1965 in History – What happened in year 1965

In history, year 1965 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1965.

Top Historical Events of the Year 1965:

Date/Month	Event / Incidence / Incident
08 february	After taking evasive action to avoid a mid-air collision just after take off from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 crashed into the Atlantic Ocean and exploded, killing all 84 people on board.
15 february	Canada adopted the Maple Leaf flag, replacing the Canadian RedEnsign.
19 february	Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam,and a communist spy of the North Vietnamese Vietminh, along withGenerals Lam Van Phat and Tran Thien Khiem attempted a coup against themilitary junta of Nguyen Khanh.
20 february	NASA's Ranger 8 spacecraft successfully transmitted 7,137photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of itsmission before crashing into Mare Tranquillitatis.
21 february	Black nationalist Malcolm X was assassinated while giving aspeech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom.
02 march	Vietnam War-The American and South Vietnamese air forces beganOperation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against NorthVietnam that eventually became the most intense air/ground battle wagedduring the Cold War period.
07 march	African-American Civil Rights Movement-Civil rightsdemonstrators marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, were brutallyattacked by police on Bloody Sunday.
10 march	Thomas Playford, Premier of South Australia, leftoffice after 27 years, the longest term of any democratically electedleader in the history of Australia.
25 april	Launch of 1st Soviet communications satellite.
28 april	Four days after the Dominican Civil War began, the United States invaded the country, aiming to prevent the development of what Lyndon Johnson saw as a possible second Cuban Revolution.
03 may	The World’s first commercial communication satellite named “Early Bird”, formally known as Intelsat I, was used for the first time on May 3, 1965 to broadcast Today Show in United States.
12 may	Luna 5, an unmanned Soviet spacecraft, got failed on May 12, 1965 in its attempt of first smooth landing on the surface of Moon by any spacecraft. It was the second Soviet spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon after Luna 2 in 1959.
18 may	Eli Cohen, a spy who is credited with facilitating Israel'ssuccess in the Six-Day War against Syria, was publicly hanged afterhaving been captured four months earlier.
29 may	Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time. It was the first time when any of the expedition team reached the peak of everest fourth time in the world. This expedition earned a lot of appreciation around the world.
07 june	The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut that a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraceptives violated the'right to marital privacy'.
09 june	The Viet Cong commenced combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Dong Xoai, one of the largest battles in theVietnam War.
30 june	Cease-fire was agreed under UN auspices between India and Pakistan, who signed treaty to stop the war at Rann of Kutch. The United States and the Soviet Union used significant diplomatic tools to prevent any further escalation in the conflict between the two South Asian nations. The Soviet Union, led by Premier Alexei Kosygin, hosted ceasefire negotiations in Tashkent (now in Uzbekistan), where Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Pakistani President Ayub Khan signed the Tashkent Agreement.
04 july	The first Annual Reminder, a series of early pickets organizedby homophile organizations, one of the earliest LGBT demonstrations inthe United States, took place at Independence Hall in Philadelphia.
14 july	The NASA spacecraft Mariner 4 flew past Mars, collecting thefirst close-up pictures of another planet.
16 july	South Vietnamese Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao—an undetectedcommunist spy—was hunted down and killed after being sentenced todeath in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyen Khanh.
09 august	Malaysia expelled the state of Singapore from its federationdue to heated ideological conflict between their respective rulingparties.
11 august	Race riots commence in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Towards the end of the riots 34 people died and more than 1,000 were wounded
11 august	Violent race riots began in Watts, Los Angeles, California,lasting for six days and leaving 34 people dead and 1,032 othersinjured.
31 august	The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy, a large, wide-bodied cargoaircraft used for ferrying outsized cargo components, made its firstflight.
01 september	China is launching an official protest against the British government for allowing United States forces to operate out of Hong Kong, as part of the U.S. military’s campaign against North Vietnam.
06 september	West Pakistan has been entered and attacked by Indian troops which seem to be aimed primarily at Lahore.
09 september	Hurricane Betsy made its second landfall near New Orleans,Louisiana, US, leaving 76 dead and becoming the first hurricane to causeover $1 billion (unadjusted) in damage.
11 september	Indo-Pakistani War-Indian infantry captured the town of Burkinear Lahore, Pakistan.
21 september	Portugal outraged the United Kingdom by announcing its acceptance of a mission in Lisbon independently representing Rhodesia(or Southern Rhodesia), a British colony.
22 september	A cease fire is declared between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir possession situation.

Famous birthdays in the year 1965:

Date/Month	Name / Profession / Country
01 October	Andreas Keller / Ice Hockey Player / Germany
01 August	Brandt Jobe / Golfer / United States of America
01 September	Tibor Simon / Footballer / Hungary
09 January	Andrei Nazarov / Decathlete / Estonia
10 October	Rebecca Pidgeon / Actress / United Kingdom
10 August	Claudia Christian / Actress / United States of America
11 December	Glenn Lazarus / Politician / Australia
11 December	Gavin Hill / Rugby Player / New Zealand
11 December	Giannis Ragousis / Economist / Greece
11 November	Max Mutchnick / Writer / United States of America
14 March	Kevin Brown / Baseball Player / United States of America
17 March	Andrew Hudson / Cricketer / South Africa
17 July	Craig Morgan / Writer / United States of America
19 April	Suge Knight / Producer / United States of America
21 October	Hisashi Imai / Singer / Japan
23 February	Helena Suková / Tennis Player / Czech Republic
24 August	Reggie Miller / Basketball Player / United States of America
27 January	Ignacio Noé / Author / Argentina
30 May	Troy Coker / Rugby Player / Australia
30 May	Iginio Straffi / Producer / Italy

Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1965:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
12 July	Sanjay Manjrekar / Cricketer / India
02 September	Surekha Yadav / Train Driver / India
05 December	Manish Malhotra / Fashion Designer / India
09 July	Sangeeta Bijlani / Model / India
09 February	Surekha Shankar Yadav / Driver / India
04 January	Aditya Pancholi / Actor / India
03 September	Manoj Joshi / Actor / India
02 September	Partho Sen-Gupta / Writer / India
31 December	Laxman Sivaramakrishnan / Cricketer / India
19 September	Sunita Williams / Astronaut / India
27 December	Salman Khan / Actor / India
20 April	Mukul Sangma / Politician / India
14 March	Aamir Khan / Actor / India
25 August	Sanjeev Sharma / Cricketer / India
13 June	Maninder Singh / Cricketer / India
10 September	Atul Kulkarni / Actor / India
23 September	Palash Sen / Actor / India
NA NA	Arun Aditya / Writer / India
14 March	Aamir Khan / Actor / India
02 November	Shah Rukh Khan / Actor / India