The Year 1965
History and Politics
Lyndon B. Jhonson inaugurated as 36th President of the US.
Winston Spencer Churchill dies.
Gambia becomes independent.
Malcolm X, Black Muslim leader, shot in New York.
Seretse Khama becomes first Premier of bechuanaland.
Outbreaks of violence in Selma, Ala.; Martin Luther King heads procession
of 4,000 civil rights demonsrtators from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.
to deliver Negro petition; Ku Klux Klan shootings in Selma.
N. Vietnamese MIG aircraft shoot down US jets; students demonstrate in
Washington against US bombing in N. Vietnam; USSR admits supplying
arms to Hanoi; further Amer. demonstrations against the war;
Ho Chi minh rejects peace talks with US.
750th anniversary of Magna Carta; 700th anniversary of Brit. Parliment.
Queen Elizabeth visits W. Germany.
Revolution in Algeria; President Ben Bella deposed.
Medicare bill becomes law upon President Johnson's signing;
it was first proposed by President Kennedy in 1960.
Edward Heath elected leader of Brit. Conservative Party.
Severe race riots in Watts district of Los Angeles result in
35 dead, 4,000 arrested, & $40 million in property damage.
New US immigration law classifies applicants by family condition, refugee
status, and skills, replacing 1921 law based on nationality.
Six former Auschwitz prison officials sentenced to life imprisonment.
Talks on Rhodesia-Ian Smith in London; Harold Wilson later goes to Salisbury; Rhodesian
Unilateral Declaration of Independence; Britian imposes oil embargo on Rhodesia.
Podgorny replaces Mikoyan as President of the USSR.
De Gaulle wins election to French presidency.
The Shah of Iran visits Moscow.
President Johnson appoints Abe Fortas to the Supreme Court.
Joseph C. Grew, US diplomat dies.
Frances Perkins, 1st woman cabinet member, Secretary of Labor under F D Roosevelt, dies.
Adlai E. Stevenson dies.
Gambia, Singapore, and Maldive Islands join the UN.
Science, Technology, Growth
Soviet astronaut Leonov leaves spacecraft Voskhod II for 10 minutes.
US astronaut Edward White walks from Gemini 4 for 21 minutes.
First French satellite launched.
The "Vinland Map" proves, according to Yale Univ. Press statement, that Leif Ericson
discovered America in the 11th century, (map discrecited in 1974 as forgery.
Rare earth complexes first seperated by gas chromatography.
Legislative momentum gains for anti-pollution laws on a national scale in the US.
First flight around the world over both poles.
Daily Life
Ex-King Farouk of Egypt dies.
Earthquake shakes Chile.
Tornadoes strike Midwestern US.
Cyclones ravage E. Pakistan; 12,000-20,000 die.
Universities founded in Kent and Warwick, England.
US spends more than $2.63 billion for public school education; $654 per student.
Out of 3.53 million, 2.63 million 17-year olds are high school graduates in the US.
Out 709,332 degrees conferred 551,040 are bachelors,
140,005 are Masters, and 18,237 are Doctors.
10 British professional soccer players found guilty of "fixing" matches.
Jim Clark becomes world motor-racing champion.
Helena Rubinstein, American cosmetician dies.
World production of diamonds totals 342,000 carats.
When a relay switch on Ontario malfunctions, the entire Northeastern US
and parts of Canada lose electrical power; blackout effects 30 million
people; noticeable increase in birth rate nine months later.
The average union hourly wage scale in the US has doulbled for workers in in the building
trade since 1949, at least doubled in the trucking industry and among transit workers,
and has increased by about 75 per cent for those in printing trades.
Los Angeles (NL) defeats Minnesota (AL) in World Series, 4-3.
Michigan 34, Oregon State 7 in the Rose Bowl.
The Montreal Canadians win the Stanley Cup hockey trophy.
Gary Player wins the US Open; Jack Nicklaus wins the Masters and is top money winner.
Australia defeats Spain to win Davis Cup.
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