles from, repel an intense attack by wave after wave of  forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions is found on the body of a 13-year-old ese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.
 * - In, a pro-Vietnam War march draws 25,000.
 * - The Indonesian army announces that it is fighting with communist guerillas in.

November

 * - Republican is  of.
 * -  announces that he will stand for re-election.
 * - is announced in . The UN  accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary by a vote of 82-9.
 * - Freedom Flights begin: and the  formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States (by  250,000 Cubans take advantage of this program).
 * - The is ambushed by over 1,200  in  during the.
 * - The is created, consisting of, ,  and  islands (on ,  Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches are returned to ).
 * - The  debuts on.
 * - : Several s (VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY and portions of NJ) and parts of are hit by a series of s lasting up to 13½ hours.
 * - : In, 22-year-old member  sets himself on fire in front of the  building in protest of the war in  (this was the second such incident in a week; on  32-year-old  member  did the same thing in front of ).
 * - In (modern-day ), the white-minority government of.
 * - A (voted 10-0) recommends that other countries not recognize independent Rhodesia.
 * - The  burns and sinks 60 miles off, with the loss of 90 lives.
 * - Vietnam War: begins - In the  of the  in, the first major engagement of the war between regular  and ese forces begins.
 * - U.S. racer sets a new  of 600.601 mph.
 * - : The launches the  space probe from,  toward  (on ,  it became the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another ).
 * - The UN recommends that all states stop trading with Rhodesia.
 * -  opens in a Greenwich Village theatre in New York and eventually becomes one of the greatest musical hits of all time, playing in New York for nearly six years, and winning a for its star, . It wins several other Tonys as well, including . The show moves uptown to the  in 1968, and is filmed in 1972.
 * - Soviet general Mikhail Kazakov assumes command of the.
 * - Queen dies.
 * -   ousts  and declares himself president.
 * - At the a launch facility in the, launches a  rocket with its first ,  on board, becoming the third country to enter.
 * - Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters picket the, then march on the.
 * - : tells U.S. President  that if planned major sweep operations to neutralize  forces during the next year are to succeed, the number of  troops in  will have to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
 * - Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President 's call for "more flags" in,   announces he will send troops to help fight in.
 * - Canadian satellite is launched.

December

 * - The is established in  as a special force to guard the borders.
 * - The first British aid flight arrives in ; had asked for British help against Rhodesia.
 * - Members of the decide to sever diplomatic relations with the, unless the  ends the rebellion of Rhodesia by mid-December.
 * - is re-elected as French president with 10,828,421 votes.
 * - Rhodesian prime minister warns that  would resist  by neighboring countries with force.
 * - The closes.
 * - ', the first ' special, debuts on, becoming one of the great s, and an annual tradition which (as of ) has not ended.
 * - and  sever  with the.
 * - ' and ' perform the first controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit.
 * - The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia; the joins the effort.
 * - The announces that it has shipped rockets to.
 * - Soviet scientists condemn for pseudoscience.
 * - In West Germany, resigns as chairman of the Christian Democratic Party.
 * - A new, one-hour German-American production of , with an international cast that includes in the title role, makes its U.S. TV debut. It will be repeated annually by CBS over the next three years, but after that, will be virtually forgotten.  The next production of the ballet shown on an American television network will be 's acclaimed and enduringly popular 1977 version,  available on  and still being telecast as of 2006.
 * - A occurs in.
 * - A 70 mph is imposed on British roads.
 * - The i is founded in.
 * - The British Sea Gem collapses in the.
 * - Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani resigns.
 * - President of  announces that Zambia and the United Kingdom have agreed to a deadline before which the Rhodesian white government should be ousted.
 * - becomes.
 * - takes the power in.

Undated

 * becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from.
 * The is established in the
 * cable goes into operation.
 * Aborigines given vote in Queensland
 * James Russell invented the compact disc.

Fictional
The following are references to year 1965 in fiction: (unknown).

January-February

 * -, American and author
 * -, British actress
 * -, professional wrestler
 * -, British actress
 * -, Russian professional ice hockey player (retired)
 * -, British chef
 * -, Chechen rebel (d. )
 * -, Dutch field hockey player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, British-American rapper
 * -, American musician
 * -, Northern Irish actor
 * -, American comedian
 * -, American singer
 * -, American musician
 * -, American rapper and actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Soviet gymnast
 * -, Scottish actor
 * -, Czech hockey player
 * -, Czech hockey player


 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, English footballer
 * -, player (d. )
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * -, American actor
 * -, American rapper and
 * -, American actor
 * -, American computer manufacturer
 * -, Swedish , er and musician
 * -, Swedish , er and musician

March-April

 * -, professional wrestler, 5 Time WCW world champion
 * -, Canadian jockey
 * -, British and journalist
 * -, American kickboxer
 * -, British filmmaker, producer and screenwriter
 * -, American actress
 * - (Maximillian Lenz), German rave techno DJ
 * -, Swedish golfer
 * -, American basketball player, 2 time NBA Champion
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American football player
 * -, American politician
 * March 11  -, British television presenter
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Chechen singer and actress
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Bollywood actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Bulgarian er and president of the


 * -, English composer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * -, American actor-producer
 * -, Canadian
 * -, Argentinean architect
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actor, comedian, and producer
 * -, American record producer
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Indian
 * -, American comedian and actor
 * -, American

May-June

 * -, Irish playwright
 * -, Turkish footballer
 * -, Canadian professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, English professional wrestler
 * -, Venezuelan mountain climber (d. )
 * -, Japanese comedian
 * -, Irish writer
 * -, American bassist
 * -, American composer and artist
 * -, American musician
 * -, Spanish footballer
 * -, director
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actress


 * -, English chess player
 * - and, Australian cricketers
 * -, Australian
 * -, American professional wrestler and author
 * -, American professional wrestler (Tatanka)
 * -, English actress
 * -, American sportscaster
 * -, American boxer
 * -, n campaigner
 * -, British guitarist
 * -, Chairman Flair Corporation USA, CEO Flair Herbs, Pakistan & Managing Director Blue Waters (Pvt) Limited, Pakistan.

July-August

 * -, Norwegian
 * -, British radio DJ
 * -, a famous international jazz pianist
 * -, actress best know for her being on the sketch comedy series from  to.
 * -, American singer
 * -, Dutch kickboxer
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American sports reporter
 * -, Icelandic footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * - (Saul Hudson), American musician
 * -, English author
 * -, current
 * -, American
 * -, American
 * -, American jockey
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, French actress
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Academy Award winning writer/director/producer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Canadian
 * -, Scottish footballer and football manager

September-October

 * -, British boxer
 * -, Indian maker
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, American wrestling promoter, ECW
 * -, American actress, director, and producer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Portuguese actress
 * -, Canadian politician


 * -, German field hockey player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American bassist
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, and actor
 * -, Australian composer
 * -, British radio DJ
 * -, Sri Lankan cricketer
 * -, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist
 * -, American design team leader from
 * -, Russian ice hockey player
 * -, singer and actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, cricketer
 * -, Italian
 * -, politician
 * -, English musician

November-December

 * -, Indian actor
 * -, French novelist
 * -, American singer
 * -, Japanese Guitarist of X Japan
 * -, Dutch model and actress
 * -, American singer
 * -, German athlete
 * -, Welsh baritone
 * -, Northern Irish racecar driver
 * -, Brazilian cryptographer
 * -, compositor, piano and drums of the band X Japan
 * -, Icelandic singer, songwriter, and musician
 * -, Sudanese-born English actor
 * -, American football player
 * -, American singer and musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, Indian mountaineer


 * -, American actor
 * -, German
 * -, American singer
 * -, Chinese actress
 * -, South African football (soccer) player
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American actor
 * - Explorer and Paleoanthropologist
 * -, Indian actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American author
 * -, Chinese actress

Unknown dates

 * , American composer, pianist, and keyboardist
 * , Irish photographer
 * , journalist

January - March

 * -, American-born writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American actress and singer (b. )
 * -, American disc jockey (b. )
 * -, , recipient of the (b. )
 * -, French soldier (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )


 * -, Swiss-born socialite (b. )
 * -, American singer and musician (b. )
 * -, American black activist (assassinated) (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, Polish-born UFO traveler (b. )


 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, Italian statistician (b. )
 * -, Albanian bishop, poet, and (b. )
 * -, American baseball, basketball, and American football player and coach (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, American actor, rodeo performer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, British rower. (b. )
 * -, American physician, recipient of the (b. )

April - June

 * -, Austrian communist and resistance fighter
 * -, English physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American journalist (b. )
 * -, the oldest or living animal ever, of natural causes (b. )
 * -, first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, musician (b. )
 * -, American (b. )
 * -, American jazz cornettist (b. )

July - September

 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, second (b. )
 * -, Japanese writer (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, Swiss architect (b. )
 * -, Israeli physicist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, physician and missionary, recipient of the  (b. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Famous for  dies of accidental overdose
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )

October - December

 * -, (b. )
 * -, Swiss chemist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, American er (b. )
 * -, American historian (b.)
 * -, French-born composer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American newspaper columnist (b. )
 * -, Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. )
 * -, Irish politician (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * - Dame, English pianist (b. )
 * -, American physiologist, laureate (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )