Historical Events In 1965

Nov 08 "Days of Our Lives" premiers on TV

Sep 06 India invades West Pakistan

Sep 12 Hurricane Betsy strikes Florida and Louisiana kills 75

Sep 28 Lava flows kill at least 350 (Taal Phillipines)

Sep 18 "Get Smart" premiers

Sep 11 First elements of the First Cavalry Division, U.S. Army, with their helicopter and light observation aircraft, went ashore at Qui Nhon, South Vietnam, from Boxer in which they had been transported from Mayport, Fla., by way of the Suez Canal.

Sep 04 Albert Schweitzer, missionary-doctor, dies.

Sep 08 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida

Sep 28 Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km

Sep 13 Willie Mays hits his 500th HR

Sep 09 Tibet is made an autonomous region of China

Sep 15 "Lost in Space" premiers

Sep 14 The Television show "F-Troop" premiers

Sep 25 Beatle cartoon show begins in the US

Sep 11 Beatles' "Help!," album goes #1 and stays #1 for 9 weeks

Sep 13 Today Show's first totally color broadcast

Sep 04 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 &stays #1 for 3 weeks

Sep 02 The Beatles receive a gold record for the 45-rpm release of Help! (For our younger readers, 45-rpm is the speed that a hit single record revolves on the turntable of a record player.)

Sep 13 Beatles release "Yesterday"

Sep 21 O Kommissarova (USSR) sets women's longest paracute jump (46,250')

Jun 12 The Beatles are awarded the MBE

Jun 28 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2179 Platzeck

Jun 29 USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15

Jun 07 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits

Jun 14 Beatles release the album "Beatles VI"

Jun 04 Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"

Jun 08 US troops ordered to fight offensively in Vietnam

Jun 07 Monarchy restored in Morocco

Jun 02 2nd of 2 cyclones in less than a month kills 35,000 (Ganges R India)

Jun 06 6 RAR official birthday

Jun 10 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2370 van Altena

Jun 14 Military takeover in South Vietnam

Jun 01 Explosion at Fukuoka, Japan kills 237 coal miners

Jun 17 28.14 cm (11.08") of rainfall, Holly, Colorado (state 24-hour record)

Jun 08 USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon

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