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Year '''1965''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 [[Gregorian calendar]].
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== Events of 1965 ==
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===January===
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* [[January 1]] - The ship [[S.S. Catala]] is driven onto the beach in [[Ocean Shores, Washington]], stranding her.'''
* [[January 4]] - U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] proclaims his "[[Great Society]]" during his [[State of the Union Address]].
* [[January 12]] - [[Wanda Beach Murders]]: The bodies of two 15 year olds, Christine Sharrock and Marrine Schmidt, are found at [[Wanda Beach]], [[Sydney]].
* [[January 14]] - The Prime Minister of [[Northern Ireland]] and the [[Taoiseach]] of the [[Republic of Ireland]] meet for the first time in 43 years.
* [[January 19]] - The unmanned ''[[Gemini 2]]'' is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems.
* [[January 20]] - [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] is sworn in for his own full term as [[U.S. President]].
* [[January 24]] - [[Winston Churchill]] dies at the age of 90, as the result of a stroke he suffered on [[January 15]].
* [[January 26]] - Anti-Hindi agitations break out in [[India]] because of which [[Hindi]] does not get "National Language" status and remains one of the 23 [[List of national languages of India|Official Languages of India]].
* [[January 30]] - Winston Churchill's funeral is held in [[London]].
===February===
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[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|thumb|180px|The newly adopted [[Flag of Canada]]]]
* [[February 6]] - Sir [[Stanley Matthews]] plays his final [[Football League First Division|First Division]] game, at the record age of 50 years and 5 days.
* [[February 7]] - The U.S. begins the regular bombing of [[North Vietnam]]ese towns and villages.
* [[February 15]] - A new red and white [[maple]] leaf design is inaugurated as the [[flag of Canada]], replacing the [[Union Flag]] and the [[Canadian Red Ensign]].
* [[February 18]] - [[The Gambia]] becomes independent from the [[United Kingdom]].
* [[February 18]] - [[Dr. Dre]] is born.
* [[February 20]] - [[Ranger 8]] crashes into the [[Moon]], after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the [[Apollo program]] [[astronaut]]s.
* [[February 21]] - [[Malcolm X]] is assassinated on the first day of National Brotherhood Week, at the [[Audubon Ballroom]] in [[New York City]], allegedly by [[Black Muslim]]s.
*[[February 22]] - A new, revised, color production of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[Cinderella (tv)|Cinderella]]'' airs on CBS. [[Lesley Ann Warren]] makes her TV debut in the title role. The show becomes an annual tradition.
===March===
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* [[March 7]] - [[Bloody Sunday (1965)|Bloody Sunday]] in [[Selma, Alabama]]: Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators.
* [[March 8]] - [[Vietnam War]]: 3,500 [[United States Marines]] arrive in [[South Vietnam]], becoming the first American combat troops in [[Vietnam]].
* [[March 9]] - The second attempt to march from Selma to [[Montgomery, Alabama]], 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 [[Injunction|restraining order]]. [[White supremacist]]s beat up white [[Unitarian Universalist]] minister [[James J. Reeb]] later that day in Selma.
* [[March 10]] - [[Goldie the Eagle|Goldie]], a [[London Zoo]] [[Golden Eagle|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 16]] - Police clash with 600 [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee|SNCC]] marchers in [[Montgomery, Alabama]].
* [[March 17]] - In [[Montgomery, Alabama]], 1,600 civil rights marchers demonstrate at the Courthouse.
* [[March 17]] - In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, [[Lyndon B. Johnson|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, the House July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson Aug. 6.
* [[March 18]] - [[astronaut|Cosmonaut]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his spacecraft ''[[Voskhod 2]]'' for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
* [[March 18]] - A [[United States federal judge|U.S. federal judge]] rules that [[SCLC]] has the lawful right to march to [[Montgomery, Alabama]] to petition for 'redress of grievances'.
* [[March 19]] - Wreck of the ''[[SS Georgiana]]'', reputed to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser ever built and owned by the real [[Rhett Butler]], is discovered off [[Isle of Palms]], [[South Carolina]], by teenage diver [[E. Lee Spence]] exactly 102 years after she was sunk with a million dollar cargo while attempting to run past the Union blockade into [[Charleston]].
* [[March 20]] - ''Poupée de cire, poupée de son'' sung by [[France Gall]] (music and text by [[Serge Gainsbourg]]) wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1965]] for [[Luxembourg]].
* [[March 20]] - First fighting in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]].
* [[March 21]] - [[Ranger program]]: [[NASA]] launches [[Ranger 9]], which is the last in a series of unmanned [[Moon|lunar]] [[space probe]]s.
* [[March 21]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] leads 3,200 [[Civil rights]] activists in the third march from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery.
* [[March 22]] - [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] becomes first secretary of the [[Romanian Communist Party]].
* [[March 23]] - ''[[Gemini 3]]'': [[NASA]] launches the [[United States]]' first 2-person crew ([[Gus Grissom]], [[John Young (astronaut)|John Young]]) into [[Earth orbit]].
* [[March 24]]-[[March 25]] - [[Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization)|Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS) organizes the first [[teach-in]] against the Vietnam War, with 2,500 participants, at the [[University of Michigan]].
* [[March 25]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully end the 4-day march from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery.
*[[March 30]] - Funeral of Detroit homemaker [[Viola Liuzzo]], shot dead by four Klansmen as she drove marchers back to Selma at night after the civil rights march.
===April===
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*[[April 5]] - At the [[37th Academy Awards]], ''[[My Fair Lady]]'' received 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. [[Rex Harrison]] won an Oscar for [[Academy Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]. ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' took home 5 Oscars. [[Julie Andrews]] won an Academy Award for [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], for her portrayal in the role. [[Sherman Brothers]] receive two Oscars including [[Best Song]], "[[Chim Chim Cher-ee]].
* [[April 6]] - The [[Intelsat I|Early Bird]] [[communications satellite]] is launched. It becomes operational [[May 2]] and is placed in commercial service in June.
* [[April 9]] - The [[West Germany|West German]] parliament extends the [[statute of limitations]] on [[Nazism|Nazi]] [[war crime]]s.
* [[April 9]] - In [[Houston, Texas]], the [[Harris County, Texas|Harris County]] [[Stadium|Domed Stadium]] (more commonly known as the [[Astrodome]]) opens.
* [[April 9]] - 100th anniversary of the end of the [[American Civil War]].
* [[April 9]] - [[Charlie Brown]] and the ''[[Peanuts]]'' Gang appeared in a cover of [[Time Magazine]].
* [[April 11]] - The [[Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965]]: An estimated 51 tornadoes (47 confirmed) hit in 6 Midwestern states, killing between 256 to 271 people and injuring some 1,500 more.
* [[April 14]] - ''[[In Cold Blood (book)|In Cold Blood]]'' killers [[Richard Hickock]] and [[Perry Smith (murderer)|Perry Smith]], convicted of murdering 4 members of the [[Herbert Clutter]] family of [[Holcomb, Kansas]], are executed by hanging at the Kansas State Penitentiary for Men in [[Lansing, Kansas]].
* [[April 17]] - The first SDS march against the Vietnam War draws 25,000 protestors to Washington, DC.
* [[April 21]] - The [[1964 New York World's Fair|NY World's Fair]] in [[Flushing Meadows]], NY, reopens.
* [[April 23]] - The [[Pennine Way]] officially opens.
* [[April 24]] - [[1965 Yerevan demonstrations]] start in Yerevan, demanding recognition of the [[Armenian Genocide]].
* [[April 24]] - The bodies of [[Portugal|Portuguese]] opposition politician [[Humberto Delgado]] and his secretary [[Arajaryr Moreira de 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]] 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]] - U.S. troops are sent to the [[Dominican Republic]] by President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], "for the stated purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country", thus thwarting the possibility of "another [[Cuba]]".
* [[April 28]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Robert Menzies]] announces that the country will substantially increase its number of troops in [[South Vietnam]], supposedly at the request of the [[Saigon]] government. 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===
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* [[May 1]] - [[Robert Askin|Bob (later Sir Robert) Askin]] replaces [[Jack Renshaw]] as Premier of [[New South Wales]].
* [[May 1]] - The [[Battle of Dong-Yin]] occurred as a conflict between ROC and PRC.
* [[May 1]] - Liverpool win the FA Cup Final beating Leeds Utd 2 - 1
* [[May 5]] - The first [[draft card]] burnings take place at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], and a coffin is marched to the Berkeley [[Conscription in the United States|Draft Board]].
* [[May 12]] - [[West Germany]] and [[Israel]] establish diplomatic relations.
* [[May 12]] - Italian liner [[T/S Michelangelo|T/S ''Michelangelo'']] enters in service.
* [[May 13]] - A West German [[court of appeals]] condemns the behavior of ex-defense minister [[Franz Josef Strauß|Franz Joseph Strauss]] during the [[Spiegel scandal]].
* [[May 17]] - [[Trent Reznor]], music artist, is born. [[Nine Inch Nails]]
* [[May 18]] - [[Eli Cohen]], Spy, is publicly executed. [[Damascus]]
* [[May 21]] - The largest [[teach-in]] to date begins at [[Berkeley, California]], attended by 30,000. The next day, several hundred participants again march to the Draft Board and burn more cards, and [[Lyndon Johnson]] in [[effigy]].
* [[May 29]] - A [[mining accident]] in [[Dhanbad]], [[India]] kills 274.
* [[May 31]] - [[Auto racing|Racing driver]] [[Jim Clark]] wins the [[Indianapolis 500]], and later wins the [[Formula One]] world driving championship in the same year.
===June===
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[[Image:FIU-GreenLibrary.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Green Library at [[Florida International University]] in [[Miami, FL]]]]
* [[June 1]] - [[Florida International University]] is founded in [[Miami, FL]].
* [[June 1]] - Explosion in a [[Coal mining|coal mine]] in [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]], [[Japan]] kills 237.
* [[June 2]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The first contingent of [[Australia]]n combat troops arrives in [[South Vietnam]].
* [[June 3]] - ''[[Gemini 4]]'': Astronaut [[Edward Higgins White]] makes the first U.S. [[space walk]].
* [[June 7]] - [[Kakanj Mine disaster|A mining accident]] in [[Kakanj]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], results in 128 deaths.
* [[June 10]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Battle of Dong Xoai]] begins - About 1,500 [[National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam|Vietcong]] mount a mortar attack on [[Dong Xoai]], overrunning its military headquarters and the adjoining militia compound.
* [[June 16]] - A planned [[Anti-war|anti-war protest]] at [[The Pentagon]] becomes a teach-in, with demonstrators distributing 50,000 leaflets in and around the building.
* [[June 19]] - [[Houari Boumédienne]]'s Revolutionary Council ousts [[Ahmed Ben Bella]], in a bloodless [[coup]] in [[Algeria]].
* [[June 20]] - Police in [[Algiers]] [[Relationship breakup|break up]] demonstrations by people who have taken to the streets chanting slogans in support of deposed President [[Ben Bella]].
* [[June 22]] - The [[Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea]] is signed in [[Tokyo]].
* [[June 24]] - [[Freddie Mills]], former British boxing champion, is found shot in his car in [[Soho]].
* [[June 25]] - A U.S. Air Force Boeing C135-A bound for Okinawa crashes just after takeoff at [[MCAS El Toro]] in [[Orange County, California|Orange County]], CA, killing all 85 on board.
===July===
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* [[July 14]] - U.S. spacecraft [[Mariner 4]] flies by [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
*[[July 15]] - Greek Prime minister [[George Papandreou (senior)|George Papandreou]] and his government are dismissed by King [[Constantine II of Greece|Constantine II]].
* [[July 16]] - The [[Mont Blanc Tunnel]] is inaugurated by presidents [[Giuseppe Saragat]] and [[Charles de Gaulle]].
* [[July 22]] - Sir [[Alec Douglas-Home]] resigns as leader of the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].
* [[July 24]] - [[Vietnam War]]: Four [[F-4 Phantom II|F-4C Phantom]]s escorting a [[Strategic bombing|bombing raid]] at Kang Chi are targeted by [[antiaircraft missile]]s, in the first such attack against American planes in the war. One is shot down and the other 3 sustain damage.
* [[July 25]] - [[Bob Dylan]] elicits controversy among folk purists by "going electric" at the [[Newport Folk Festival]].
* [[July 26]] The [[Maldives]] receives full independence from Great Britain.
* [[July 27]] - [[Edward Heath]] becomes Leader of the British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]].
* [[July 28]] - [[Vietnam War]]: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] announces his order to increase the number of [[United States]] troops in [[South Vietnam]] from 75,000 to 125,000, and to double the number of men drafted per month from 17,000 to 35,000.
* [[July 29]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The first 4,000 [[101st Airborne Division]] paratroopers arrive in [[Vietnam]], landing at [[Cam Ranh Bay]].
* [[July 30]] - [[War on Poverty]]: U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Social Security Act of 1965]] into law, establishing [[Medicare (United States)|Medicare]] and [[Medicaid]].
* [[July 31]] - [[J.K Rowling]] is born.
* Unknown date - Sylvia Likens and Jenny Likens are left in the care of Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski. Sylvia is found dead, hideously mutilated three months later.
===August===
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* [[August 1]] - [[Cigarette]] [[advertising]] is banned on [[British television]].
* [[August 6]] - U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] into law.
* [[August 7]] - [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]], [[Prime Minister of Malaysia]], recommends the expulsion of [[Singapore]] from the [[Federation of Malaysia]], negotiating its separation with [[Lee Kuan Yew]], Prime Minister of the State of Singapore.
* [[August 9]] - [[Singapore]] is expelled from the Federation of [[Malaysia]], which recognizes it as a [[Sovereignty|sovereign nation]]. [[Lee Kuan Yew]] announces Singapore's independence and assumes the position of Prime Minister of the new island nation.
* [[August 9]] - An explosion at an [[Arkansas]] missile plant kills 53.
* [[August 9]] - [[Indonesia]]n president [[Sukarno]] collapses in public.
* [[August 11]] - The [[Watts Riots]] begin in [[Los Angeles, California]].
* [[August 13]] - [[Jefferson Airplane]] debuts at the Matrix in [[San Francisco, California]] and begins to appear there regularly.
* [[August 15]] - [[The Beatles]] performed the first stadium concert in the history of rock, playing at [[Shea Stadium]] in [[New York]]
* [[August 18]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[Operation Starlite]] begins as 5,500 [[United States Marines]] destroy a [[Viet Cong]] stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in [[Quang Ngai Province]], 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 [[Chu Lai]].
* [[August 19]] - At the [[Auschwitz]] trial in [[Frankfurt]], 66 ex-[[SS]] personnel receive [[life sentence]]s, 15 others smaller ones.
* [[August 20]] - [[Jonathan Myrick Daniels]], an [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal]] seminarian from Keene, [[New Hampshire]], is murdered in [[Hayneville]], Alabama while working in the [[American civil rights movement]].
* [[August 21]] - ''[[Gemini 5]]'' ([[Gordon Cooper]], [[Pete Conrad]]) is launched on the first 1-week flight, as well as the first test of [[fuel cell]]s for electrical power.
* [[August 30]] - [[Casey Stengel]] announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball.
* [[August 30]] - [[Rock music]]ian [[Bob Dylan]] releases his influential album ''[[Highway 61 Revisited]]'', featuring the song "[[Like a Rolling Stone]]."
* [[August 30]] - An [[avalanche]] buries a [[dam]] [[Construction|construction site]] at [[Saas-Fee]], [[Switzerland]] killing 90 workers.
* [[August 31]] - President Johnson signs a law penalizing the burning of draft cards with up to 5 years in prison and a $1,000 fine.
===September===
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* [[September 2]] - [[Pakistan]]i troops enter the [[India]]n sector of [[Kashmir]].
* [[September 6]] - [[India]]n troops invade [[Lahore]].
* [[September 7]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
* [[September 7]] - [[Vietnam War]]: In a follow-up to August's [[Operation Starlite]], [[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 2 additional fronts against [[Pakistan]].
* [[September 9]] - [[Sandy Koufax]] pitches a [[perfect game]] in a [[baseball]] match against the [[Chicago Cubs]]. The opposing pitcher, [[Bob Hendley]], allowed only 1 run, which was unearned.
* [[September 9]] - [[United Nations Secretary-General|U.N. Secretary General]] [[U Thant]] negotiates with [[Pakistan]] President [[Ayub Khan]].
* [[September 9]] - [[U Thant]] recommends China for [[United Nations]] membership.
* [[September 9]] - [[Hurricane Betsy]] roars ashore near [[New Orleans, Louisiana]] 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 [[Hurricane Katrina]] 40 years later.
* [[September 13]] - The Congress of [[Arab world|Arab Countries]] begins in [[Casablanca]]; [[Habib Bourguiba]] of [[Tunisia]] boycotts the meeting.
* [[September 14]] - The fourth and final period of the [[Second Vatican Council]] opens.
* [[September 15]] - [[Mary Poppins]] comes out in theaters in [[France]]
* [[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]] - [[Constantine II of Greece|King Constantine]] II of [[Greece]] forms a new government with Prime Minister [[Stephanos Stephanopoulos]], in an attempt to end a 2-year-old political crisis.
* [[September 18]] - In [[Denmark]], [[Palle Sørensen]] shoots 4 policemen in pursuit; he is apprehended the same day.
* [[September 18]] - [[Comet Ikeya-Seki]] is first sighted by Japanese astronomers.
* [[September 18]] - [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Soviet Premier]] [[Alexey Kosygin]] invites the leaders of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] to meet in the [[Soviet Union]] to negotiate.
* [[September 22]] - [[China Radio International|Radio Peking]] announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.
* [[September 24]] - Fighting resumes between [[India]]n and [[Pakistan]]i troops.
* [[September 24]] - The British governor of [[Aden]] cancels the constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate, due to the bad security situation.
* [[September 27]] - The largest tanker ship at the time, ''Tokyo Maru'', is launched in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]].
* [[September 28]] - [[Fidel Castro]] announces that anyone who wants to can emigrate to the [[United States]].
* [[September 28]] - [[Taal Volcano]] in [[Luzon]], [[Philippines]], erupts, killing hundreds.
* [[September 30]] - The [[Indonesia]]n army, led by General [[Suharto]], crushes an alleged communist coup attempt (see [[Transition to the New Order]]).
===October===
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* [[October 1]] - The [[Military of Indonesia|Indonesian army]] puts down an abortive coup (see [[30 September Movement]]).
* [[October 3]] - [[Fidel Castro]] announces that [[Che Guevara]] has resigned and left the country.
* [[October 3]] - U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs an [[Immigration Act of 1965|immigration bill]] which abolishes quotas based on [[national origin]].
* [[October 4]] - At least 150 killed, a commuter train derailed at outskirt of [[Durban]], [[KwaZulu-Natal]], [[South Africa]].
* [[October 4]] - Prime minister [[Ian Smith]] of [[Rhodesia]] and [[Arthur Bottomley]] of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] begin negotiations in London
* [[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 4]] - The [[University of California, Irvine]] opens its doors.
* [[October 5]] - [[Pakistan]] severs [[diplomatic relations]] with [[Malaysia]] because of the disagreement in the UN.
* [[October 6]] - [[Ian Brady]], a 27-year-old stock clerk from [[Hyde, Greater Manchester|Hyde]] in [[Cheshire]], is arrested for allegedly hacking 17-year-old apprentice electrician Edward Evans to death at a house on the [[Hattersley]] [[housing estate]].
* [[October 7]] - Seven Japanese fishing boats sank off [[Guam]] by super typhoon Carmen, 209 are killed.
* [[October 8]]{{Fact|date=June 2008}} - The Indonesian army instigates the arrest and execution of communists which last until March 1966 (see [[Indonesian killings of 1965–66]]).
* [[October 8]] - The [[International 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]] - A brigade of [[South Korea]]n soldiers arrive in [[South Vietnam]].
* [[October 10]] - The first group of [[Cuba]]n refugees travels to the U.S.
* [[October 12]] - [[Per Borten]] forms a government in [[Norway]].
* [[October 12]] - The UN General Council recommends that the [[United Kingdom]] try everything to stop a rebellion in [[Rhodesia]].
* [[October 13]] - Congo President [[Joseph Kasavubu]] fires Prime Minister [[Moise Tshombe]] and forms a provisional government, with [[Evariste Kimba]] in a leading position.
* [[October 15]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The student-run [[National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam]] stages the first public burning of a [[conscription|draft]] card in the [[United States]] to result in arrest under the new law.
* [[October 16]] - Police find a girl's body on [[Saddleworth Moor]] near [[Oldham]] in [[Lancashire]]. The body is quickly identified as that of 10-year-old [[Lesley Ann Downey]], who disappeared on [[Boxing Day]] the previous year from a fairground in the [[Ancoats]] area of [[Manchester]]. [[Ian Brady]] arrested for the murder of a 17-year-old man in nearby [[Hattersley]], is charged with murdering Lesley, as is his 23-year-old girlfriend [[Myra Hindley]].
* [[October 16]] - Anti-war protests draw 100,000 in 80 U.S. cities and around the world.
* [[October 17]] - The [[NY World's Fair]] at Flushing Meadows, NY, closes. Due to financial losses, some of the projected site park improvements fail to materialize.
* [[October 18]] - The Indonesian government outlaws the [[Communist Party of Indonesia]].{{Fact|date=June 2008}}
* [[October 20]] - [[Ludwig Erhard]] is elected Chancellor of [[West Germany]].
* [[October 21]] - [[Comet Ikeya-Seki]] approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the sun.
* [[October 21]] - The [[Organization of African Unity|OAU]] meets in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]].
* [[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 22]] - Second coup of colonel [[Christophe Soglo]] in [[Dahomey]].
* [[October 24]] - British Prime Minister [[Harold Wilson]] and Commonwealth Secretary [[Arthur Bottomley]] travel to [[Rhodesia]] for negotiations.
* [[October 24]] - [[Policing in the United Kingdom|British police]] find the decomposed body of a boy on [[Saddleworth Moor]].
* [[October 25]] - The [[Soviet Union]] declares its support of African countries in case Rhodesia unilaterally declares independence.
* [[October 26]] - Anti-government demonstrations occur in the [[Dominican Republic]].
* [[October 26]] - Police discover the body of [[Sylvia Likens]] in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]].
* [[October 27]] - [[Brazil]]ian president [[Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco]] removes power from parliament, legal courts and opposition parties.
* [[October 28]] - French [[Foreign Minister]] [[Couve de Murville]] travels to Moscow.
* [[October 28]] - [[Pope Paul VI]] announces that the [[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]] - [[Mehdi Ben Barka]], a Moroccan politician, is kidnapped in [[Paris]] and never seen again.
* [[October 29]] - [[Ian Brady]] and [[Myra Hindley]] appear in court, charged with the murders of Edward Evans (17), Lesley Ann Downey (10), and John Kilbride (12).
* [[October 30]] - [[Vietnam War]]: Near [[Da Nang]], [[United States Marines]] repel an intense attack by [[Viet Cong]] forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions is found on the body of a 13-year-old [[Vietnam]]ese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.
* [[October 30]] - In [[Washington, DC]], a pro-Vietnam War march draws 25,000.
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* [[November 2]] - Republican [[John Lindsay]] is [[Mayor|elected mayor]] of [[New York City]].
* [[November 3]] - [[President of the French Republic|French President]] [[Charles De Gaulle]] announces that he will stand for re-election.
* [[November 5]] - [[Martial law]] is announced in [[Rhodesia]]. The UN [[United Nations General Assembly|General Assembly]] accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary by a vote of 82-9.
* [[November 6]] - Freedom Flights begin: [[Cuba]] 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 [[173rd Airborne]] is ambushed by over 1,200 [[Viet Cong]] in [[Operation Hump]] during the [[Vietnam War]].
* [[November 8]] - The [[British Indian Ocean Territory]] is created, consisting of [[Chagos Archipelago]], [[Aldabra]], [[Farquhar Group|Farquhar]] and [[Des Roches]] islands (on [[June 23]], [[1976]] Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches are returned to [[Seychelles]]).
* [[November 8]] - The [[Murder (Abolition of the Death Penalty) Act 1965]] is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the [[death penalty]] in the United Kingdom.
* [[November 8]] - The [[soap opera]] ''[[Days of our Lives]]'' debuts on [[NBC]].
* [[November 9]] - [[Northeast Blackout of 1965]]: Several [[U.S. state]]s (VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY and portions of NJ) and parts of [[Canada]] are hit by a series of [[Power outage|blackout]]s lasting up to 13½ hours.
* [[November 9]] - [[Vietnam War]]: In [[New York City]], 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 (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 government of [[Ian Smith]] [[Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Rhodesia)|unilaterally declares]] [[independence]].
* [[November 12]] - A [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|UN Security Council resolution]] (voted 10-0) recommends that other countries not recognize independent Rhodesia.
* [[November 13]] - The ''[[SS Yarmouth Castle]]'' burns and sinks 60 miles off [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]], with the loss of 90 lives.
* [[November 14]] - Vietnam War: [[Battle of the Ia Drang]] begins - In the [[Ia Drang Valley]] of the [[Tay Nguyen|Central Highlands]] in [[Vietnam]], the first major engagement of the war between regular [[United States]] and [[North Vietnam]]ese forces begins.
* [[November 15]] - U.S. racer [[Craig Breedlove]] sets a new [[land speed record]] of 600.601 mph.
* [[November 16]] - [[Venera program]]: The [[Soviet Union]] launches the [[Venera 3]] space probe from [[Baikonur]], [[Kazakhstan]] toward [[Venus (planet)|Venus]] (on [[March 1]], [[1966]] it became the first spacecraft to reach the surface of another [[planet]]).
* [[November 20]] - The UN [[United Nations Security Council|Security Council]] recommends that all states stop trading with Rhodesia.
* [[November 22]] - ''[[Man of La Mancha]]'' opens in a Greenwich Village theatre in New York and eventually becomes one of the greatest musical hits of all time, winning a [[Tony Award]] for its star, [[Richard Kiley]].
* [[November 23]] - Soviet general Mikhail Kazakov assumes command of the [[Warsaw Pact]].
* [[November 24]] - [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] [[Lieutenant General|lieutenant general]] [[Mobutu Sese Seko|Mobutu]] ousts [[Joseph Kasavubu]] and declares himself president.
* [[November 26]] - At the [[Hammaguir]]a launch facility in the [[Sahara Desert]], [[France]] launches a [[Diamant|Diamant-A]] rocket with its first [[satellite]], ''[[Asterix-1]]'' on board, becoming the third country to enter [[outer space|space]].
* [[November 27]] - Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters picket the [[White House]], then march on the [[Washington Monument]].
* [[November 27]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[The Pentagon]] tells U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] that if planned major sweep operations to neutralize [[Viet Cong]] forces during the next year are to succeed, the number of [[United States|American]] troops in [[Vietnam]] will have to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
* [[November 28]] - Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]'s call for "more flags" in [[Vietnam]], [[Philippines]] [[President-elect|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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* [[December 1]] - The [[Border Security Force]] is established in [[India]] as a special force to guard the borders.
* [[December 3]] - The first British aid flight arrives in [[Lusaka]]; [[Zambia]] had asked for British help against Rhodesia.
* [[December 3]] - Members of the [[Organization of African Unity]] decide to sever diplomatic relations with the [[United Kingdom]], unless the [[Her Majesty's Government|British government]] ends the rebellion of Rhodesia by mid-December.
* [[December 5]] - [[Charles de Gaulle]] is re-elected as French president with 10,828,421 votes.
* [[December 8]] - Rhodesian prime minister [[Ian Smith]] warns that [[Rhodesia]] would resist [[trade embargo]] by neighboring countries with force.
* [[December 8]] - The [[Second Vatican Council]] closes.
* [[December 9]] - ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]'', the first ''[[Peanuts]]'' [[television]] special, debuts on [[CBS]], quickly becoming an annual tradition.
* [[December 15]] - [[Tanzania]] and [[Guinea]] sever [[diplomatic relations]] with the [[United Kingdom]].
* [[December 15]] - ''[[Gemini 6]]'' and ''[[Gemini 7]]'' perform the first controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit.
* [[December 17]] - The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia; the [[United States]] joins the effort.
* [[December 21]] - The [[Soviet Union]] announces that it has shipped rockets to [[North Vietnam]].
* [[December 21]] - Soviet scientists condemn [[Trofim Lysenko]] for pseudoscience.
* [[December 21]] - In West Germany, [[Konrad Adenauer]] resigns as chairman of the Christian Democratic Party.
* [[December 21]] - A new, one-hour German-American production of ''[[The Nutcracker]]'', with an international cast that includes [[Edward Villella]] 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.
* [[December 22]] - A [[military coup]] occurs in [[Dahomey]].
* [[December 22]] - A 70 mph [[speed limit]] is imposed on British roads.
* [[December 25]] - The [[Yemen]]i [[Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation]] is founded in [[Taiz]].
* [[December 27]] - The British [[oil platform]] ''Sea Gem'' collapses in the [[North Sea]].
* [[December 28]] - Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani resigns.
* [[December 30]] - President [[Kenneth Kaunda]] of [[Zambia]] announces that Zambia and the United Kingdom have agreed a deadline before which the Rhodesian white government should be ousted.
* [[December 30]] - [[Ferdinand Marcos]] becomes [[President of the Philippines]].
* [[December 31]] - [[Bokassa]] takes the power in [[Central Africa Republic]].
===Undated===
*[[Tokyo]] officially becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from [[New York City]].[http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa011201a.htm]
* The [[Council for National Academic Awards]] is established in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]
* [[TAT-4]] cable goes into operation.
* Aborigines given vote in Queensland
===Ongoing===
*[[Angolan War of Independence]] 1961-1974
*[[Colombian Civil War (1964–present)|Colombian Civil War]]
*[[North Yemen Civil War]] 1962-1970
==Births==
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===January-February===
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* [[January]] - [[Paudge Behan]], Irish actor
* [[January 1]] - [[Laura Ingraham]], American [[List of talk show hosts|talk show host]] and author
* [[January 4]] - [[Julia Ormond]], British actress
* [[January 6]] - [[Konnan]], professional wrestler
* [[January 9]] - [[Joely Richardson]], British actress
* [[January 12]] - [[Nikolai Borschevsky]], Russian professional ice hockey player (retired)
* [[January 14]] - [[Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall]], British chef
* [[January 14]] - [[Shamil Basayev]], Chechen rebel (d. [[2006]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Marc Delissen]], Dutch field hockey player
* [[January 14]] - [[Bob Essensa]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[January 14]] - [[Slick Rick]], British-American rapper
* [[January 15]] - [[Adam Jones (musician)|Adam Jones]], American musician ([[Tool (band)|Tool]])
* [[January 15]] - [[James Nesbitt]], Northern Irish actor
* [[January 18]] - [[Dave Attell]], American comedian
* [[January 20]] - [[Greg Kriesel]], American musician ([[The Offspring]])
* [[January 20]] - [[Sophie, Countess of Wessex]]
* [[January 22]] - [[Steven Adler]], American musician ([[Guns N' Roses]])
* [[January 22]] - [[DJ Jazzy Jeff]], American rapper and actor
* [[January 22]] - [[Diane Lane]], American actress
* [[January 25]] - [[Esa Tikkanen]], Finnish ice hockey player
* [[January 26]] - [[Natalia Yurchenko]], Soviet gymnast
* [[January 27]] - [[Alan Cumming]], Scottish actor
* [[January 29]] - [[Dominik Hašek]], Czech hockey player
* [[February 1]] - [[Sherilyn Fenn]], American actress
* [[February 1]] - [[Brandon Lee]], American actor (d. [[1993]])
* [[February 1]] - [[Princess Stéphanie of Monaco]]
* [[February 3]] - [[Maura Tierney]], [[American actress]]
* [[February 4]] - [[Jerome Brown]], [[American football]] player (d. [[1992]])
* [[February 7]] - [[Chris Rock]], American actor and comedian
* [[February 11]] - [[Stephen Gregory (actor)|Stephen Gregory]], American actor
* [[February 18]] - [[Dr. Dre]], American rapper and [[Record producer|music producer]]
* [[February 22]] - [[Dean Karr]], American director and photographer
* [[February 23]] - [[Michael Dell]], American computer manufacturer
* [[February 25]] - [[Brian Baker (musician)|Brian Baker]] Bad Religion guitarist
* [[February 27]] - [[Joakim Sundström]], Swedish [[sound editor]], [[sound design]]er and musician
===March-April===
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* [[March 1]] - [[Booker Huffman|Booker T]], professional wrestler, 5 Time WCW world champion
* [[March 1]] - [[Stewart Elliott]], Canadian jockey
* [[March 4]] - [[Ron Gant]] former baseball player
* [[March 4]] - [[Andrew Collins (broadcaster)|Andrew Collins]], British [[Disc jockey|radio DJ]] and journalist
* [[March 4]] - [[Jonathan Shearer]], Scottish castaway
* [[March 4]] - [[Gary Helms]], American country music singer and songwriter
* [[March 4]] - [[Paul W.S. Anderson]], British filmmaker, producer and screenwriter
* [[March 4]] - [[WestBam]] (Maximillian Lenz), German rave techno DJ
* [[March 7]] - [[Jesper Parnevik]], Swedish golfer
* [[March 8]] - [[Kenny Smith]], American basketball player, 2 time NBA Champion
* [[March 9]] - [[Benito Santiago]], baseball player
* [[March 10]] - [[Rod Woodson]], American football player
* [[March 11]] - [[Jesse Jackson, Jr.]], American politician
* [[March 11]] - [[Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen]], British television presenter
* [[March 12]] - [[Steve Finley]], baseball player
* [[March 12]] - [[Liza Umarova]], Chechen singer and actress
* [[March 14]] - [[Kevin Brown (baseball)|Kevin Brown]], baseball player
* [[March 14]] - [[Aamir Khan]], Bollywood actor
* [[March 20]] - [[Dana Scinto]], American Artist
* [[March 24]] - [[The Undertaker]], American Professional Wrestler
* [[March 25]] - [[Sarah Jessica Parker]], American actress
* [[March 25]] - [[Stefka Kostadinova]], Bulgarian [[high jump]]er and president of the [[Bulgarian Olympic Committee]]
* [[March 25]] - [[Avery Johnson]], American basketball player and coach
* [[April 1]]
** [[Robert Steadman]], English composer
** [[Mark Jackson (basketball)|Mark Jackson]], American basketball player and analyst
* [[April 3]] - [[Nazia Hassan]], First South Asian Pop Singer (d.[[2000]])
* [[April 4]] - [[Robert Downey Jr.]], American actor
* [[April 6]] - [[Frank Black]], American musician
* [[April 7]] - [[Bill Bellamy]], American actor and comedian
* [[April 12]] - [[Tom O'Brien (II) (actor)]], American actor-producer
* [[April 13]] - [[The Real Darren Stevens]], Canadian [[radio personality]]
* [[April 13]] - [[Patricio Pouchulu]], Argentinean architect
* [[April 15]] - [[Linda Perry]], American musician
* [[April 16]] - [[Martin Lawrence]], American actor, comedian, and producer
* [[April 19]]
**[[Suge Knight]], American record producer
**[[Natalie Dessay]], French soprano
* [[April 21]] - [[Ed Belfour]], Canadian hockey player
* [[April 23]] - [[Jamling Tenzing Norgay]], Indian [[Mountaineering|mountain climber]]
* [[April 26]] - [[Kevin James]], American comedian and actor
===May-June===
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* [[May 3]] - [[Gary Mitchell]], Irish playwright
* [[May 4]] - [[Aykut Kocaman]], Turkish footballer
* [[May 7]] - [[Owen Hart]], Canadian professional wrestler (d. [[1999]])
* [[May 9]] - [[Steve Yzerman]], Canadian hockey player
* [[May 11]] - [[Monsour del Rosario]], Filipino Olympic athlete and actor
* [[May 13]] - [[José Antonio Delgado]], Venezuelan mountain climber (d. [[2006]])
* [[May 13]] - [[Hikari Ota]], Japanese comedian
* [[May 14]] - [[Eoin Colfer]], Irish writer
* [[May 16]] - [[Krist Novoselic]], American bassist ([[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]])
* [[May 17]] - [[Trent Reznor]], American musician ([[Nine Inch Nails]])
* [[May 23]] - [[Manuel Sanchís Hontiyuelo]], Spanish footballer
* [[May 24]] - [[Shinichiro Watanabe]], [[Anime|Japanese anime]] director
* [[May 24]] - [[John C. Reilly]], American actor ([[Chicago (2002 film)]])
* [[May 28]] - [[Chris Ballew]], American musician ([[Presidents of the United States of America (band)|The Presidents of the United States of America]])
* [[May 31]] - [[Brooke Shields]], American actress
* [[June 1]] - [[Nigel Short]], English chess player
* [[June 2]] - [[Steve Waugh|Steve]] and [[Mark Waugh]], Australian cricketers
* [[June 4]] - [[Mick Doohan]], Australian [[Motorcycle racing|motorcycle racer]]
* [[June 5]] - [[Steve Cook]], American Master Machine Tool Builder and Philanthropist
* [[June 7]] - [[Mick Foley]], American professional wrestler and author
* [[June 8]] - [[Chris Chavis]], American professional wrestler (Tatanka)
* [[June 10]] - [[Elizabeth Hurley]], English actress
* [[June 11]] - [[Manuel Uribe Garza]], morbidly obese Mexican
* [[June 10]] - [[Scott Graham]], American sportscaster
* [[June 15]] - [[Bernard Hopkins]], American boxer
* [[June 23]] - [[Paul Arthurs]], British guitarist ([[Oasis (band)|Oasis]])
* [[June 26]] - [[Mike Breen]], American sports announcer
===July-August===
* [[July 1]] - [[Harald Zwart]], Norwegian [[film director]]
* [[July 4]] - [[Jo Whiley]], British radio DJ
* [[July 5]] - [[Eyran Katsenelenbogen]], a famous international jazz pianist
* [[July 11]] - [[Ernesto Hoost]], Dutch kickboxer
* [[July 17]] - [[Craig Morgan (singer)|Craig Morgan]], American singer
* [[July 19]] - [[Stuart Scott]], American sports reporter
* [[July 19]] - [[Evelyn Glennie]], Scottish virtuoso percussionist
* [[July 21]] - [[Guðni Bergsson]], Icelandic footballer
* [[July 22]] - [[Michael Hickenbottom]] aka [[Shawn Michaels]], American professional wrestler
* [[July 23]] - [[Slash (musician)|Slash]] (Saul Hudson), American musician ([[Guns N' Roses]])
* [[July 24]] - [[Brian Blades]], former [[National Football League]] wide receiver
* [[July 26]] - [[Jeremy Piven]], American Actor
* [[July 31]] - [[J. K. Rowling]], English author
* [[August 2]] - [[Hisanobu Watanabe]], Japanese baseball player and coach
* [[August 4]] - [[Fredrik Reinfeldt]], [[Prime Minister of Sweden|Swedish Prime Minister]]
* [[August 4]] - [[Dennis Lehane]], American [[crime writer]]
* [[August 6]] - [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]], American [[Basketball|basketball player]]
* [[August 6]] - [[Mark Speight]], British television presenter (d. [[2008]])
* [[August 10]] - [[Mike E. Smith]], American jockey
* [[August 10]] - [[John Starks (basketball player)|John Starks]], American basketball player
* [[August 14]] - [[Emmanuelle Béart]], French actress
* [[August 18]] - [[Koji Kikkawa]], Japanese singer
* [[August 23]] - [[Roger Avary]], Academy Award winning writer/director/producer
* [[August 24]] - [[Reggie Miller]], American basketball player
* [[August 28]] - [[Amanda Tapping]], Canadian actress
* [[August 28]] - [[Shania Twain]], Canadian [[Singer-songwriter|singer and songwriter]]
* [[August 30]] - [[Peter Grant (footballer)|Peter Grant]], Scottish footballer and football manager
===September-October===
* [[September 2]] - [[Lennox Lewis]], British boxer
* [[September 2]] - [[Partho Sen-Gupta]], Indian [[independent film]]maker
* [[September 3]] - [[Charlie Sheen]], American actor
* [[September 9]] - [[Constance Marie]], American actress
* [[September 10]] - [[Marco Pastors]], Dutch politician
* [[September 11]] - [[Moby]], American musician
* [[September 11]] - [[Paul Heyman]], American wrestling promoter, ECW
* [[September 12]] - [[Einstein Kristiansen]], [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[cartoonist]],[[designer]] and TV host
* [[September 14]] - [[Dmitry Medvedev]], Russian President since 2008
* [[September 16]] - [[Katy Kurtzman]], American actress, director, and producer
* [[September 17]] - [[Kyle Chandler]], American actor
* [[September 19]] - [[Sabine Paturel]], French singer
* [[September 20]] - [[Robert Rusler]], American actor
* [[September 21]] - [[Cheryl Hines]], American actress
* [[September 25]] - [[Scottie Pippen]], American basketball player
* [[September 26]] - [[Alexandra Lencastre]], Portuguese actress
* [[September 27]] - [[Peter MacKay]], Canadian politician
* [[September 30]] - [[Kathleen Madigan]], American comedienne
* [[October 1]] - [[Andreas Keller]], German field hockey player
* [[October 1]] - [[Cliff Ronning]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[October 4]] - [[John Melendez]], announcer for the [[Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]
* [[October 5]] - [[Mario Lemieux]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[October 5]] - [[Patrick Roy]], Canadian ice hockey player
* [[October 8]] - [[C-Jay Ramone]], American bassist ([[The Ramones]])
* [[October 10]] - [[Chris Penn]], American actor (d. [[2006]])
* [[October 14]] - [[Steve Coogan]], [[List of British comedians|British comedian]] and actor
* [[October 14]] - [[Constantine Koukias]], Australian composer
* [[October 16]] - [[Steve Lamacq]], British radio DJ
* [[October 17]] - [[Aravinda de Silva]], Sri Lankan cricketer
* [[October 18]] - [[Curtis Stigers]], American jazz vocalist and saxophonist
* [[October 19]] - [[Ty Pennington]], American design team leader from [[Extreme Makeover: Home Edition]]
* [[October 20]] - [[Jil Caplan]], French singer and songwriter
* [[October 20]] - [[Mikhail Shtalenkov]], Russian ice hockey player
* [[October 26]] - [[Aaron Kwok]], [[Hong Kong]] singer and actor
* [[October 26]] - [[Kelly Rowan]], Canadian actress
* [[October 26]] - [[Ken Rutherford (cricketer)|Kenneth Rutherford]], [[New Zealand]] cricketer
* [[October 28]] - [[Luigi Miraglia]], Italian [[Latinist]]
* [[October 29]] - [[Christy Clark]], [[British Columbian]] politician
* [[October 30]] - [[Gavin Rossdale]], English musician
* [[October 31]] - [[Rob Rackstraw]], voice actor
===November-December===
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* [[November 2]] - [[Shahrukh Khan]], Indian actor
* [[November 3]] - [[Ann Scott]], French novelist
* [[November 4]] - [[Wayne Static]], American singer ([[Static-X]])
* [[November 4]] - [[Pata]], Japanese Guitarist of X Japan
* [[November 4]] - [[Jeff Scott Soto]], musician
* [[November 5]] - [[Famke Janssen]], Dutch model and actress
* [[November 6]] - [[Greg Graffin]], American singer ([[Bad Religion]])
* [[November 7]] - [[Sigrun Wodars]], German athlete
* [[November 9]] - [[Bryn Terfel]], Welsh baritone
* [[November 10]] - [[Eddie Irvine]], Northern Irish racecar driver
* [[November 19]] - [[Paulo S. L. M. Barreto|Paulo Barreto]], Brazilian cryptographer
* [[November 20]] - [[Yoshiki Hayashi]], compositor, piano and drums of the band X Japan
* [[November 21]] - [[Björk]], Icelandic singer, songwriter, and musician
* [[November 21]] - [[Alexander Siddig]], Sudanese-born English actor
* [[November 23]] - [[Don Frye]], American [[professional wrestler]] and [[mixed martial arts]] fighter
* [[November 25]] - [[Cris Carter]], American football player
* [[November 25]] - [[Tim Armstrong]], American singer and musician
* [[November 28]] - [[Peter Beagrie]], English footballer
* [[November 30]] - [[Ben Stiller]], American actor
* [[November 30]] - [[Tashi Tenzing]], Indian mountaineer
* [[December 3]] - [[Steve Harris (actor)|Steve Harris]], American actor
* [[December 3]] - [[Katarina Witt]], German [[Figure skating|figure skater]]
* [[December 5]] - [[John Rzeznik]], American singer ([[The Goo Goo Dolls]])
* [[December 5]] - [[Carlton Palmer]], English footballer
* [[December 8]] - [[Carina Lau Kar-ling]], Chinese actress
* [[December 18]] - [[John Moshoeu]], South African football (soccer) player
* [[December 19]] - [[Jessica Steen]], Canadian actress
* [[December 21]] - [[Andy Dick]], American actor
* [[December 22]] - [[Lee R. Berger|Lee Berger]] Explorer and Paleoanthropologist
* [[December 27]] - [[Salman Khan]], Indian actor
* [[December 29]] - [[Dexter Holland]], American singer ([[The Offspring]])
* [[December 30]] - [[Zoe Kelli Simon]], American actress
* [[December 31]] - [[Nicholas Sparks (author)|Nicholas Sparks]], American author
* [[December 31]] - [[Gong Li]], Chinese actress
===Date unknown===
* [[Bradley Joseph]], American composer, pianist, and keyboardist
* [[Paul Seawright]], Irish photographer
* [[Lucy Noland]], [[Vietnamese-American]] journalist
* [[Tommy DeCarlo]], American singer
==Deaths==
===January - March===
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* [[January 4]] - [[T. S. Eliot]], American-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]])
* [[January 12]] - [[Lorraine Hansberry]], American writer (b. [[1930]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Jeanette MacDonald]], American actress and singer (b. [[1903]])
* [[January 20]] - [[Alan Freed]], American disc jockey (b. [[1922]])
* [[January 24]] - [[Winston Churchill]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (b. [[1874]])
* [[January 28]] - [[Maxime Weygand]], French soldier (b. [[1867]])
* [[January 28]] - [[Tich Freeman]], English cricketer (b. [[1888]])
* [[February 13]] - [[Gloria Laura Mercedes Morgan-Vanderbilt|Gloria Morgan-Vanderbilt]], Swiss-born socialite (b. [[1906]])
* [[February 15]] - [[Nat King Cole]], American singer and musician (b. [[1919]])
* [[February 21]] - [[Malcolm X]], American black activist (assassinated) (b. [[1925]])
* [[February 22]] - [[Felix Frankfurter]], [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court Justice]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[February 23]] - [[Stan Laurel]], British actor (b. [[1890]])
* [[February 26]] - [[George Adamski]], Polish-born UFO traveler (b. [[1891]])
* [[March 6]] - [[Margaret Dumont]], American actress (b. [[1889]])
* [[March 13]] - [[Corrado Gini]], Italian statistician (b. [[1884]])
* [[March 13]] - [[Fan S. Noli]], Albanian bishop, poet, and [[Politician|political figure]] (b. [[1882]])
* [[March 17]] - [[Amos Alonzo Stagg]], American baseball, basketball, and American football player and coach (b. [[1862]])
* [[March 18]] - King [[Farouk I of Egypt]] (b. [[1920]])
* [[March 28]] - [[Jack Hoxie]], American actor, rodeo performer (b. [[1885]])
* [[March 28]] - [[Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood]] (b. [[1897]])
* [[March 28]] - [[Richard Beesly]], British [[Gold medal|Olympic gold medal]]-winning rower. (b. [[1907]])
* [[March 30]] - [[Philip Showalter Hench]], American physician, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1896]])
===April - June===
* [[April 3]] - [[Ernst Kirchweger]], Austrian communist and resistance fighter
* [[April 14]] - [[Perry Smith]] and [[Dick Hickock]], the murderers of the [[Clutters]] in 1959. Executed by hanging.
* [[April 18]] - [[Guillermo González Camarena]], Mexican inventor (b. [[1917]])
* [[April 25]] - [[Owney Madden]], English born Gangster (b. [[1891]])
* [[April 21]] - [[Edward Victor Appleton]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1892]])
* [[April 27]] - [[Edward R. Murrow]], American journalist (b. [[1908]])
* [[May 19]] - [[Tu'i Malila]], the oldest [[tortoise]] or living animal ever, of natural causes (b. [[1777]])
* [[May 22]] - [[Christopher Stone]], first disc jockey in the United Kingdom (b. [[1882]])
* [[May 23]] - [[Earl Webb]], baseball player (b. [[1897]])
* [[May 25]] - [[Sonny Boy Williamson II|Sonny Boy Williamson]], American [[blues]] musician (b. [[1899]])
* [[June 15]] - [[E. A. Speiser]], American [[Biblical Theology|Bible scholar]] (b. [[1902]])
* [[June 28]] - [[Red Nichols]], American jazz cornettist (b. [[1905]])
===July - September===
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* [[July 1]] - [[Wally Hammond]], English cricketer (b. [[1903]])
* [[July 7]] - [[Moshe Sharett]], second [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1894]])
* [[July 28]] - [[Rampo Edogawa]], Japanese author and criti (b. [[1894]])
* [[July 30]] - [[Jun'ichirō Tanizaki]], Japanese writer (b. [[1886]])
* [[August 6]] - [[Nancy Carroll]], American actress (b. [[1903]])
* [[August 8]] - [[Shirley Jackson]], American author (b. [[1916]])
* [[August 27]] - [[Le Corbusier]], Swiss architect (b. [[1887]])
* [[August 28]] - [[Giulio Racah]], Israeli physicist (b. [[1909]])
* [[September 4]] - [[Albert Schweitzer]], [[Alsace|Alsatian]] physician and missionary, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1875]])
* [[September 8]] - [[Hermann Staudinger]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1881]])
* [[September 8]] - [[Dorothy Dandridge]], ''[[Carmen Jones]]'' actress (b. [[1922]])
* [[September 14]] - [[Jack Hearne (John William Hearne)|J.W. Hearne]], English cricketer (b. [[1891]])
* [[September 15]] - [[Steve Brown (bass player)|Steve Brown]], American musician (b. [[1890]])
* [[September 27]] - [[Clara Bow]], American silent film actress (b. [[1905]])
===October - December===
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* [[October 11]] - [[Walther Stampfli]], [[member of the Swiss Federal Council]] (b. [[1884]])
* [[October 12]] - [[Paul Hermann Müller]], Swiss chemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1899]])
* [[October 17]] - [[Bart King|John Barton King]], American [[cricket]]er (b. [[1873]])
* [[October 26]] - [[Sylvia Likens]], American murder victim (b. [[1949]])
* [[October 30]] - [[Arthur Schlesinger, Sr.]], American historian (b.[[1888]])
* [[November 6]] - [[Edgard Varèse]], French-born composer (b. [[1883]])
* [[November 6]] - [[Clarence Williams]], American musician (b. [[1893]])
* [[November 8]] - [[Dorothy Kilgallen]], American newspaper columnist (b. [[1913]])
* [[November 12]] - [[Syedna Taher Saifuddin]], Bohra Spiritual Leader (b. [[1888]])
* [[November 16]] - [[W. T. Cosgrave]], Irish politician (b. [[1880]])
* [[November 18]] - [[Henry A. Wallace]], [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1888]])
* [[November 24]] - [[Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], Emir of Kuwait (b. [[1895]])
* [[November 25]] - Dame [[Myra Hess]], English pianist (b. [[1890]])
* [[December 5]] - [[Joseph Erlanger]], American physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1874]])
* [[December 16]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], English writer (b. [[1874]])
* [[December 24]] - [[William M. Branham]] Christian minister (b. [[1909]])
== Ship events ==
* [[List of ship launches in 1965]]
* [[List of ship commissionings in 1965]]
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Sin-Itiro Tomonaga]], [[Julian Schwinger]], [[Richard Feynman|Richard P. Feynman]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Robert Burns Woodward]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Physiology or Medicine]] - [[Francois Jacob|François Jacob]], [[Andre Lwoff|André Lwoff]], [[Jacques Monod]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[UNICEF|United Nation's Children's Fund (UNICEF)]]
==Academy Awards==
*Best Picture: ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'', [[Jack Warner]], producer
*Best Director: [[George Cukor]], ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''
*Best Actor: [[Rex Harrison]], ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]''
*Best Actress: [[Julie Andrews]], ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]''
*Best Supporting Actor: [[Peter Ustinov]], ''[[Topkapi (film)|Topkapi]]''
*Best Supporting Actress: [[Lila Kedrova]], ''[[Zorba the Greek (film)|Zorba the Greek ]]''
*Best Original Screenplay: ''[[Father Goose (film)|Father Goose]]'' written by [[Frank Tarloff]], [[Peter Stone]] and [[S.H.Barnett]]
*Best Adapted Screenplay: ''[[Becket (film)|Becket]]'', by [[Edward Anhalt]]
*Best Original Song: ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'', [[Richard M. Sherman]] and [[Robert B. Sherman]]
*Best Original Score: ''[[Mary Poppins (film)|Mary Poppins]]'' by [[Richard M. Sherman]] and [[Robert B. Sherman]]
==World population==
{|class="wikitable"
!colspan="7"|[[World population]]
|-
!
!1965
!colspan="2"|[[1960]]
!colspan="2"|[[1970]]
|-
![[Image:Globe.svg|50px]] [[World]]
|align="right"|'''3,334,874,000'''
|align="right"|3,021,475,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 313,399,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 313,399,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|align="right"|3,692,492,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 357,618,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 357,618,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|-
![[Image:Africa satellite orthographic.jpg|50px]] [[Africa]]
|align="right"|'''313,744,000'''
|align="right"|277,398,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 36,346,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 36,346,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|align="right"|357,283,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 43,539,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 43,539,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|-
![[Image:Two-point-equidistant-asia.jpg|50px]] [[Asia]]
|align="right"|'''1,899,424,000'''
|align="right"|1,701,336,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 198,088,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 198,088,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|align="right"|2,143,118,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 243,694,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 243,694,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|-
![[Image:Europe satellite orthographic.jpg|50px]] [[Europe]]
|align="right"|'''634,026,000'''
|align="right"|604,401,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 29,625,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 29,625,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|align="right"|655,855,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 21,829,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 21,829,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|-
![[Image:Latin America terrain.jpg|50px]] [[Latin-America]]
|align="right"|'''250,452,000'''
|align="right"|218,300,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,270,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 1,270,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|align="right"|284,856,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 34,404,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 34,404,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|-
![[Image:LocationWHNorthernAmerica.png|50px]] [[Northern America]]
|align="right"|'''219,570,000'''
|align="right"|204,152,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 15,418,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 15,418,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|align="right"|231,937,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 12,367,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 12,367,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|-
![[Image:Oceania.jpg|50px]] [[Oceania]]
|align="right"|'''17,657,000'''
|align="right"|15,888,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,769,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 1,769,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|align="right"|19,443,000
|align="right"|{{#switch: u
|u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,786,000
|d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 1,786,000
|#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]]
}}
|}
==See also==
* [[20th century]]
==Notes==
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==External links==
==Table of contents==
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