Historical Events In 1965

May 25 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in first round for heavyweight boxing title

May 03 Cambodia drops diplomatic relations with the US

May 13 Rolling Stones record "Satisfaction"

May 30 Viet Cong offensive against US base Da Nang, begins

May 22 Ticket to Ride by the Beatles goes to Number One on the pop charts

May 09 Luna 5 launched (USSR) first attempt to soft land on Moon (fails)

May 11 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR

May 27 HMAS Sydney departs on first voyage to Vietnam with 1 RAR

May 28 Fire & explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad India kills 400

May 27 Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan

Jan 08 Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History

Jan 20 JPL proposes modified Apollo flight to fly around Mars & return

Jan 02 Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters

Jan 02 Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters

Jan 04 Fender, a favorite guitar and musical instrument manufacturer of the surf rock crowd, is sold to CBS for $13 million.

Jan 26 South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh

Jan 27 The first ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite

Jan 20 Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain

Jan 09 "Beatles' '65" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks

Jan 01 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms

Jan 04 Author T.S. Eliot dies in London at age 76.

Jan 18 H L de Vries appointed Dutch Governor of Suriname

Jan 27 The first ground station-to-aircraft radio communication via satellite

Jan 16 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR

Jan 01 International Cooperation Year begins

Jan 01 International Cooperation Year begins

Jan 12 "Hullabaloo" premieres on NBC-TV

Jan 20 The Byrds record "Mr Tambourine Man"

Jan 09 Near Hope BC a mountain avalanche kills 4 drivers on highway near Hope.

Jan 01 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms

Jan 20 The Beatles appear on Shindig (ABC-TV)

Jan 02 Obverse design of all Canadian coins is changed to depict present-day

Jan 24 British statesman Winston Churchill dies in London at age 90.

Jan 07 France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold

Jan 04 Lyndon Johnson makes "Great Society" State of the Union Address

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