May 1965 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1965 USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
• 02 May 1965 New Faces of 1965 opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances
• 03 May 1965 Don Steele, begins a 40+ year radio career at KRTH (Los Angeles, California)
• 05 May 1965 First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.
• 06 May 1965 Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against West Indies.
• 07 May 1965 WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 09 May 1965 Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
• 11 May 1965 Flora, the Red Menace opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
• 12 May 1965 Israel and West Germany exchange letters, beginning diplomatic relations.
• 13 May 1965 Rolling Stones record Satisfaction
• 14 May 1965 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 15 May 1965 Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
• 16 May 1965 Roar of the Greasepaint opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
• 18 May 1965 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain
• 19 May 1965 Patricia R Harris named 1st US black female ambassador
• 20 May 1965 Yorkshire all out for 23 versus Hampshire at Middlesbrough.
• 21 May 1965 US Senator Alan Bible of Nevada introduces a bill that would give the Treasury Secretary the power to dictate what coins could be traded at a premium. It would also prohibit exportation of US coins, prohibit the melting of silver coins by unauthorized persons, outlaw unreasonable hoarding of coins, and outlaw buying or selling non-rare coins at more than face value.
• 22 May 1965 Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious hits #66
• 23 May 1965 Franz Jonas elected president of Austria.
• 24 May 1965 US Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional.
• 25 May 1965 Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage
• 26 May 1965 Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect.
• 27 May 1965 Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan, Italy.
• 28 May 1965 Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
• 29 May 1965 A mining accident in Dhanbad, India kills 274.
• 30 May 1965 Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
• 31 May 1965 Jim Clark becomes first foreigner in 49 years to win Indianapolis 500 car race.

Famous Birthday

• Trent Reznor

  American musician, lead singer for "Nine Inch Nails.

• Brooke Shields

  American actress and model whose films include "Communion," 1977, "The Blue Lagoon," 1980, "Brenda Starr," 1989 and "Backstreet Dreams,"...

• Linda Evangelista

  Canadian supermodel.

• Krist Novoselic

  American musician and author.

• Mikhail Prokhorov

  Russian self-made businessman.

• John C Reilly

  American actor.

• Peri Cochin
• Raí

  Brazilian soccer player, one of the top players in his country.

• Paolo Séganti
• Todd Bridges

  American actor, a TV child star on the series "Different Strokes" until 1986.

• Ben Volpeliere-Pierrot
• Cécile Auclert
• Bruno Le Roux

  French politician, a member of the National Assembly of France.

• Emilio Sanchez
• Melissa McBride

  TV Actress.

• Marguerite MacIntyre
• Pat Cash

  Australian-English tennis player and sportscaster.

• Paige Turco

  American actress, best known for her role as April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

• Tom Tykwer

  German director producer screenwriter and composer.

• Rony Seikaly

  Lebanese-American basketball player: center, Nets.

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Famous Deaths

• Roger Vailland

  French author (La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir).

• Leo Spies

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Norman Brokenshire

  TV moderator (Four Square Court), dies at 66.

• Maria Dabrowska

  Polish writer (Znaki Zycia).

• Otto Forst de Battaglia

  Austrian diplomat/genealogist, dies at age 75.

• Hubertus J van Mook

  Dutch minister of Colonization (1942-45), dies at age 70.

• Ludovicus H "Lode" Baekelmans

  Flemish playwright, dies at age 86.

• Adrian Schoevers

  Dutch director (Schoevers Institution), dies.

• Eduard J Dijksterhuis

  mathematician (Archimedes), dies at age 72.

• Bobby Watson

  comedian (Hitler Gang, Boys Town), dies at age 77.

• Nikos Gounaris

  Greek tenor (Born 1915).

• Howard Spring

  British Author (Heaven Lies About Us), dies at 76.

• Aleck ''Rice'' Miller

  American blues singer, songwriter and harmonica player.

• Louis Hjelmslev

  Danish linguist (Born 1899).

• Frances Perkins

  American writer and government official, the first woman member of a presidential cabinet, serving as Secretary of Labor for President F.D.

• David Smith

  American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist.

• Geoffrey de Havilland

  English pilot and engineer founded the de Havilland Aircraft Company (d. 1965).

• Earl Webb

  American baseball player and coach (d. 1965).

• Leopold Figl

  Austrian engineer and politician 18th Chancellor of Austria (d. 1965).

• Christopher Stone

  Manchester, New Hampshire -- Actor (Dave-Dallas, Interns).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter
2. The Beatles - Ticket To Ride
3. The Beach Boys - Help Me, Rhonda
4. Wayne Fontana - Game Of Love
5. Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Count Me In

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Beatles - Ticket To Ride
2. Sandie Shaw - Long Live Love
3. Roger Miller - King Of The Road
4. Elvis Presley - Crying In The Chapel
5. Jackie Trent - Where Are You Now (My Love)