Page 5: Historical Events In 1965
Tuesday, 10 February 2026
Mar 08 Esther Howard, actress (Detour), dies of heart attack at 72 


Mar 08 US combat forces arrive in South Vietnam (3500 Marines). 


Mar 09 Anthon van der Horst, Dutch organist/composer, dies at 65. 


Mar 10 Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged 


Mar 11 Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto. 


Mar 11 James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered 


Mar 11 Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music". 


Mar 13 Beatles' "Eight Days a Week", single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks. 


Mar 13 George Calinescu, Romanian author (Lauda Lucrorilor), dies at 65. 


Mar 13 In this year, Jeff Beck adopts in place of Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds 


Mar 14 Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany. 


Mar 15 LBJ asks congress to ensure everybody's right to vote. 


Mar 16 In this year, University of Waterloo starts bilingual course in Honours French and Political Science; for students preparing to enter federal Civil Service 


Mar 17 Almos Alonzo Stagg, football coach (U of Chic), dies in Calif at 102. 


Mar 17 Beatles announce their film is named "8 Arms to Hold on to You" (Help). 


Mar 17 The X-22A VTOL research aircraft made its inaugural flight at Buffalo, N.Y 


Mar 18 Egypt's exiled King Farouk dies in Rome 


Mar 18 Farouk I, last King of Egypt (1936-52), dies at 45. 


Mar 18 Soviet astronaut Alexei Leonov is inaugural man to walk in space. 


Mar 18 USSR launches Voshkod 2; Alexei Leonov makes inaugural spacewalk (20 minutes) 


Mar 19 Chivu Stoica is recorded as becoming President of the Council of Romanian People's Republic and Nicolae Ceausescu appointed inaugural Secretary of Romanian communist party 


Mar 19 Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies. 


Mar 19 Rembrandt's "Titus" sells for then record ƒ7770000 


Mar 20 Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 vs New Zealand at Delhi. 


Mar 21 Martin Luther King Jr begins march from Selma to Montgomery AL. 


Mar 21 US Ranger 9 launched; takes 5814 pictures before lunar impact. 


Mar 22 In this year, D Senanayake claims general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 


Mar 22 US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong 


Mar 23 LCDR John W. Young, USN, Pilot of Gemini 3 completed 3 orbits in 4 hours., 53 minutes at an altitude of 224 km. Recovery was by helicopters from USS Intrepid (CVS-11). 


Mar 23 Mae Murray, actress (Bachelor Apartment), dies of heart ailment at 75. 


Mar 23 Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed. 


Mar 24 US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) NE of crater Alphonsus 


Mar 24 US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of crater Alphonsus 


Mar 25 Actor Sarah Jessica Parker born this day 


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