1965 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1965?
- January 4, 1965 – United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address.
- February 2, 1965 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
- February 17, 1965 – Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the “Sea of Tranquility” would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.
- February 21, 1965 – Malcolm X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
- March 2, 1965 – The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
- March 5, 1965 – March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
- March 6, 1965 – Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
- March 7, 1965 – Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers are forcefully broken up in Selma, Alabama.
- April 6, 1965 – The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.
- April 21, 1965 – The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair opens for its second and final season.
- April 24, 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.
- April 29, 1965 – Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
- July 16, 1965 – The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens.
- August 6, 1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
- September 7, 1965 – China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
- September 8, 1965 – Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
- November 8, 1965 – The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
- November 16, 1965 – Venera program: the Soviet Union launches the Venera 3 space probe toward Venus, that will be the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another planet.
- November 28, 1965 – Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson’s call for “more flags” in Vietnam, Philippines President Elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
- December 25, 1965 – The Yemeni Nasserite Unionist People’s Organisation is founded in Taiz
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