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President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
:
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
) *
Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...
: ''vacant'' (until January 20),
Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Mi ...
( D-
Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
) (starting January 20) * Chief Justice:
Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitution ...
(
California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
) * Speaker of the House of Representatives:
John William McCormack John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both th ...
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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
) *
Senate Majority Leader The positions of majority leader and minority leader are held by two United States senators and members of the party leadership of the United States Senate. They serve as the chief spokespersons for their respective political parties holding t ...
:
Mike Mansfield Michael Joseph Mansfield (March 16, 1903 – October 5, 2001) was an American politician and diplomat. A Democratic Party (United States), Democrat, he served as a United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative (1943–1953) and a ...
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Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
) *
Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...
: 88th (until January 3), 89th (starting January 3)


Events


January

* January 1 – The ship '' S.S. Catala'' is driven onto the beach in
Ocean Shores, Washington Ocean Shores is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,715 at the 2020 census. History The City of Ocean Shores occupies the Point Brown peninsula on the Washington coast. Long before the arrival of Eu ...
, stranding her. * January 4 – President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
proclaims his "
Great Society The Great Society was a set of domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65. The term was first coined during a 1964 commencement address by President Lyndon B. Johnson at the University ...
" during his
State of the Union Address The State of the Union Address (sometimes abbreviated to SOTU) is an annual message delivered by the president of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress near the beginning of each calendar year on the current conditio ...
. * January 19 – The unmanned ''
Gemini 2 Gemini 2 (Gemini-Titan 2; GT-2) was the second spaceflight of the American human spaceflight program Project Gemini, and was launched and recovered on January 19, 1965. Gemini 2, like Gemini 1, was an uncrewed mission intended as a test fligh ...
'' is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems. * January 20 – President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
begins his full term.
Hubert Humphrey Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 13, 1978) was an American pharmacist and politician who served as the 38th vice president of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Mi ...
is sworn in as
Vice President of the United States The vice president of the United States (VPOTUS) is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the U.S. federal government, after the president of the United States, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice ...
.


February

* February 3 – The 8.7 Rat Islands earthquake affected southwest Alaska with a maximum
Mercalli intensity The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...
of VI (''Strong''), causing a
tsunami A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explo ...
that was destructive at
Amchitka Amchitka (; ale, Amchixtax̂; russian: Амчитка) is a volcanic, tectonically unstable and uninhabited island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. It is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refu ...
. * February 20 – ''
Ranger 8 Ranger 8 was a lunar probe in the Ranger program, a robotic spacecraft series launched by NASA in the early-to-mid-1960s to obtain the first close-up images of the Moon's surface. These pictures helped select landing sites for Apollo missions an ...
'' crashes into the
Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...
, after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program
astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
s. * February 21 –
Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of Is ...
is assassinated in Manhattan. * February 22 – A new, revised, color production of
Rodgers and Hammerstein Rodgers and Hammerstein was a theater-writing team of composer Richard Rodgers (1902–1979) and lyricist-dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960), who together created a series of innovative and influential American musicals. Their popu ...
's ''
Cinderella "Cinderella",; french: link=no, Cendrillon; german: link=no, Aschenputtel) or "The Little Glass Slipper", is a folk tale with thousands of variants throughout the world.Dundes, Alan. Cinderella, a Casebook. Madison, Wis: University of Wisconsi ...
'' airs on CBS.
Lesley Ann Warren Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946) is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut in 1963, aged 17, in '' 110 in the Shade''. In 1965 she received wide recognition for playing the title role in the television musical prod ...
makes her TV debut in the title role. The show becomes an annual tradition.


March

* March 2 – ''The Sound of Music'' premieres at the Rivoli Theater in New York City. * March 7 –
Bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday may refer to: Historical events Canada * Bloody Sunday (1923), a day of police violence during a steelworkers' strike for union recognition in Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia * Bloody Sunday (1938), police violence agai ...
: Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators in
Selma, Alabama Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. About ...
. No one was killed in the clash. * March 8 –
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: Some 3,500
United States Marines The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through com ...
arrive in
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
, becoming the first American combat troops in
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
. * March 9 – The second attempt to march from Selma to
Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
, under the leadership of
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
, 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 A restraining order or protective order, is an order used by a court to protect a person in a situation involving alleged domestic violence, child abuse, assault, harassment, stalking, or sexual assault. Restraining and personal protection or ...
.
White supremacist White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other Race (human classification), races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any Power (social and polit ...
s beat up white
Unitarian Universalist Unitarian or Unitarianism may refer to: Christian and Christian-derived theologies A Unitarian is a follower of, or a member of an organisation that follows, any of several theologies referred to as Unitarianism: * Unitarianism (1565–present) ...
minister
James J. Reeb James Joseph Reeb (January 1, 1927 – March 11, 1965) was an American Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and activist during the civil rights movement in Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts. While participating in the Selma to M ...
later that day in Selma. * March 11 – White
Unitarian Universalist Unitarian or Unitarianism may refer to: Christian and Christian-derived theologies A Unitarian is a follower of, or a member of an organisation that follows, any of several theologies referred to as Unitarianism: * Unitarianism (1565–present) ...
minister
James J. Reeb James Joseph Reeb (January 1, 1927 – March 11, 1965) was an American Unitarian Universalist minister, pastor, and activist during the civil rights movement in Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts. While participating in the Selma to M ...
, beaten by
White supremacists White supremacy or white supremacism is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them. The belief favors the maintenance and defense of any power and privilege held by white people. White su ...
in
Selma, Alabama Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. About ...
on March 9 following the second march from Selma, dies in a hospital in
Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of the U.S. state of Alabama. Birmingham is the seat of Jefferson County, Alabama's most populous county. As of the 2021 census estimates, Birmingham had a population of 197,575, down 1% fr ...
. * March 15 – President Lyndon B. Johnson makes his "We Shall Overcome" speech. * March 16 – Police clash with 600 marchers from the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, often pronounced ) was the principal channel of student commitment in the United States to the civil rights movement during the 1960s. Emerging in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins at segrega ...
(SNCC) in
Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
. * March 17 **In
Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
, 1,600 civil rights marchers demonstrate at the Courthouse. **In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the
Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement ...
. It is passed by the Senate May 26, the House July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson August 6. * March 18 – A
United States federal judge In the United States, federal judges are judges who serve on courts established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution. They include the chief justice and the associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, the circuit judges of the U.S. Cou ...
rules that the
Southern Christian Leadership Conference The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is an African-American civil rights organization based in Atlanta, Georgia. SCLC is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., who had a large role in the American civi ...
(SCLC) has the lawful right to march to
Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...
to petition for 'redress of grievances'. * March 19 – The wreck of the ''
SS Georgiana The ''Georgiana'' was a brig-rigged, iron hulled, propeller steamer belonging to the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Reputedly intended to become the "most powerful" cruiser in the Confederate fleet once her guns were mou ...
'', reputed to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser ever built and owned by the real
Rhett Butler Rhett Butler (Born in 1828) is a fictional character in the 1936 novel ''Gone with the Wind'' by Margaret Mitchell and in the 1939 film adaptation of the same name. It is one of Clark Gable's most recognizable and significant roles. Role Rhe ...
, is discovered off the
Isle of Palms An isle is an island, land surrounded by water. The term is very common in British English. However, there is no clear agreement on what makes an island an isle or its difference, so they are considered synonyms. Isle may refer to: Geography * Is ...
,
South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...
, 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 Charleston most commonly refers to: * Charleston, South Carolina * Charleston, West Virginia, the state capital * Charleston (dance) Charleston may also refer to: Places Australia * Charleston, South Australia Canada * Charleston, Newfoundlan ...
. * March 21 **
Ranger program The Ranger program was a series of unmanned space missions by the United States in the 1960s whose objective was to obtain the first close-up images of the surface of the Moon. The Ranger spacecraft were designed to take images of the lunar sur ...
:
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
launches ''
Ranger 9 Ranger 9 was a Lunar probe, launched in 1965 by NASA. It was designed to achieve a lunar impact trajectory and to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. The spacecraft carried s ...
'', which is the last in a series of unmanned
lunar Lunar most commonly means "of or relating to the Moon". Lunar may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lunar'' (series), a series of video games * "Lunar" (song), by David Guetta * "Lunar", a song by Priestess from the 2009 album ''Prior t ...
space probe A space probe is an artificial satellite that travels through space to collect scientific data. A space probe may orbit Earth; approach the Moon; travel through interplanetary space; flyby, orbit, or land or fly on other planetary bodies; or ent ...
s.'' **
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
leads 3,200
Civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals. They ensure one's entitlement to participate in the civil and political life of ...
activists in the third march from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery. * March 23 – ''
Gemini 3 Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission in NASA's Project Gemini and was the first time two American astronauts flew together into space. On March 23, 1965, astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young flew three low Earth orbits in their spacecraft, w ...
'':
NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
launches the
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
' first 2-person crew (
Gus Grissom Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was an American engineer, pilot in the United States Air Force, and member of the Mercury Seven selected by National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) as Project Mercur ...
,
John Young John Young may refer to: Academics * John Young (professor of Greek) (died 1820), Scottish professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow * John C. Young (college president) (1803–1857), American educator, pastor, and president of Centre Coll ...
) into
Earth orbit Earth orbits the Sun at an average distance of 149.60 million km (92.96 million mi) in a counterclockwise direction as viewed from above the Northern Hemisphere. One complete orbit takes  days (1 sidereal year), during which time Earth ...
. * March 25 –
Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully end the 4-day march from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery. * March 30 – Funeral services are held for Detroit homemaker
Viola Liuzzo Viola Fauver Liuzzo (née Gregg; April 11, 1925 – March 25, 1965) was an American civil rights activist. In March 1965, Liuzzo heeded the call of Martin Luther King Jr. and traveled from Detroit, Michigan, to Selma, Alabama, in the wake of the ...
, who was shot dead by four Klansmen as she drove marchers back to Selma at night after the civil rights march. * March ** '' The Negro Family: The Case For National Action'' government report issued. ** First African American ''Playboy'' Playmate, model Jennifer Jackson.


April

* April 3 – The world's first space nuclear power reactor, ''
SNAP-10A SNAP-10A (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power, aka Snapshot for Space Nuclear Auxiliary Power Shot, also known as OPS 4682) was a US experimental nuclear powered satellite launched into space in 1965 as part of the SNAPSHOT program.Vandenberg AFB Vandenberg Space Force Base , previously Vandenberg Air Force Base, is a United States Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California. Established in 1941, Vandenberg Space Force Base is a space launch base, launching spacecraft from th ...
, California. The reactor operated for 43 days and remains in high earth orbit. * April 5 – At the
37th Academy Awards The 37th Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1964. For the first time, an award was presented in the field of makeup. The Best Picture winner of 1964, director George Cukor's ''My Fair Lady'', was about the transformative training o ...
,
George Cukor George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head of ...
's ''
My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...
'' wins 8 Academy Awards, including
Best Picture This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
and
Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...
for Cukor.
Rex Harrison Sir Reginald Carey "Rex" Harrison (5 March 1908 – 2 June 1990) was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play ''French Without Tears'', in what ...
wins an Oscar for
Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...
.
Robert Stevenson Robert Stevenson may refer to: * Robert Stevenson (actor and politician) (1915–1975), American actor and politician * Robert Stevenson (civil engineer) (1772–1850), Scottish lighthouse engineer * Robert Stevenson (director) (1905–1986), Engl ...
's ''
Mary Poppins It may refer to: * ''Mary Poppins'' (book series), the original 1934–1988 children's fantasy novels that introduced the character. * Mary Poppins (character), the nanny with magical powers. * ''Mary Poppins'' (film), a 1964 Disney film sta ...
'' takes home 5 Oscars out of 13 nominations.
Julie Andrews Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author. She has garnered numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over seven decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Fi ...
wins an
Academy Award for Best Actress The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. ...
, for her portrayal in the lead role.
Sherman Brothers The Sherman Brothers were an American songwriting duo that specialized in musical films, made up of Robert B. Sherman (December 19, 1925 – March 6, 2012) and Richard M. Sherman (born June 12, 1928). Together they received various accolades in ...
receives 2 Oscars including Best Song, "
Chim Chim Cher-ee "Chim Chim Cher-ee" is a song from ''Mary Poppins'', the 1964 musical motion picture. It was originally sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews, and also is featured in the 2004 ''Mary Poppins'' musical. The song won the 1964 Academy Award for ...
". The ceremony is hosted by
Bob Hope Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 5 ...
at
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Santa Monica Civic Auditorium is a multi-purpose convention center at 1855 Main Street in Santa Monica, California, owned by the City of Santa Monica. It was built in 1958 and designed by Welton Becket and as a concert venue, it has a seating cap ...
. * April 9 **In
Houston, Texas Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
, the Harris County
Domed Stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
(more commonly known as the
Astrodome The NRG Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas. It was financed and assisted in development by Roy Hofheinz, mayor of Houston ...
) opens. **
Charlie Brown Charles "Charlie" Brown is the principal character of the comic strip ''Peanuts'', syndicated in daily and Sunday newspapers in numerous countries all over the world. Depicted as a "lovable loser," Charlie Brown is one of the great American ar ...
and the ''
Peanuts ''Peanuts'' is a print syndication, syndicated daily strip, daily and Sunday strip, Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run extended from 1950 to 2000, continuing in reruns afterward. ' ...
'' Gang appear on the cover of ''
Time Time is the continued sequence of existence and events that occurs in an apparently irreversible succession from the past, through the present, into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequence events, to ...
''. **The 100th anniversary of the end of the
American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states th ...
is observed. * April 11 – The
Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965 On April 10–12, 1965, a devastating severe weather event affected the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. The tornado outbreak produced 55 confirmed tornadoes in one day and 16 hours. The worst part of the outbreak oc ...
: An estimated 51 tornadoes (47 confirmed) hit in 6 Midwestern states, killing between 256 and 271 people and injuring some 1,500 more. * April 14 – ''
In Cold Blood ''In Cold Blood'' is a non-fiction novel by American author Truman Capote, first published in 1966. It details the 1959 murders of four members of the Clutter family in the small farming community of Holcomb, Kansas. Capote learned of the qua ...
'' killers
Richard Hickock Richard Eugene Hickock (June 6, 1931 – April 14, 1965) was one of two ex-convicts convicted of murdering four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction n ...
and Perry Smith, convicted of murdering 4 members of the
Herbert Clutter In the early morning hours of November 15, 1959, four members of the Clutter family Herb Clutter, his wife Bonnie, and their teenage children Nancy and Kenyon were murdered in their rural home, just outside the small farming community of Holcom ...
family of
Holcomb, Kansas Holcomb is a city in Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 2,245. History Holcomb took its name from a local hog farmer. The city was a station and shipping point on the Atchison, Topeka a ...
, are executed by hanging at the Kansas State Penitentiary for Men in
Lansing, Kansas Lansing is a city in Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States. It is situated along the west side of the Missouri River and Kansas-Missouri state border. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,239. It is the second most pop ...
. * April 17 – The first SDS march against the Vietnam War draws 25,000 protestors to Washington, DC. * April 21 – The New York World's Fair in
Flushing Meadows Flushing may refer to: Places * Flushing, Cornwall, a village in the United Kingdom * Flushing, Queens, New York City ** Flushing Bay, a bay off the north shore of Queens ** Flushing Chinatown (法拉盛華埠), a community in Queens ** Flushing ...
reopens. * April 25 – Sixteen-year-old
sniper A sniper is a military/paramilitary marksman who engages targets from positions of concealment or at distances exceeding the target's detection capabilities. Snipers generally have specialized training and are equipped with high-precision r ...
Michael Clark kills 3 and wounds others, shooting at cars from a hilltop along
Highway 101 Highway 101 was an American country music band founded in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. The initial lineup consisted of Paulette Carlson (lead vocals), Jack Daniels (guitar), Curtis Stone (bass guitar, vocals), and Scott "Cactus" Moser (drums) ...
just south of
Orcutt, California Orcutt is an unincorporated town and census-designated place located in the Santa Maria Valley in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Orcutt is named for William Warren Orcutt, the manager of the Geological, Land and Engineering Depar ...
. Clark kills himself as police rush the hilltop. * April 28 – U.S. troops are sent to the
Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
by President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
, "for the stated purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country", thus thwarting the possibility of "another
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". * April 29 – 8 The 6.7 Puget Sound earthquake affected western Washington with a maximum
Mercalli intensity The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...
of VIII (''Severe''), causing seven deaths and $12.5–28 million in financial losses in the
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.


May

* May 5 – Forty men burn their draft cards at the
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
, and a coffin is marched to the Berkeley
Draft Board {{further, Conscription in the United StatesDraft boards are a part of the Selective Service System which register and select men of military age in the event of conscription in the United States. Local board The local draft board is a board th ...
. * May 6 – A
tornado outbreak __NOTOC__ A tornado outbreak is the occurrence of multiple tornadoes spawned by the same synoptic scale weather system. The number of tornadoes required to qualify as an outbreak typically are at least six to ten, with at least two rotational l ...
near the
Twin Cities Twin cities are a special case of two neighboring cities or urban centres that grow into a single conurbation – or narrowly separated urban areas – over time. There are no formal criteria, but twin cities are generally comparable in statu ...
in
Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
kills 13 and injures 683. * May 7 – The
U.S. Steel United States Steel Corporation, more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an American integrated steel producer headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with production operations primarily in the United States of America and in severa ...
freighter collides with the SS ''Topdalsfjord'' and sinks near the
Mackinac Bridge The Mackinac Bridge ( ) is a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac, connecting the Upper and Lower peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan. Opened in 1957, the bridge (familiarly known as "Big Mac" and "Mighty Mac") is the worl ...
, killing 25 of those on board. Ten are rescued from the ''Cedarville'', the 3rd largest lake ship to sink after its sister the , and the . * May 21 – The largest
teach-in A teach-in is similar to a general educational forum on any complicated issue, usually an issue involving current political affairs. The main difference between a teach-in and a seminar is the refusal to limit the discussion to a specific time fr ...
to date begins at
Berkeley, California Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland and Emer ...
, attended by 30,000. * May 22 – The first skateboard championship is held. In addition, several hundred Vietnam War protesters in Berkeley, CA, march to the Draft Board again to burn 19 more cards.
Lyndon Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
is hanged in
effigy An effigy is an often life-size sculptural representation of a specific person, or a prototypical figure. The term is mostly used for the makeshift dummies used for symbolic punishment in political protests and for the figures burned in certai ...
. * May 31 – Scottish
racing In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific goa ...
driver
Jim Clark James Clark Jr. OBE (4 March 1936 – 7 April 1968) was a British Formula One racing driver from Scotland, who won two World Championships, in 1963 and 1965. A versatile driver, he competed in sports cars, touring cars and in the Indianapol ...
wins the
Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...
, and later wins the
Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...
world driving championship in the same year.


June

* June 1 –
Florida International University Florida International University (FIU) is a public university, public research university with its main campus in Miami-Dade County. Founded in 1965, the school opened its doors to students in 1972. FIU has grown to become the third-largest uni ...
is founded in
Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
. * June 3 – ''
Gemini 4 Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) With Gemini IV, NASA changed to Roman numerals for Gemini mission designations. was the second crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini, occurring in June 1965. It was the tenth crewed American spaceflight (inc ...
'': Astronaut Ed White makes the first U.S.
space walk Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft. In the absence of a breathable Earthlike atmosphere, the astronaut is completely reliant on a space suit for environmental support. EVA inc ...
. * June 16 – A planned
anti-war protest An anti-war movement (also ''antiwar'') is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term anti-war can also refer to pa ...
at
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becomes a teach-in, with demonstrators distributing 50,000 leaflets in and around the building. * June 25 – A U.S. Air Force Boeing C135-A bound for Okinawa crashes just after takeoff at
MCAS El Toro Marine Corps Air Station El Toro was a United States Marine Corps Air Station located next to the community of El Toro, near Irvine, California. Before it was decommissioned in 1999, it was the home of Marine Corps Aviation on the West Coast ...
in
Orange County, California Orange County is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Southern California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,186,989, making it the third-most-populous county in California, the sixth-most-populous in the United States, a ...
, killing all 85 on board. * June 28 – The DeFeo family moves from Brooklyn, New York, to 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, Long Island, New York. The murder of all but one of the DeFeos nine years later, on November 13,
1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
, by the oldest son, Ronald/Ronnie "Butch" DeFeo Jr., and the subsequent claims of a haunting at 112 Ocean Avenue by the Lutz family, would lead to
The Amityville Horror ''The Amityville Horror'' is a book by American author Jay Anson, published in September 1977. It is also the basis of a series of films released from 1979 onward. The book is based on the claims of paranormal experiences by the Lutz family, b ...
franchise of books and movies.


July

* July 13 **
Environmental Science Services Administration The Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) was a United States Federal executive agency created in 1965 as part of a reorganization of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission was to unify and oversee the meteorologica ...
created (combining
Coast The coast, also known as the coastline or seashore, is defined as the area where land meets the ocean, or as a line that forms the boundary between the land and the coastline. The Earth has around of coastline. Coasts are important zones in n ...
&
Geodetic Geodesy ( ) is the Earth science of accurately measuring and understanding Earth's figure (geometric shape and size), orientation in space, and gravity. The field also incorporates studies of how these properties change over time and equivale ...
Survey and
Weather Bureau The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the p ...
) **
Weather Bureau The National Weather Service (NWS) is an agency of the United States federal government that is tasked with providing weather forecasts, warnings of hazardous weather, and other weather-related products to organizations and the public for the p ...
part of
Environmental Science Services Administration The Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) was a United States Federal executive agency created in 1965 as part of a reorganization of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission was to unify and oversee the meteorologica ...
. * July 14 – U.S. spacecraft ''
Mariner 4 Mariner 4 (together with Mariner 3 known as Mariner-Mars 1964) was the Mariner program, fourth in a series of spacecraft intended for planetary exploration in a flyby mode. It was designed to conduct closeup scientific observations of Mars and ...
'' flies by
Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...
, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet. * July 20 –
Rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...
ian
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
's influential single "
Like a Rolling Stone "Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted fro ...
" is released by
Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
. * July 25 –
Electric Dylan controversy By 1965, Bob Dylan was the leading songwriter of the American folk music revival.Paul Simon suggested that Dylan's early compositions virtually took over the folk genre. The response to his albums ''The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'' and '' The Times Th ...
:
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
elicits controversy among folk purists by "going electric" at the
Newport Folk Festival Newport Folk Festival is an annual American folk-oriented music festival in Newport, Rhode Island, which began in 1959 as a counterpart to the Newport Jazz Festival. It was one of the first modern music festivals in America, and remains a foca ...
. * July 28 –
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
from 75,000 to 125,000, and to double the number of men drafted per month from 17,000 to 35,000. * July 30 –
War on Poverty The war on poverty is the unofficial name for legislation first introduced by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson during his State of the Union address on January 8, 1964. This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national p ...
: U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
signs the
Social Security Act of 1965 The Social Security Amendments of 1965, , was legislation in the United States whose most important provisions resulted in creation of two programs: Medicare and Medicaid. The legislation initially provided federal health insurance for the elde ...
into law, establishing Medicare and
Medicaid Medicaid in the United States is a federal and state program that helps with healthcare costs for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers benefits not normally covered by Medicare, including nursing home care and pers ...
.


August

* August 6 – U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
signs the
Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement ...
into law, outlawing
literacy test A literacy test assesses a person's literacy skills: their ability to read and write have been administered by various governments, particularly to immigrants. In the United States, between the 1850s and 1960s, literacy tests were administered t ...
s and other discriminatory voting practices that have been responsible for widespread
disfranchisement Disfranchisement, also called disenfranchisement, or voter disqualification is the restriction of suffrage (the right to vote) of a person or group of people, or a practice that has the effect of preventing a person exercising the right to vote. D ...
of
African Americans African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
. * August 9 – An explosion at an
Arkansas Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...
missile plant kills 53. * August 11 – The Watts Riots begin in
Los Angeles, California Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
. * August 13 – The rock group
Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, that became one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to ac ...
debuts at the Matrix in
San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...
and begins to appear there regularly. * August 15 –
The Beatles The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
perform the first stadium concert in the history of rock, playing at
Shea Stadium Shea Stadium (), formally known as William A. Shea Municipal Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, Queens, New York City.New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
. * August 18 –
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
Operation Starlite Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence pr ...
: 5,500
United States Marines The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through com ...
destroy a
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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 Chu Lai is a seaport, urban and industrial area in Núi Thành District, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam. The city is served by Chu Lai International Airport. It is also the site of the Chu Lai Open Economic Zone (Vietnamese: ''Với Khu Kinh T ...
. * August 20 –
Jonathan Myrick Daniels Jonathan Myrick Daniels (March 20, 1939 – August 20, 1965) was an Episcopal seminarian and civil rights activist. In 1965, he was killed by a special county deputy, Tom Coleman, who was a construction worker, in Hayneville, Alabama, while i ...
, an
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seminarian from Keene,
New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...
, is murdered in Hayneville, Alabama while working in the
American civil rights movement The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the United ...
. * August 21 – ''Gemini 5'' (Gordon Cooper, Pete Conrad) is launched on the first 1-week flight, as well as the first test of fuel cells for electrical power. * August 26 – President Johnson announces an end to the draft deferment for newly married men. Effective at midnight, all men who are not married will remain eligible for the draft regardless of their marital status. * August 28 – The first Subway (restaurant), Subway opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut. * August 30 **
Rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...
ian
Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...
releases his influential album ''Highway 61 Revisited'', featuring the song "
Like a Rolling Stone "Like a Rolling Stone" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on July 20, 1965, by Columbia Records. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted fro ...
." **Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball.


September

* September 1 – WTWO begins broadcasting in Terre Haute, Indiana. * September 7 –
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: In a follow-up to August's
Operation Starlite Operation Starlite (also known in Vietnam as Battle of Van Tuong) was the first major offensive action conducted by a purely U.S. military unit during the Vietnam War from 18 to 24 August 1965. The operation was launched based on intelligence pr ...
,
United States Marines The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through com ...
and
South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
ese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula, 23 miles south of the Chu Lai Marine base. * September 9 **Sandy Koufax pitches a Perfect game (baseball), perfect game in a baseball match against the Chicago Cubs. The opposing pitcher, Bob Hendley, allows only 1 run, which is unearned. **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 is the last major hurricane to strike New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina 40 years later. **The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) begins operation. *September 14 – The infamous "bad sitcom" ''My Mother The Car'' premieres on NBC. *September 18 – The first ever Mr. Olympia bodybuilding competition is held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in
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and is won by Larry Scott (bodybuilder), Larry Scott. * September 25 – The ''Tom and Jerry, Tom & Jerry'' cartoon series makes its world broadcast premiere on CBS Television, CBS. * September 28 – Fidel Castro announces that anyone who wants to can emigrate to the United States.


October

* October 3 – U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
signs an Immigration Act of 1965, immigration bill which abolishes quotas based on national origin. * October 4 **Pope Paul VI visits the United States. He appears for a Mass in Yankee Stadium (1923), Yankee Stadium and makes a speech at the United Nations. **The University of California, Irvine opens its doors. * October 7 – Seven Japanese fishing boats are sunk off Guam by super typhoon Carmen; 209 are killed. * October 9 – Yale University presents the ''Vinland map''. * October 10 – The first group of
Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
n refugees travels to the U.S. * October 14 – The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Minnesota Twins, 4 games to 3, to win their 4th World Series Title. * October 15 – Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War: The Catholic Worker Movement stages an anti-war protest in Manhattan. One protestor who carries out a draft-card burning, David J. Miller, is arrested, the first under the new amendment to the Military Selective Service Act. * October 16 – Anti-war protests draw 100,000 in 80 U.S. cities and around the world. * October 17 – The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair, New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows, New York, closes. Due to financial losses, some of the projected site park improvements fail to materialize. * October 26 – Police discover the body of Murder of Sylvia Likens, Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis, Indiana. * October 28 – In St. Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot-tall parabolic steel Gateway Arch is completed. * October 29 – An 80-kiloton nuclear device is detonated at Amchitka Island, Alaska as part of the Vela Uniform program, code-named Project Long Shot. * October 30 **
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: Near Da Nang,
United States Marines The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through com ...
repel an intense attack by
Viet Cong , , war = the Vietnam War , image = FNL Flag.svg , caption = The flag of the Viet Cong, adopted in 1960, is a variation on the flag of North Vietnam. Sometimes the lower stripe was green. , active ...
forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions is found on the body of a 13-year-old
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
ese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before. **In Washington, D.C., a pro-Vietnam War march draws 25,000.


November

* November 2 **Quaker Norman Morrison sets himself on fire outside the Pentagon to self-immolations in protest to the Vietnam War, protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War. **Liberal Republican John Lindsay is Mayor, elected mayor of
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. * November 6 – Freedom Flights begin:
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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 7 – The Pillsbury Company's mascot, the Pillsbury Doughboy, is created. * November 8 **Vietnam War: During Operation Hump, medic Lawrence Joel becomes the first African American since the Spanish–American War to receive the United States Medal of Honor. **American Airlines Flight 383 (1965), American Airlines Flight 383 crashes on approach to Cincinnati, killing 58 of 62 people on board. **The soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' debuts on NBC. * November 9 **Northeast Blackout of 1965: Several U.S. states (Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and portions of New Jersey) and parts of Canada are hit by a series of Power outage, blackouts lasting up to 13½ hours. **
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: In
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, 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. * November 14 – Vietnam War: Battle of the Ia Drang – In the Ia Drang Valley of the Tay Nguyen, Central Highlands in
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, the first major engagement of the war between regular United States and North Vietnamese forces begins. * November 15 – U.S. racer Craig Breedlove sets a new land speed record of 600.601 mph on Bonneville Salt Flats. * November 22 – ''Man of La Mancha'' opens in a Greenwich Village theatre in New York City and eventually becomes one of the greatest musical hits of all time, winning a Tony Award for its star, Richard Kiley. * November 27 **Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters picket the White House, then march on the Washington Monument. **
Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
:
The Pentagon The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense. It was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. As a symbol of the U.S. military, the phrase ''The Pentagon'' is often used as a metony ...
tells U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
that if planned major sweep operations to neutralize
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forces during the next year are to succeed, the number of American troops in
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
will have to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000. * November 28 – Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
's call for "more flags" in
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, Philippines President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in
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. * November 30 – Ralph Nader's book ''Unsafe at Any Speed, Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile'' is published.


December

* December 9 – ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'', the first ''
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'' television special, debuts on CBS. It becomes a Christmas tradition. * 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 – A new, 1-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 is repeated annually by CBS over the next 3 years, but after that, it is virtually forgotten.


Undated

* Jenny and Murder of Sylvia Likens, Sylvia Likens are left in the care of Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski. Sylvia is found dead and mutilated 3 months later. * Tokyo officially becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from
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Ongoing

* Cold War (1947–1991) * Space Race (1957–1975) *
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, U.S. involvement (1964–1973)


Births

* January 1 **Terri Sewell, African-American lawyer and politician **John A. Sullivan (Oklahoma politician), John A. Sullivan, real estate agent and politician **Andrew Valmon, runner and coach * January 2 ** Curt Hagman, Mayor of Chino Hills ** Greg Swindell, baseball player and coach * January 3 – Sharrie Williams, blues and gospel singer-songwriter * January 4 – Rick Hearst, actor * January 5 – Ricky Paull Goldin, actor * January 6 – Cynthia Dill, lawyer, Member of the Maine Senate from the 7th District * January 7 ** Matthew Levatich, businessman, president of Harley-Davidson ** John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting), singer-songwriter * January 8 – Maria Pitillo, actress * January 9 – Jamie Callender, politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives * January 10 – Butch Hartman, animator, writer, producer, director, voice actor, and YouTuber * January 11 – Mark Halperin, journalist * January 13 ** Rod Rosenstein, officeholder (Deputy Attorney General) and lawyer ** Kevin Samuels, Internet personality and image consultant (died 2022 in the United States, 2022) * January 17 – Jim Holt (Arkansas politician), American politician, Arkansas House of Representatives * January 19 – J. B. Pritzker, businessman, philanthropist, politician, and the 43rd governor of Illinois * January 21 – Michele Ruiz, entrepreneur * January 22 – Diane Lane, actress * January 24 ** Mike Awesome, professional wrestler (d. 2007) ** William Derrough, investment banker * January 27 – Tim Chambers (baseball), Tim Chambers, college baseball coach (died 2019 in the United States, 2019) * January 28 – Robert von Dassanowsky, academic, writer, poet, film and cultural historian and producer * January 30 – Julie McCullough, actress * January 31 ** Cindy Ambuehl, actress ** John L. Brownlee, attorney ** Peter Sagal, NPR host * February 2 – Cady Huffman, actress * February 3 **Kathleen Kinmont, actress, producer and screenwriter **Maura Tierney, actress and producer * February 4 ** Jerome Brown, American football player (died 1992 in the United States, 1992) ** Julianne Buescher, actress and voice actress * February 5 – Ken LaCorte, executive at Fox News Channel * February 6 ** Jim Christian, basketball coach ** Dana Eskelson, television actress * February 9 ** Michael Brandon (pornographic actor), Michael Brandon, gay pornographic actor and director ** Stephin Merritt, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist * February 10 – David Aldridge, writer * February 13 – Andy Buckley, actor * February 14 – Donald DeGrood, Roman Catholic bishop * February 19 ** Clark Hunt, CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs ** Jon Fishman, drummer * February 20 ** Matt Bartle, politician ** Ron Eldard, actor * February 21 – Shawn Slocum, American football coach * February 22 ** Chris Dudley, basketball player and politician ** Dean Karr, director and photographer ** Pat LaFontaine, ice hockey player * February 23 ** Kristin Davis, actress ** Michael Dell, computer manufacturer * February 24 – Jane Swift, executive, former governor of Massachusetts * February 26 – Tim Armstead, Republican politician and jurist from West Virginia * March 2 – Ron Gant, news anchor * March 3 – Tom Brower, politician * March 4 – Stacy Edwards, actress * March 5 – Kathleen Delaney, actress * March 6 – Lora Leigh, novelist * March 7 – E. E. Knight, science fiction writer * March 8 – Kenny Smith, basketball player * March 9 – Benito Santiago, baseball player * March 10 ** Randy Weiner, playwright, producer and theater and nightclub owner ** Rod Woodson, American football player * March 11 ** Jesse Jackson Jr., African-American politician ** Wallace Langham, actor ** Andy Sturmer, musician, singer, songwriter, and composer * March 12 – Steve Finley, baseball player * March 13 – Gigi Rice, actress * March 14 – Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher), Kevin Brown, baseball player * March 15 – Carl J. Artman, politician * March 16 – Angela Taylor, athlete and collegiate coach * March 17 – George Hinkle, American football player * March 18 – Shannon Grove, politician * March 19 ** Joseph D. Kucan, video game developer ** Jeff Pidgeon, animator and voice actor * March 22 – Rick Harrison, businessman * March 24 – The Undertaker, professional wrestler and actor * March 25 ** Avery Johnson, basketball player and coach ** Sarah Jessica Parker, actress * March 30 – Juliet Landau, actress and producer * March 31 ** Steve Bing, businessman, philanthropist and film producer (suicide 2020 in the United States, 2020) ** William McNamara, film actor * April 1 – Mark Jackson (basketball), Mark Jackson, basketball coach * April 2 – Rodney King, convicted criminal and police brutality victim (died 2012 in the United States, 2012) * April 4 – Robert Downey Jr., actor and producer * April 7 – Bill Bellamy, actor and comedian * April 12 ** Tom O'Brien (actor), Tom O'Brien, actor-producer ** Jonathan Fahn, voice actor * April 14 – Kirk Windstein, musician * April 16 ** Jon Cryer, actor, comedian and television director ** Martin Lawrence, African-American actor, comedian, and producer * April 17 – William Mapother, actor * April 23 – Tommy DeCarlo, singer and songwriter * April 25 – Eric Avery, musician * April 28 – Karl Logan, musician * May 9 – Lisa Colagrossi, journalist (died 2015 in the United States, 2015) * May 13 ** Tim Chapman, bounty hunter ** Lari White, country singer (died 2018 in the United States, 2018) * May 16 – Krist Novoselic, rock bassist (Nirvana (band), Nirvana) * May 19 – Maile Flanagan, actress * May 20 – Ted Allen, author and television personality ** Billy Donovan, basketball coach * May 27 – Todd Bridges, actor and comedian * June 2 – Jim Knipfel, journalist and author * June 3 **Jeff Blumenkrantz, actor and composer **Mike Gordon, rock singer, bass player and director ** Mike Shula, American football coach * June 7 – Mick Foley, pro wrestler * June 8 ** Chris Chavis ("Tatanka"), professional wrestler ** Frank Grillo, American actor ** Kevin Farley, American actor ** Kevin Ritz, American baseball pitcher * June 10 – Scott Graham, sportscaster * June 11 – Pamela Gidley, actress and model (died 2018 in the United States, 2018) * June 16 – Andrea M. Ghez, astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020 * June 21 – Michael Dolan, theatre and film actor, director and educator * June 22 ** Just-Ice, rapper ** J. J. Cohen, actor * June 23 – Sylvia Mathews Burwell, government * June 24 – Chris Barnes (actor), Chris Barnes, child actor * June 26 – Randy Hembrey, Road Racing director * June 28 – Sonny Strait, voice actor and director * June 30 ** Mitch Richmond, basketball player ** Bobby Vitale, pornographic actor * July 1 – Tom Hodges (actor), Tom Hodges, actor and film producer * July 4 ** Horace Grant, basketball player ** Harvey Grant, basketball player ** Jay Crawford, sports journalist * July 7 ** Sam Holbrook, baseball player and umpire ** Karen Malina White, actress * July 8 ** Lee Tergesen, actor ** Corey Parker (actor), Corey Parker, actor and coach * July 10 – Alec Mapa, actor, comedian and writer * July 15 ** Scott Livingstone, baseball player ** Bobby Gustafson, guitarist * July 16 ** Billy Mitchell (gamer), Billy Mitchell, video game player ** Daryl Mitchell (actor), Daryl Mitchell, African-American actor ** Sherri Stoner, actress, producer, and screenwriter * July 18 ** Michael Sharrett, actor ** Jim Bob Duggar, real estate agent, politician, and television personality * July 19 ** Clea Lewis, actress and singer ** Stuart Scott, sports reporter and ESPN anchor (died 2015 in the United States, 2015) * July 20 – Anthony Shriver, activist * July 21 – Tom Gulager, actor * July 22 – Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler and actor * July 24 ** Brian Blades, National Football League wide receiver ** Kadeem Hardison, actor and director ** Doug Liman, director and producer * July 25 – Illeana Douglas, actress and producer * August 11 ** Viola Davis, African-American actress ** Duane Martin, actor * August 13 – Deborah Falconer, actress * August 14 – Terry Richardson, fashion photographer * August 15 – Rob Thomas (writer), Rob Thomas, author, producer, director and screenwriter * August 18 – Bob Harper (personal trainer), Bob Harper, personal trainer and author * August 19 ** Kevin Dillon, actor ** Kyra Sedgwick, actress * August 24 ** Dee Harvey, R&B singer (died 2012 in the United States, 2012) ** Reggie Miller, basketball player and commentator * August 26 – Bobby Duncum Jr., American professional wrestler (died 2000 in the United States, 2000) * August 27 ** Lynn Shelton, filmmaker (died 2020 in the United States, 2020) ** Scott Dibble (politician), Scott Dibble, politician and activist ** LeRoy Homer Jr., airline pilot (died 2001 in the United States, 2001) * September 9 ** Dan Majerle, basketball player ** Charles Esten, actor ** Constance Marie, actress * September 11 – Paul Heyman, wrestling promoter, ECW * September 13 – Jeff Ross, stand-up comedian, writer, and actor * September 18 – Tim Scott, U.S. Senator from South Carolina from 2013 * September 28 – Scott Fellows, animator * September 30 ** Kathleen Madigan, comedian ** Daron Norwood, country singer (died 2015 in the United States, 2015) * October 1 – J. Paul Oetken, judge * October 4 ** John Melendez, television announcer ** Micky Ward, boxer * October 6 – Steve Scalise, Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives, House majority whip and United States House of Representatives, U.S. Representative of Louisiana's 1st district * October 10 – Chris Penn, actor (died 2006 in the United States, 2006) * October 11 ** Bobby Wayne Woods, convicted murderer, kidnapper and rapist (died 2009 in the United States, 2009) ** Julianne McNamara, artistic gymnast * October 13 – Bill Odenkirk, comedy writer * October 18 – Curtis Stigers, jazz vocalist and saxophonist * October 27 – Chad Larson American-Canadian rock guitarist * November 6 – Greg Graffin, rock singer (Bad Religion) * November 12 – Lex Lang, voice actor and director * November 13 – Kurt Marshall, model and actor (died 1988 in the United States, 1988) * November 20 – Mike D, rapper (Beastie Boys) * November 21 – Bill Oberst Jr., actor * November 22 – Wendy Moten, singer * November 23 – Don Frye, professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter * November 25 ** Tim Armstrong, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ** Cris Carter, American football player * November 30 – Ben Stiller, actor, screenwriter, film director and producer, son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, brother of Amy Stiller and spouse of Christine Taylor * December 2 – Dan Gauthier, actor * December 4 – Veronica Taylor, voice actress * December 10 – J Mascis, rock singer, guitarist and drummer * December 14 ** Madeline Amy Sweeney, flight attendant (died 2001 in the United States, 2001) ** Craig Biggio, baseball player ** Ted Raimi, actor, producer and writer * December 15 –Ted Slampyak, comic strip cartoonist * December 22 – Lee Rogers Berger American-born explorer and paleoanthropologist * December 23 – Martin Kratt, zoologist and educational nature show host * December 30 ** Heidi Fleiss, madam ** Kelli Maroney, actress * December 31 ** Nicholas Sparks, author


Deaths

* January 12 – Lorraine Hansberry, African American playwright and writer (born 1930 in the United States, 1930) * January 14 – Jeanette MacDonald, actress and singer (born 1903 in the United States, 1903) * January 20 – Alan Freed, disc jockey (born 1922 in the United States, 1922) * February 5 – Irving Bacon, actor (born 1893 in the United States, 1893) * February 11 – Loyal Blaine Aldrich, astronomer (born 1884 in the United States, 1884) * February 15 – Nat King Cole, singer and musician (born 1919 in the United States, 1919) * February 19 ** Forrest Taylor, actor (born 1883 in the United States, 1883) ** Tom Wilson (actor), Tom Wilson, actor (born 1880 in the United States, 1880) * February 21 –
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from 1941 to 1945 (born 1888 in the United States, 1888) * December 5 – Joseph Erlanger, physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1874 in the United States, 1874) * December 28 – Lynn Thorndike, historian of medieval science and alchemy (born 1882 in the United States, 1882)Lynn Thorndike Biography
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See also

* List of American films of 1965 * Timeline of United States history (1950–1969)


References


External links

* {{Year in North America, 1965 1965 in the United States, 1960s in the United States 1965 by country, United States 1965 in North America, United States Years of the 20th century in the United States