June 1965 calendar

June 1965
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in June 1965.
The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on June 1965: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1965?

Events

01 Jun 1965 Coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
03 Jun 1965 Gemini 4 launched; second US two-man flight (McDivitt and White).
04 Jun 1965 Duane Earl Pope robbed the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime landed Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list.
05 Jun 1965 Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hits #2
06 Jun 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational
07 Jun 1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
08 Jun 1965 USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon
09 Jun 1965 Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
10 Jun 1965 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
12 Jun 1965 Bajour closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 232 performances
13 Jun 1965 19th Tony Awards: Subject Was Roses and Fiddler on the Roof win
14 Jun 1965 Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11, 1-0.
15 Jun 1965 Bob Dylan records Like a Rolling Stone
16 Jun 1965 A planned anti-war protest at The Pentagon becomes a teach-in, with demonstrators distributing 50,000 leaflets in and around the building.
17 Jun 1965 1st bombing by B-52
18 Jun 1965 Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
19 Jun 1965 KYW-AM in Cleveland Ohio returns call letters to Philadelphia
20 Jun 1965 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
21 Jun 1965 65th US Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 282 at Bellerive Country Club - St. Louis
22 Jun 1965 James D. Lathan and George York are hanged for the murders of 12 people in Tennessee, Illinois, Kansas, and Colorado, which took place over 12 days in 1961.
25 Jun 1965 A U.S. Air Force Boeing C135-A bound for Okinawa crashes just after takeoff at MCAS El Toro in Orange County, California, killing all 85 on board.
26 Jun 1965 Wallon party forms in Belgium
27 Jun 1965 Carol Mann wins LPGA Carling Golf Open
28 Jun 1965 Princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg announce engagement
29 Jun 1965 USAF Captain Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
30 Jun 1965 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise.
09 Jun 1965 Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commences combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war.