1965: On This Year

• 1965 was a year of sweeping changes, particularly in the United States. In January, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the plan for his “Great Society” programs. A set of Democrat, or neo-liberal programs, the Great Society programs sought to vastly expand the American welfare state and the role of the Federal government in virtually all aspects of American society, including education, the arts, medicine, the environment, and more. These programs would be continued under subsequent Republican administrations.
• A notable development for the year 1965 specifically in this regard was the signing of the 1965 Civil Rights Act.
• While major changes were occurring on the domestic side for America, all was not quiet on the foreign policy front either. In March of 1965, President Johnson ordered 3,500 U.S. Marines to Vietnam. These were the first official combat troops deployed to Vietnam during American involvement in that conflict.
• In popular culture, The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews, premiered in New York City. The Beatles performed the first stadium concert in music history, playing at Shea Stadium in New York City. In December, A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first Peanuts special, made its debut, becoming a Christmastime tradition for millions.
• The American space program hit a major milestone this year with the successful launch of Gemini 3, which was the first two-man crew into Earth’s orbit for the United States.
• In a tremendous global development, the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church closed in December of 1965. The council would re-shape the relationship between the Roman Catholic Church and modernity, and continues to have a significant impact around the world. At this Council, it was decided that the Church would become more open and relaxed toward the modern world, allowing for more use of vernacular languages and many changes to the liturgy, music, art, and architecture of the Church.

According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1965 was the Year of the Snake.

Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Snake sign.

1965: Who won the Nobel Peace Prize ?

• United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)

The 3 most popular baby names in 1965 were Michael, John and David for boys and Lisa, Mary and Karen for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1965: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1965 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

• Michael
• John
• David
• James
• Robert
• William
• Mark
• Richard
• Thomas
• Jeffrey

1965: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1965 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

• Lisa
• Mary
• Karen
• Kimberly
• Susan
• Patricia
• Donna
• Linda
• Cynthia
• Angela

1965: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1965, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was I Can't Help Myself by Four Tops

1965: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1965 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

1. I Can't Help Myself by Four Tops
2. Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
3. This Diamond Ring by Gary Lewis and the Playboys
4. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by The Righteous Brothers
5. Downtown by Petula Clark
6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
7. Stop! In The Name Of Love by The Supremes
8. My Girl by The Temptations
9. Let's Hang On by The 4 Seasons
10. I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher

1965: What was the number 1 song in the UK that year?

The number 1 song in the UK in 1965, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Tears by Ken Dodd

1965: What was the music chart in the UK that year?

The Music Chart in the UK in 1965 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

1. Tears by Ken Dodd
2. The Carnival Is Over by The Seekers
3. Ticket To Ride by The Beatles
4. I'll Never Find Another You by The Seekers
5. I Got You Babe by Sonny & Cher
6. Crying In The Chapel by Elvis Presley
7. I'm Alive by The Hollies
8. My Generation by The Who
9. Mr Tambourine Man by The Byrds
10. Make It Easy On Yourself by The Walker Brothers

The world population in 1965 was 3,339,583,597 people according to data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This figure includes both urban and rural populations. The urban population at that time accounted for 36.0% of the total population, which is roughly 1.2 billion individuals.The annual population change in 1965 was an increase of +65.5 million people, representing a percentage increase of +2.0% over the previous year.The average population density in 1965 was 14 persons per square mile (or 22 persons per square kilometer).

Here's what happened in 1965:

• Jan 1, 1965: International Cooperation Year begins
• Jan 2, 1965: Martin Luther King Jr begins a drive to register black voters in the USA.
• Jan 3, 1965: Robert Kennedy begins term as US Senator for New York.
• Jan 4, 1965: United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his ''Great Society'' during his State of the Union address.
• Jan 6, 1965: Geoff Boycott takes 3-47 against South Africa, his best Test bowling.
• Jan 7, 1965: France announces it will convert US$150 million of its currency to gold.
• Jan 8, 1965: Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History.
• Jan 9, 1965: The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• Jan 10, 1965: WKBD TV channel 50 in Detroit, MI (IND) begins broadcasting
• Jan 12, 1965: Hullabaloo premieres on NBC-TV
• Jan 14, 1965: The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
• Jan 15, 1965: Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor Michigan forms
• Jan 16, 1965: Oh What a Lovely War closes at Broadhurst NYC after 125 performances
• Jan 18, 1965: H L de Vries appointed Dutch Governor of Suriname.
• Jan 19, 1965: The unmanned ''Gemini 2'' is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems.
• Jan 20, 1965: The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five and The Kink appear on Shindig
• Jan 21, 1965: Persians Premier Ali Mansoer injured
• Jan 22, 1965: US launches TIROS 9 weather satellite.
• Jan 23, 1965: King Family Show (musical variety) premieres on ABC TV
• Jan 26, 1965: South Vietnam military coup under General Nguyen Khanh.
• Jan 27, 1965: Ground breaking for Dragon Gateway at Grant Avenue
• Jan 28, 1965: The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
• Jan 30, 1965: The Name Game by Shirley Ellis hits #3
• Jan 31, 1965: Pud Galvin elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
• Feb 1, 1965: Dutch Queen Juliana opens Brienenoord Bridge in Rotterdam
• Feb 2, 1965: Joe Ortons Loot, premieres in Brighton
• Feb 3, 1965: Geraldine McCullough wins Widener Gold Medal for Sculpture
• Feb 4, 1965: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• Feb 5, 1965: Beursschouwburg opens in Brussels
• Feb 6, 1965: Kelly opens and closes at Broadhurst Theater, New York City
• Feb 7, 1965: Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim and adopts the name Muhammad Ali
• Feb 8, 1965: Eastern DC-7B crashes into Atlantic Ocean off Jones Beach, New Jersey, USA; 84 dead.
• Feb 9, 1965: Vietnam War: The first United States combat troops are sent to South Vietnam.
• Feb 12, 1965: KHFI (now KBVO) TV channel 42 in Austin, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
• Feb 13, 1965: Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title
• Feb 15, 1965: John Lennon passes his driving test
• Feb 16, 1965: Baker Street opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 313 performances
• Feb 17, 1965: US Ranger 8 launched; will transmit 7,137 lunar pictures.
• Feb 18, 1965: Fade Out-Fade In opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 72 performances
• Feb 20, 1965: Beatles record That Means a Lot
• Feb 21, 1965: In New York City, New York, USA, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X), an African American nationalist and religious leader, is assassinated by rival Nation of Islam members while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity.
• Feb 22, 1965: USSR launches Kosmos 57 into earth orbit
• Feb 23, 1965: Constance Baker Motley elected Manhattan Borough President
• Feb 24, 1965: Beatles begin filming Help in Bahamas
• Feb 26, 1965: West Germany ceases military aid to Tanzania.
• Feb 27, 1965: High Spirits closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 375 performances
• Mar 1, 1965: WPSX TV channel 3 in Clearfield, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Mar 2, 1965: Sound Of Music opens
• Mar 3, 1965: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• Mar 4, 1965: David Attenbrough became the new controller of BBC2
• Mar 5, 1965: Ernie Terrel beats Eddie Machen in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
• Mar 6, 1965: How to Succeed in Business closes at 46th St. NYC after 1415 performances
• Mar 7, 1965: Alabama state troopers and 600 black protestors clash in Selma
• Mar 8, 1965: First US combat forces arrive in South Vietnam (3,500 Marines).
• Mar 9, 1965: The US Treasury Department begins sales of Special Mint sets, at US$4 per set. Collectors can buy in lots of 1, 2, 5, or 10.
• Mar 10, 1965: Dutch Princess Margriet and Pieter van Vollenhoven, get engaged
• Mar 11, 1965: Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto.
• Mar 13, 1965: Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton of the Yardbirds
• Mar 14, 1965: Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany.
• Mar 15, 1965: WMFE TV channel 24 in Orlando, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Mar 16, 1965: Police clash with 600 SNCC marchers in Montgomery, Alabama.
• Mar 17, 1965: Beatles announce their film is named 8 Arms to Hold on to You (Help)
• Mar 18, 1965: Do I Hear a Waltz? opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 220 performances
• Mar 19, 1965: Stoica becomes President and Ceausescu party leader of Romania
• Mar 20, 1965: Venkataraghavan takes 8-72 versus New Zealand at Delhi, India.
• Mar 21, 1965: US Ranger 9 launched, last American unmanned lunar space probe; will take 5,814 pictures before lunar impact.
• Mar 22, 1965: D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
• Mar 23, 1965: Gemini 3 launched, first US two-man space flight (Grissom and Young).
• Mar 24, 1965: US Ranger 9 strikes Moon, 10 miles (16 km) northeast of crater Alphonsus.
• Mar 25, 1965: West German Bondsdag extends war crimes retribution.
• Mar 31, 1965: US orders the first combat troops to Vietnam.
• Apr 1, 1965: Syncom 3, first geosynchronous communications satellite, passes from civilian to military control.
• Apr 2, 1965: Hochhuths play Stellvertreter banned in Italy
• Apr 3, 1965: First atomic powered spacecraft (SNAP) launched.
• Apr 4, 1965: Mickey Wright wins LPGA Baton Rouge Golf Invitational.
• Apr 5, 1965: 37th Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards: Best picture: My Fair Lady;
• Apr 6, 1965: Intelsat 1 ("Early Bird") launched; first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite.
• Apr 7, 1965: Bevan Congdon makes a stumping as 12th man New Zealand versus Pakistan.
• Apr 9, 1965: Beatles Ticket to Ride is released in the UK
• Apr 11, 1965: 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000.
• Apr 12, 1965: Linda Darnell, US actress (Dakota Incident), dies at age 43.
• Apr 13, 1965: 1st US Senate black page, Lawrence W Bradford Jr, 16, appointed by New York Sen Jacob Javits
• Apr 14, 1965: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• Apr 15, 1965: NFL changes penalty flag from white to bright gold.
• Apr 16, 1965: Test flight of heavy Saturn S-1C rocket.
• Apr 17, 1965: The first SDS march against the Vietnam War draws 25,000 protestors to Washington, DC.
• Apr 18, 1965: Consecration of St Clement of Ohrid Macedonian Orthodox Cathedral in Toronto, Canada.
• Apr 19, 1965: T.A.M.I. Show premieres in London
• Apr 21, 1965: The 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opens for its second and final season.
• Apr 23, 1965: Launch of first Soviet communications satellite.
• Apr 24, 1965: Comedy in Music-Opus 2 closes at John Golden NYC after 192 performances
• Apr 25, 1965: 19th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 1.
• Apr 26, 1965: A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
• Apr 27, 1965: RC Duncan patents "Pampers" disposable diaper.
• Apr 28, 1965: Barbra Streisand stars on My Name is Barbra special on CBS
• Apr 29, 1965: Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe.
• May 1, 1965: USSR launches Luna 5; later impacts on Moon
• May 2, 1965: New Faces of 1965 opens at Booth Theater NYC for 52 performances
• May 3, 1965: Don Steele, begins a 40+ year radio career at KRTH (Los Angeles, California)
• May 5, 1965: First large-scale US Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam.
• May 6, 1965: Lawry and Simpson complete opening stand of 382 against West Indies.
• May 7, 1965: WAOW TV channel 9 in Wausau, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting
• May 9, 1965: Beatles attend a Bob Dylan concert
• May 11, 1965: Flora, the Red Menace opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 87 performances
• May 12, 1965: Israel and West Germany exchange letters, beginning diplomatic relations.
• May 13, 1965: Rolling Stones record Satisfaction
• May 14, 1965: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• May 15, 1965: Igor Vodic beats Mad Dog Vachon in Omaha, to become NWA champ
• May 16, 1965: Roar of the Greasepaint opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 232 performances
• May 18, 1965: Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names including Kirk for Star Trek Captain
• May 19, 1965: Patricia R Harris named 1st US black female ambassador
• May 20, 1965: Yorkshire all out for 23 versus Hampshire at Middlesbrough.
• May 21, 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.
• May 22, 1965: Super-cali-fragil-istic-expi-ali-docious hits #66
• May 23, 1965: Franz Jonas elected president of Austria.
• May 24, 1965: US Supreme Court declares federal law allowing post office to intercept communist propaganda is unconstitutional.
• May 25, 1965: Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage
• May 26, 1965: Revised International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea takes effect.
• May 27, 1965: Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan, Italy.
• May 28, 1965: Fire and explosion at Dhori mine in Dhanbad, India kills 400.
• May 29, 1965: A mining accident in Dhanbad, India kills 274.
• May 30, 1965: Vivian Malone, is 1st black to graduate from University of Alabama
• May 31, 1965: Jim Clark becomes first foreigner in 49 years to win Indianapolis 500 car race.
• Jun 1, 1965: Coal mine explosion in Fukuoka Japan kills 236
• Jun 3, 1965: Gemini 4 launched; second US two-man flight (McDivitt and White).
• Jun 4, 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.
• Jun 5, 1965: Wooly Bully by Sam the Sham and Pharaohs hits #2
• Jun 6, 1965: Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Blue Grass Golf Invitational
• Jun 7, 1965: Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
• Jun 8, 1965: USSR launches Luna 6; missed Moon
• Jun 9, 1965: Frenchman, Machal Jazy, runs record mile in 3:53.6
• Jun 10, 1965: Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
• Jun 12, 1965: Bajour closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 232 performances
• Jun 13, 1965: 19th Tony Awards: Subject Was Roses and Fiddler on the Roof win
• Jun 14, 1965: Cincinnati Reds' pitcher Jim Maloney no-hits New York Mets but loses in 11, 1-0.
• Jun 15, 1965: Bob Dylan records Like a Rolling Stone
• Jun 16, 1965: A planned anti-war protest at The Pentagon becomes a teach-in, with demonstrators distributing 50,000 leaflets in and around the building.
• Jun 17, 1965: 1st bombing by B-52
• Jun 18, 1965: Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam.
• Jun 19, 1965: KYW-AM in Cleveland Ohio returns call letters to Philadelphia
• Jun 20, 1965: Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
• Jun 21, 1965: 65th US Golf Open: Gary Player shoots 282 at Bellerive Country Club - St. Louis
• Jun 22, 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.
• Jun 25, 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.
• Jun 26, 1965: Wallon party forms in Belgium
• Jun 27, 1965: Carol Mann wins LPGA Carling Golf Open
• Jun 28, 1965: Princess Beatrice and Claus von Amsberg announce engagement
• Jun 29, 1965: USAF Captain Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
• Jun 30, 1965: NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise.
• Jul 1, 1965: KUID TV channel 12 in Moscow, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Jul 2, 1965: 79th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle
• Jul 3, 1965: 72nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats M Fraiser
• Jul 4, 1965: Homophile activists picket at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the first in a series of Annual Reminders of the second-class status of LGBT people in the United States.
• Jul 6, 1965: Rock group "Jefferson Airplane" forms.
• Jul 7, 1965: Otis Redding records Respect
• Jul 8, 1965: Joe Morgan is 1st Houston player with 6 hits in a game
• Jul 9, 1965: 94th British Golf Open: Peter Thomson shoots a 285 at Royal Birkdale
• Jul 11, 1965: Israeli Mapai-party nominates David Ben-Gurion
• Jul 13, 1965: 36th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-5 at Metropolitan Stadium, Minnesota
• Jul 14, 1965: Australian Ronald Clarke runs world record 10k
• Jul 15, 1965: Mariner IV sends back 1st pictures of Mars
• Jul 16, 1965: Mount Blanc Road tunnel between France and Italy opens
• Jul 17, 1965: WLCY (now WTSP) TV channel 10 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (ABC) begins
• Jul 18, 1965: Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Yankee Golf Open
• Jul 19, 1965: Shooting begins on Star Trek 2nd pilot Where No Man Has Gone Before
• Jul 20, 1965: New York Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre hits an inside-the-park grand slam
• Jul 21, 1965: Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey sign Regional Co-Operation pact.
• Jul 22, 1965: Edward Heath succeeds Alec Douglas-Hume as leader of British Conservative party
• Jul 23, 1965: Beatles Help is released in the UK
• Jul 24, 1965: Flora, the Red Menace closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 87 performances
• Jul 25, 1965: Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Tournament
• Jul 26, 1965: Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain
• Jul 27, 1965: Pierre Harmel forms Belgium government
• Jul 28, 1965: LBJ sends 50,000 more soldiers to Vietnam
• Jul 29, 1965: Beatles movie Help premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends
• Jul 30, 1965: LBJ signs Medicare bill, which goes into effect in 1966
• Jul 31, 1965: Cigarette Ads banned on British TV
• Aug 1, 1965: Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
• Aug 2, 1965: Morley Safer sends first Vietnam report indicating US is losing war.
• Aug 4, 1965: Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand
• Aug 5, 1965: Dave Marr wins PGA title
• Aug 6, 1965: 32nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 24, All-Stars 16
• Aug 7, 1965: The infamous first party between Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and motorcycle gang the Hells Angels takes place at Kesey's estate in La Honda, California introducing psychedelics to the gang world and forever linking the hippie movement to the Hell's Angels.
• Aug 8, 1965: Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Milwaukee Golf Open
• Aug 9, 1965: Fire in Titan II silo in Searcy Arkansas, 53 die
• Aug 10, 1965: Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km
• Aug 11, 1965: 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
• Aug 12, 1965: Elizabeth Lane becomes 1st female British Supreme Court Justice
• Aug 13, 1965: The rock group Jefferson Airplane debuts at the Matrix in San Francisco, California and begins to appear there regularly.
• Aug 14, 1965: Beatles tape an appearance for Ed Sullivan Show
• Aug 15, 1965: 47th PGA Championship: Dave Marr shoots a 280 at Laurel Valley Golf Club - Pennsylvania
• Aug 16, 1965: AFL awards its first expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins).
• Aug 18, 1965: Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins : United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.
• Aug 19, 1965: Auschwitz trials end with 6 life sentences
• Aug 20, 1965: Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 HRs while playing together on the same team
• Aug 21, 1965: Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (two astronauts).
• Aug 22, 1965: Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open
• Aug 27, 1965: Beatles spend an evening with Elvis Presley
• Aug 29, 1965: Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5.
• Aug 30, 1965: Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
• Aug 31, 1965: US House of Representatives joins Senate in establishing Department of Housing and Urban Development.
• Sep 1, 1965: The San Francisco Mint facility resumes production of circulating coins. Coins had last been struck for circulation in San Francisco in 1955.
• Sep 2, 1965: Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR
• Sep 3, 1965: Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic
• Sep 4, 1965: KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
• Sep 6, 1965: India invades West Pakistan
• Sep 7, 1965: During an Indo-Pakistani War, China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
• Sep 8, 1965: Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida
• Sep 9, 1965: Francois Mitterrand nominated for French presidency
• Sep 10, 1965: Phillies 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phils beat Cards
• Sep 11, 1965: Braves 2nd straight one-hitter against the Mets
• Sep 12, 1965: 79th US Womens Tennis: Margaret Smith beats Billie Jean King
• Sep 13, 1965: Beatles release Yesterday
• Sep 14, 1965: F-Troop premieres
• Sep 15, 1965: Lost in Space premieres
• Sep 16, 1965: Sobibor trial opens in Hagen West Germany
• Sep 17, 1965: WPHL TV channel 17 in Philadelphia, PA (IND) begins broadcasting
• Sep 18, 1965: Get Smart premieres
• Sep 19, 1965: Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Visalia Golf Open
• Sep 20, 1965: WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 21, 1965: The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
• Sep 22, 1965: India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect
• Sep 24, 1965: Belgium Victor Leemans elected Chairman of European Parliament
• Sep 25, 1965: Do I Hear a Waltz? closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 220 performances
• Sep 26, 1965: 11th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie
• Sep 27, 1965: The largest tanker ship at the time, ''Tokyo Maru'', is launched in Yokohama, Japan.
• Sep 28, 1965: Jack McKay in X-15 reaches 90 km
• Sep 29, 1965: WLVT TV channel 39 in Allentown, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Sep 30, 1965: LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts
• Oct 1, 1965: Failed coup under lt col Untung in Indonesia
• Oct 2, 1965: Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant
• Oct 3, 1965: Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season
• Oct 4, 1965: Pickwick opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 56 performances
• Oct 5, 1965: Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups.
• Oct 6, 1965: Supremes release I Hear a Symphony
• Oct 7, 1965: Charles Linster does 6,006 consecutive push-ups
• Oct 8, 1965: Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter
• Oct 10, 1965: Drat! - The Cat! opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances
• Oct 13, 1965: Congo President Joseph Kasavubu fires Prime Minister Moise Tshombe and forms a provisional government, with Evariste Kimba in a leading position.
• Oct 14, 1965: Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km
• Oct 15, 1965: WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting
• Oct 16, 1965: Drat! - The Cat! closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 8 performances
• Oct 17, 1965: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever opens in NYC for 280 performances
• Oct 18, 1965: The Indonesian government outlaws the Communist Party of Indonesia.
• Oct 20, 1965: 19th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-2 at Montreal
• Oct 21, 1965: KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 24, 1965: Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament
• Oct 25, 1965: Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud".
• Oct 26, 1965: Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace
• Oct 27, 1965: WCFT TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
• Oct 28, 1965: In St. Louis, Missouri, construction is completed on the Gateway Arch, a 630-foot-high parabola of stainless steel. The arch was erected to commemorate President Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
• Oct 30, 1965: Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Las Cruces Golf Open
• Nov 1, 1965: Ernie Terrel beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing
• Nov 3, 1965: Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously
• Nov 4, 1965: Lee Breedlove sets female land speed record (308.56 mph) in Utah
• Nov 5, 1965: Martial law is announced in Rhodesia. The UN General Assembly accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary by a vote of 82–9.
• Nov 7, 1965: Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
• Nov 8, 1965: Days of Our Lives premieres on TV
• Nov 9, 1965: 5:16pm, massive power failure in New Engl, and Ontario
• Nov 10, 1965: Manneke Piss statue stolen in Brussels
• Nov 11, 1965: Heavyweight Cassius Clay KOs Floyd Patterson in Las Vegas
• Nov 12, 1965: Ferdinand Marcos elected President of Philippines
• Nov 13, 1965: Skyscraper opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 248 performances
• Nov 14, 1965: Baker Street closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 313 performances
• Nov 15, 1965: At the Cherry Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida, Walt Disney, Roy Disney, and Florida Governor Hayden Burns make the first public announcement of plans to build a new Disney theme park near Orlando.
• Nov 16, 1965: Venera 3 launched, 1st to land on another planet
• Nov 17, 1965: General Meeting of the UN refuses admittance of China PR
• Nov 18, 1965: Twins SS Zoilo Versalles is named AL MVP
• Nov 19, 1965: ABC radio begins weekly Vietnam Update report
• Nov 20, 1965: Pickwick closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 56 performances
• Nov 21, 1965: 1st freighter arrives in Ashdod Port Israel
• Nov 22, 1965: Bob Dylan weds Sara Lowndes
• Nov 23, 1965: 31st Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Garrett, Southern California (RB)
• Nov 24, 1965: Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu, becomes President of Zaire
• Nov 25, 1965: Congo milt coup under General Mobutu, President Kasavubu overthrown
• Nov 26, 1965: Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Lefebvre is voted NL Rookie of Year
• Nov 27, 1965: 15-25,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam in Washington DC
• Nov 28, 1965: Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
• Nov 29, 1965: Anya opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances
• Dec 1, 1965: South Africa government says children of white fathers are white.
• Dec 3, 1965: Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
• Dec 4, 1965: Roar of the Greasepaint closes at Shubert NYC after 232 performances
• Dec 5, 1965: Charles de Gaulle is re-elected as French president with 10,828,421 votes.
• Dec 8, 1965: Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as President of the USSR
• Dec 9, 1965: A Charlie Brown Christmas, premieres
• Dec 10, 1965: Yearling opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 3 performances
• Dec 11, 1965: Anya closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 16 performances
• Dec 12, 1965: Beatles last Great Britain concert
• Dec 14, 1965: La Grusse Valise opens at 54th St. Theater NYC for 7 performances
• Dec 15, 1965: Bangladesh windstorm kills 10,000
• Dec 16, 1965: Gemini 6 returns to Earth.
• Dec 17, 1965: Largest newspaper - Sunday New York Times at 946 pages (50 cents).
• Dec 18, 1965: La Grusse Valise closes at 54th St. Theater NYC after 7 performances
• Dec 19, 1965: French President Charles De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45 percent).
• Dec 20, 1965: WFP made a permanent UN agency.
• Dec 22, 1965: Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up
• Dec 25, 1965: The Yemeni Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation is founded in Taiz
• Dec 26, 1965: Funny Girl with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
• Dec 27, 1965: The British oil platform ''Sea Gem'' collapses in the North Sea.
• Dec 28, 1965: Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani resigns.
• Dec 29, 1965: Thunderball premieres in US
• Dec 31, 1965: Jean-Bedel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic army, and his military officers begins a coup d'etat against the government of President David Dacko.
• Jan 27, 1965: South Vietnamese Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương is removed by the military junta of Nguyễn Khánh.

The year 1965 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 66th year of the 20th century and the 5th year of the 1960s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1964 and precedes 1966.