1965
1st Cavalry Division
Kinnard commands the newly arrived 1st Cavalry Division at An Khe
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Browse historical records dated to 1965. Records are rendered from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Kinnard commands the newly arrived 1st Cavalry Division at An Khe
Westmoreland deploys the 1st Cavalry Division to the Central Highlands as US ground forces expand
Yahya Khan continues the Grand Slam advance toward Akhnoor, but the operation fails to achieve its main objective.
Nur Khan directs Pakistan Air Force operations from a force centered on important bases including Sargodha.
Nur Khan assumes command of the Pakistan Air Force only weeks before the 1965 war with India.
Nur Khan commands the Pakistan Air Force throughout the September war and personally flies operational missions.
Prime Minister Kosygin is pressured by the North Vietnamese to provide unlimited military aid to counter the American "aggression"
Prime Minister Kosygin is pressured by the North Vietnamese to provide unlimited military aid to counter the American "aggression"
Khanh accepts the face-saving post of ambassador-at-large after being forced from power by the Armed Forces Council
Promises to curb corruption and administrative disorder while consolidating the new military-backed government.
"Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere", 2nd UK hit, the only song credited as being composed in a joint effort by Townshend and Daltrey
The Who release Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere, credited to Townshend and Daltrey.
Signs the Appalachian Regional Development Act, creating a regional development programme for Appalachia.
Kasa-Vubu appoints Kimba to form a government after dismissing Tshombe.
King Idris appoints Maziq to head the national government.
J. N. Chaudhuri serves as Chief of Army Staff while Indian forces conduct major operations against Pakistan during the 1965 war.
Assassinates Malcolm X
Assassinated addressing a rally at the Audobon Ballroom, Harlem, on the first day of National Brotherhood Week
Brumfield commands 1RAR as Australian infantry deploys to South Vietnam
Releases Ballad of a Thin Man on Highway 61 Revisited.
The Beatles are awarded Englands prestigious MBE (Members of the Order of the British Empire). John comments, "I thought you had to drive tanks and win wars to get the MBE"
The Beatles play in front of almost 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City
The Beatles play in front of almost 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City
The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power"
The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power"
Joins efforts to continue the march after the violence.
Helps shape the Selma voting rights campaign.
Is beaten unconscious during the bridge attack.
Local law enforcement confronts voting rights demonstrators.
Media coverage spreads news of the attack.
Orders marchers to disperse before troopers attack.
Local voter registration struggle frames the march.
SNCC activists support local demands for voting rights.
Marches for voting rights on Bloody Sunday.
Voting rights campaigners connect Selma to wider disenfranchisement.
His death inspires the Selma to Montgomery march.
Later permits the protected Selma to Montgomery march.
Faces national outrage after the bridge attack.
Calls for voting rights legislation after Selma.
Signs the Voting Rights Act after the Selma campaign.
Federal officials respond to the crisis after Bloody Sunday.
Learns that marchers have been attacked in Selma.
Is absent when local civil rights leaders march from Selma and are attacked.
SCLC supports the voting rights campaign, but King is not on the first march.
Leads marchers toward the Edmund Pettus Bridge.
Commands Alabama troopers at the bridge confrontation.
Is murdered after supporting the Selma voting rights campaign.
Photographs help publicise violence on the bridge.
Young local activists support the voting rights march.
Supports the voting rights campaign that led to the march.
His earlier arrest helps intensify the Selma campaign.
Dies after being attacked during Selma campaign events.
Helps national support build after the televised violence.
Supports the voting rights campaign in Alabama.
Opposes the march and defends segregationist state authority.
Co-leads the first Selma to Montgomery march.
Works with SCLC during the Selma campaign.
Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi
U.S. air attacks take place on bases at Dong Hoi in retaliation for Pleiku. The beginning of limited offensive attacks on military targets in North Vietnam
A land mine near Hebron kills 3 Israeli policemen, Israel retaliates with a strike against West Bank villagers and runs into Jordanian troops in Samu
The 1st air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail
Arc Light sorties hit Laos
The 1st bombing pause is announced by the U.S. in the hope that Hanoi will now negotiate
U.S. bombing of North Vietnam resumes
McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in South Vietnam
McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in South Vietnam
Releases Bringing It All Back Home.
Releases an album mixing acoustic songs with electric instruments.
The lying-in-state commences 9:00am, Wednesday, January 27th for 3 days
9:35am the bearer party of Grenadier Guards removes the coffin from the Catafalque
Given a state funeral & buried less than 1 mile from his place of birth
Churhills body lies in state at Westminster Hall. 350,000 people queued, most for three or four hours, to pay homage
Announces Churchills body will lie-in-state at the Palace of Westminster for 3 days
Enters the Cabinet as Home Secretary after Frank Soskice leaves the office.
Supports the parliamentary campaign that suspends capital punishment for murder.
Ranjit Singh Dyal leads troops in the assault that captures the strategically important Haji Pir Pass during the 1965 war.
Ayub Khan accepts the United Nations-backed ceasefire that halts major fighting between Pakistan and India.
Lal Bahadur Shastri accepts the United Nations-backed ceasefire that ends the main fighting between India and Pakistan.
India accepts a United Nations-backed ceasefire that ends the main fighting of the 1965 war with Pakistan.
Appointed Chairman of the Council of State
Appointed Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet, Head of State
Stoica becomes chairman of the Council of State after Gheorghiu-Dej's death.
Tellls the BBC he does not want to do another Steptoe and Son series and in September goes to New York to appear in the Broadway musical Kelly at the Broadhurst theatre, however it closes after just one perfomance
Akhtar Hussain Malik is removed from command of Operation Grand Slam after its initial advances.
Ceausescu becomes first secretary of the Romanian Workers' Party.
McCone commended CIA officers who prepared intelligence briefings for his appearances before the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Uses his Conservative Party conference speech to argue for a defence policy centred on Britain's European and NATO commitments.
Is elected Leader of the Conservative Party after Alec Douglas-Home resigns.
Ceausescu oversees adoption of the constitution establishing the Socialist Republic of Romania.
Callaghan announces corporation tax as a separate charge on company profits.
Couve de Murville defended France's withdrawal from Council meetings during the Empty Chair dispute.
Ben Bella is overthrown in a bloodless coup by the Commander of the armed forces
Leads a successful coup in Algeria
Leads a successful coup in Algeria
General Khanh seizes full control of South Vietnam's Government
General Khanh finally ousted from power and a new military/civilian Government installed, led by Dr. Phan Huy Quat
Dissident generals and the Armed Forces Council move against Khanh during South Vietnam's February coup crisis
Appointed Member of US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Zhang Chunqiao supports publication of Yao Wenyuan's attack on Wu Han
Yao Wenyuan publishes the attack on Hai Rui Dismissed from Office that helps trigger the cultural campaign
Arrives with Cuban revolutionaries to support insurgents fighting the Congolese government in the east.
Commands Marines landing at Da Nang as the first major US ground combat units
Given his international debut in a 1-1 draw with Yugoslavia in Belgrade
Says the Vietnamese will defeat the US. Advocates a "peoples war" for rural areas to take over the cities
India expands the conflict across the international border after fighting intensifies in Jammu and Kashmir.
Musa Khan directs army operations as Indian forces cross the international border toward Lahore.
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
Anti-war rallies occur in 40 U.S. cities and in international cities including London & Rome
The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power". On the steps of the state capitol building, King delivers a speech that has become known as "How Long, Not Long"
The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power"
The Department of Economic Affairs releases its 1st National Plan
Releases Desolation Row on Highway 61 Revisited.
West Germany and Israel exchange letters establishing diplomatic relations
Kasa-Vubu dismisses Tshombe despite his alliance's electoral strength.
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning
BBC Two screens an adaptation of the short story "Thirteen to Centaurus" directed by Peter Potter
The National Plan aimed to achieve a 25 per cent increase in the national product between 1964 and 1970 at a growth rate of 3.8 per cent per annum compound
The National Plan is a summary of action required to improve the balance of payments & secure rapid and sustained growth, (I) Government spending overseas on defence has to be cut quite drastically and aid to developing countries restrained until the deficit is eliminated, (2) Private investment abroad to be
cent in real terms from 1964 to 1970 to achieve the increase in capacity and the growth of productivity required for the additional exports and import reduction.
cut, reducing the net outflow of private capital by pounds 150 million next year (3) The Little Neddies have to work out schemes by which output per head can be increased, imports saved and exports boosted, fiscal restraints on imports (4) Manufacturing investment to be increased by about 7 per
The Department of Economic Affairs releases its 1st National Plan
Announces he will present himself as a Presidential candidite in the elections
In the 1st round polls 43%, Mitterrand 27% & Lecanuet 20%, a 2nd round is required
Wins the 2nd & final round with 54.6% to Mitterrands 45.4%
Defeats Powell & Maudling in 1st round of the 1st leadership contest by secret ballot
Loses the Leyton by-election, considerred a safe Labour seat
Forced to resign after losing the Leyton by-election
Labour loses with an 8.7 percent swing to the Conservatives, produces political instability
Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act near his former school in Stonewall, Texas.
France began boycotting Council meetings during the Empty Chair crisis over agricultural finance and institutional voting.
The Fourth Einar Gerhardsen Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.
The Theo Lefevre Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.
McCone met President Johnson for the final time as DCI, urged stronger personal intelligence briefings for his successor, and retired as William Raborn took office.
McCone participated in a senior review of an Intelligence Community assessment on Vietnam while continuing to challenge assumptions behind the administration's escalation plans.
The achievement marks first spacewalk as an important Russian scientific milestone.
Suspends competitive party activity for five years after seizing presidential power.
Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi
Appointed Foreign Minister, 1st term
Operation Game Warden begins U.S. Navy river patrols on South Vietnam's 3000 nautical miles of inland waterways
During the flight of Gemini VII, American astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell set a duration record of fourteen days in Earth-orbit that holds for five years
During the flight of Gemini VII, American astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell set a duration record of fourteen days in Earth-orbit that holds for five years
The crew assignments for Gemini 8 were announced with Neil Armstrong as Command Pilot with Pilot David Scott
The crew assignments for Gemini 8 were announced with Neil Armstrong as Command Pilot with Pilot David Scott
Appoints family members to senior positions within the Government
Inaugurated President of the USA
Kerensky records his position on government defence in exile.
The London Borough of Greenwich is created under local government reorganisation.
Yao Wenyuan's criticism of Wu Han's play becomes a major opening attack in the Cultural Revolution
Visits Hanoi during early US escalation and discusses aid with North Vietnamese leaders
Brian Epstein is appointed Director of Harrisongs Ltd
Appointed Head of State for Russia
Thieu becomes chief of state as South Vietnam's military leaders form a new ruling structure
Announces Project Head Start as an early childhood education programme within the War on Poverty.
John Lennon composes "Help!" the title song for the Beatles second film. He later confides that the lyrics are a cry for help and a clue to the confusion and despondency he feels
Produces Help!, the Beatles' second film soundtrack album.
Signs the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College, expanding federal aid for colleges and students.
Releases Highway 61 Revisited.
US planning expands air interdiction against infiltration routes used to support communist forces in South Vietnam
US intelligence estimates heavy communist supply movement through Laos and presses for stronger interdiction
Auschwitz trials end with only 6 life sentences
Appointed Home Secretary, 1st term
The Beatles are awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List
The Who release I Can't Explain, produced by Shel Talmy.
The Who release I Can't Explain, produced by Shel Talmy.
Flies repeated helicopter missions under fire during the Battle of Ia Drang
Flies repeated helicopter missions supporting troops at LZ X-Ray
The Act replaces national-origin quotas with family and employment-based immigration priorities.
Signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 at Liberty Island, ending the national origins quota system.
Declares, "We can never again stand aside, prideful in isolation. Terrific dangers & troubles that we once called foreign now constantly live among us
Inaugurated President of the USA
In a broadcast rules out military intervention if Rhodesia declares UDI
Rhodesia declares Unilateral Declaration of Independence
In a broadcast rules out military intervention if Rhodesia declares UDI
Rhodesia declares Unilateral Declaration of Independence
Arjan Singh directs Indian Air Force operations during the 1965 conflict and coordinates air support across the western front.
Shastri leads India during the 1965 war with Pakistan, which ends after a United Nations-backed ceasefire.
Hosts the first Conference of the Indochinese Peoples in Phnom Penh
De Gaulle calls for an international monetary system based more directly on gold than dollars.
Israels cabinet formally approves establishing diplomatic relations with West Germany
John Lennons second book, A Spaniard in the Works, is published
Joins Morrison and Manzarek in the emerging band.
Khanh travels to Da Lat while trying unsuccessfully to resist the Armed Forces Council's decision to remove him
Ky helps the military leadership neutralise Khanh's attempt to rally support after his removal
The Kinks release the album Kinda Kinks.
The National Leadership Committee under Thieu appoints Nguyen Cao Ky as premier
Labour's National Plan is published
Fatah attack of the Israeli Water System
The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade are the 1st U.S. ground combat force in Vietnam
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
Releases Like a Rolling Stone, expanding expectations of a pop single.
Leads Liverpool to their first FA Cup, defeating Leeds United 2-1 after extra time.
McDade's 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry is ambushed near LZ Albany during the Ia Drang campaign
Performs electric material at Newport Folk Festival.
Stein returns to Celtic as their first non-Catholic manager
Adopts the Maple Leaf flag as Canada national flag.
Backs higher agricultural investment and procurement incentives at the March Central Committee plenum.
Joint effort between the U.S. Navy & South Vietnamese Navy to disrupt North Vietnamese sea routes used to funnel supplies into the South. 1st day of Operation-Market Time, results in the North Vietnamese shifting to the more difficult land route along the Ho Chi Minh trail
The Beatles are awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List
The Beatles are awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List
The Beatles are awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours List
Signs the Social Security Amendments creating Medicare and Medicaid.
Johnson signs legislation creating federal health-insurance programmes for elderly and low-income Americans.
Meets Northern Ireland Prime Minister Terence O'Neill in a significant step toward improved cross-border relations.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco meets with Jewish representatives to discuss legitimizing Jewish communities in Spain
Elected Member of Parliament
NSA Bundy & Defence SecretaryMcNamara send a memo to Johnson stating Americas military involvement is Vietnam failing. Bundy & McNamara advise Johnson the US has reached a fork in the road in Vietnam & must either soon escalate or withdraw
NSA Bundy & Defense Secretary McNamara send a memo to Johnson stating America's military involvement is Vietnam failing. Bundy & McNamara advise Johnson the U.S. has reached a fork in the road in Vietnam & must either soon escalate or withdraw
NSA Bundy & Defence SecretaryMcNamara send a memo to Johnson stating Americas military involvement is Vietnam failing. Bundy & McNamara advise Johnson the US has reached a fork in the road in Vietnam & must either soon escalate or withdraw
Heads the West German government when the Six sign the Merger Treaty creating a single Council and Commission.
Represents Italian foreign policy as the Merger Treaty is signed in Brussels.
Heads the Italian government when the Six sign the Merger Treaty for the European Communities.
France joined the agreement to create a single Commission and Council for the three European Communities.
Ky begins governing as premier after South Vietnam's military leadership restructures power
Ky takes power as prime minister while Nguyen Van Thieu serves as chief of state
The military leadership appoints Ky to the premiership under the new South Vietnamese government
Thieu becomes chief of state in the new South Vietnamese military government
Thieu becomes head of state while Ky takes the stronger executive premiership
Dung serves in Hanoi's high command as communist forces intensify operations in the South
McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers
The decision to allow offensive operations is kept secret from the American press & public for 2 months. President Johnson authorizes sending 2 more Marine battalions & up to 20,000 logistical personnel to Vietnam
McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers
President Johnson raises America's combat strength in Vietnam to more than 60,000
The 1st U.S. Army combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam
Reccommends to Johnson a diluted version of Bundys "just right" option
Taylor asks for 125,000 men
McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers
Cables Washington requesting 200,000 more troops in 1966
Gouldman dissolves and formsThe Mockingbirds with Jacobsen and Basso and a former member of fellow Manchester band The Sabres, Kevin Godley (drums)
Gouldman dissolves and formsThe Mockingbirds with Jacobsen and Basso and a former member of fellow Manchester band The Sabres, Kevin Godley (drums)
The Byrds turn Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man into a folk-rock hit.
Mobutu appoints General Mulamba to head the first government of the new regime.
Release the debut album My Generation.
Release My Generation as a defining mod-era single.
Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based anti-personnel bomb that showers hundreds of explosive pellets upon impact
Signs legislation creating the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Thieu heads the National Leadership Committee after South Vietnam's generals reorganise the government
(4) Manufacturing investment to be increased by about 7 per cent in real terms from 1964 to 1970 to achieve the increase in capacity and the growth of productivity required for the additional exports and import reduction.
Private investment abroad to be cut, reducing the net outflow of private capital by pounds 150 million next year (3) The Little Neddies have to work out schemes by which output per head can be increased, imports saved and exports boosted, fiscal restraints on imports
The National Plan aimed to achieve a 25 per cent increase in the national product between 1964 and 1970 at a growth rate of 3.8 per cent per annum compound. The DEA is tasked with the preparation of a National Plan for the economy, published in September 1965
The National Plan is a summary of action required to improve the balance of payments & secure rapid and sustained growth, (I) Government spending overseas on defence has to be cut quite drastically and aid to developing countries restrained until the deficit is eliminated, (2)
Meets South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky and discusses cooperation between the Republic of China and South Vietnam.
The Southern Rhodesia Petroleum Order comes into force as Britain tightens sanctions against Rhodesia.
Johnson authorises the first B-52 combat strikes under Operation Arc Light
Ryan's Strategic Air Command executes the first B-52 Arc Light mission from Guam
Operation Light I, bombing of Ben Cat Special Zone Viet Cong base, a limited success
B-52s support US ground forces for the 1st time
82 B-52Ds are modified to carry 42 750-pound bombs
Arc Light sorties hit Laos
Johnson orders retaliatory air strikes against North Vietnam after the attack on Camp Holloway near Pleiku
Ayub Khan's government backs Operation Gibraltar, an infiltration campaign intended to stimulate an uprising in Indian-administered Kashmir.
Yahya Khan takes command of Operation Grand Slam after Akhtar Hussain Malik is replaced.
Ayub Khan's government opens Operation Grand Slam against the Akhnoor sector after fighting expands in Kashmir.
Akhtar Hussain Malik launches Operation Grand Slam and advances through the Chhamb sector toward Akhnoor.
Barnum takes command under fire and helps direct Marine units during Operation Harvest Moon
Walt oversees Marine participation in Operation Harvest Moon
Joel treats wounded soldiers under fire during Operation Hump
US and South Vietnamese naval forces begin coastal interdiction against supply routes supporting communist forces
US naval patrols begin Operation Market Time to stop seaborne communist supply to South Vietnam
Walt directs Marine operations against Viet Cong forces on the Batangan Peninsula
President Johnson approves sustained bombing plans against North Vietnam
Rolling Thunder starts as the United States escalates air attacks against North Vietnam
Sustained US bombing of North Vietnam begins under Operation Rolling Thunder
Begins sustained bombing of North Vietnam
Begins sustained bombing of North Vietnam under Operation Rolling Thunder
Johnson begins sustained bombing of North Vietnam under Operation Rolling Thunder
President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder
Scheduled to last 8 weeks, Rolling Thunder will continue for 3 yrs. Operation Rolling Thunder begins as over 100 American fighter-bombers attack targets in North Vietnam
McNamara supports the air campaign intended to pressure Hanoi and restrict support for the Viet Cong
Moore's 2nd Air Division participates in the opening phase of Rolling Thunder
Sharp helps direct Pacific command responsibilities for Rolling Thunder operations
Thi provides intelligence that helps trigger the Marine attack against the Viet Cong 1st Regiment
Peatross commands regimental landing forces during Operation Starlite
Tru commands Viet Cong forces targeted by the Marine assault near Van Tuong
Walt directs the first major US Marine offensive operation of the war
US air operations expand against infiltration routes connected to the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos
Approves air interdiction against Ho Chi Minh Trail routes in southern Laos
Johnson approves expanded air interdiction against infiltration routes through Laos
Opinion polls shortly after the bombing indicate a 70 percent approval rating for the President and an 80 percent approval of U.S. military involvement
Becomes Leader of the Opposition and prepares the Conservatives for government.
The Rolling Stones release the UK version of Out of Our Heads.
Afghanistan holds its first nationwide parliamentary elections under the 1964 Constitution.
Tshombe's political alliance wins the largest bloc in national parliamentary elections.
Razzaz participates in parliamentary reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Parliament rejects Kimba's proposed government, deepening the institutional deadlock.
Appointed Party Leader of the Conservative Party
Helps establishes the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Announces a 36 hr cease-fire commencing Christmas eve to negotiate with North Vietnam
Agrees to extend the cease-fire indefinitely to promote negotiations with North Vietnam
Begins the Per Borten Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.
Viet Cong forces attack the US Special Forces camp at Song Be in Phuoc Long Province
Williams helps defend the Special Forces camp during the Viet Cong attack at Phuoc Long
Begins the Pierre Harmel Government in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.
Bundy is in South Vietnam during the Pleiku attack that helps trigger US air escalation
Viet Cong forces attack Camp Holloway near Pleiku, prompting US retaliatory air strikes
Westmoreland reports the attack on US facilities near Pleiku as Washington considers retaliation
Pope Paul VI issues a decree absolving Jews of collective guilt for the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
Appointed President of Algeria
Appointed President of Austria
Appointed President of Austria
Ovando becomes sole president after Barrientos leaves the co-presidency.
Appointed President of Honduras
Ayub Khan continues as President following the 1965 indirect election.
Ayub Khan defeats Fatima Jinnah in an indirect presidential election.
Wins another presidential term through an uncontested referendum.
Johnson urged Congress to establish clearer constitutional procedures for presidential disability and for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency.
Thieu's military leadership group appoints Ky as premier of South Vietnam
Maiwandwal becomes prime minister after the first parliamentary elections under the 1964 Constitution.
Appointed Prime Minister of Iran
Appointed Prime Minister of Norway
Ky is appointed prime minister of South Vietnam by the military leadership
Appointed Prime Minister of South Vietnam under the military government
Ky becomes prime minister as South Vietnam seeks stability after repeated coups
Ky begins a premiership intended to end the cycle of coups in Saigon
Ky is appointed prime minister of South Vietnam
Ky is premier of South Vietnam, not vice president, during 1965
The National Leadership Committee appoints Ky as premier of South Vietnam
Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 1st term
"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I neednt argue with that; Im right and I will be proved right. Were more popular than Jesus now. I dont know which will go first, rock n roll or Christianity"
Supports the first Race Relations Act as a Labour Member of Parliament.
Abolition of capital punishment
Razzaz participates in regional diplomacy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.
Papandreou resigns during the constitutional crisis known as the Apostasia.
Resigns as Party Leader of the Conservative Party
Resigns as the Chairman of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet
Forced to resign after losing the Leyton by-election
Quat resigns as civilian rule collapses before the military government takes over
Suu leaves office as the generals prepare a new military government
Creates a pro-regime mass movement that helps prepare the centralized political system of the Second Republic.
Announces economic sanctions after Rhodesia's illegal declaration of independence.
Rolling Stones release "Satisfaction"
Produces Rubber Soul, helping the Beatles move toward more mature studio songwriting.
Fighting in the Rann of Kutch precedes the wider 1965 India-Pakistan war and ends with international mediation.
The Rolling Stones release Satisfaction in the United States.
Develops the guitar riff for Satisfaction during the Stones's American tour period.
Following a barren period of 8 years without a trophy for Celtic, just six weeks after becoming manager, leads Celtic to Scottish Cup success in a 3-2 victory over his old club Dunfermline
Mobutu removes Kasa-Vubu and assumes the presidency in a bloodless military coup.
The Kinks release See My Friends.
Supports economic reforms that restore central ministries while giving enterprises limited profitability incentives.
Suffers a serious heart attack that sharply reduces his participation in public affairs.
The Kinks release Set Me Free.
Several Arab nations break ties with West Germany after it established diplomatic relations with Israel
Serves briefly as Shadow Chancellor before becoming party leader.
Becomes Shadow Secretary of State for Defence under the newly elected Conservative leader Edward Heath.
Appointed shadow spokesman on housing & land
Musa Khan oversees Pakistani ground operations as heavy fighting develops around Sialkot.
1st major U.S. ground operation in Vietnam as U.S. Marines wage a preemptive strike against 1500 Viet Cong planning to assault the U.S. airfield at Chu Lai
The 1st U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang
General Westmoreland requests 2 battalions of US Marines to protect the American air base at Da Nang from 6000 Vietcong
The 1st US combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang
Viet Cong terrorists bomb the U.S. embassy in Saigon
The Viet Cong attack the U.S. special forces camp in Phuoc Long
Earns the Congressional Medal of Honor by knocking out a Viet Cong machine-gun then guiding rescue helicopters, while wounded four times
Beckwith is involved with US Special Forces support during the Plei Me siege
North Vietnamese Army troops attack the U.S. Special Forces camp at Plei Me in a prelude to the Battle of Ia Ia Drang
Chu Huy Man commands communist forces in the Central Highlands campaign
Vinh Loc commands South Vietnamese II Corps during the siege of Plei Me
Viet Cong guerrillas attack the U.S. compound at Pleiku in the Central Highlands, killing 8 Americans, wounding 126 & destroying 10 aircraft
A land mine near Hebron kills 3 Israeli policemen, Israel retaliates with a strike against West Bank villagers and runs into Jordanian troops in Samu
Delivers "Peace Without Conquest" Speech offering Hanoi "unconditional discussions" to stop the war in return for massive modernization of Vietnam
Announces on TV, "We will stand in Vietnam"
1st major U.S. ground operation in Vietnam as U.S. Marines wage a preemptive strike against 1500 Viet Cong planning to assault the U.S. airfield at Chu Lai
Uses the State of the Union address to press Congress for Great Society legislation.
Coordinates US embassy approval for air operations over Laos
Is arrested after an undercover officer commissions a suggestive audio recording; he later serves ten days in jail.
Records Subterranean Homesick Blues with electric backing.
Death of Norman Morrison, suicide. Burns himself to death in protest against the war within 40 feet of the Pentagon
Restricts strike activity as part of an early programme to impose political and administrative discipline.
The Kinks release The Kink Kontroversy.
The Rolling Stones release The Last Time, an early Jagger-Richards hit.
The Kinks release Till the End of the Day.
The Kinks release Tired of Waiting for You.
Attends the first IAEA General Conference held outside Vienna, convened in Tokyo.
Announces expanded US troop commitments to Vietnam
Westmoreland presses for additional US ground forces as the war intensifies
Healey announces cancellation of the TSR-2 strike aircraft programme.
Healey announces the cancellation of the costly TSR-2 strike and reconnaissance aircraft programme.
Smith's government issues a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain.
Smith declares independence under white minority rule, prompting international sanctions.
In a broadcast rules out military intervention if Rhodesia declares UDI
Condemns Rhodesia's unilateral declaration of independence and refuses recognition of Ian Smith's illegal regime.
Indonesia withdraws from the United Nations & moves closer to China
Britain supports Security Council Resolution 216 calling on states not to recognise the Rhodesian minority regime.
Security Council Resolution 217 condemns Rhodesia's illegal authority and calls for no diplomatic or economic relations.
Receives expanded US combat forces after Johnson's escalation decision
Requests substantial US combat forces for the war in Vietnam
US Marines land at Da Nang as the first major American ground combat deployment to South Vietnam
Westmoreland receives the first major US ground combat deployment at Da Nang
The arrival of US Marines at Da Nang marks a major escalation of the war
Johnson authorises the deployment of Marines to defend the Da Nang air base
Karch commands the Marine brigade whose combat troops land at Da Nang
Venera 2 launches toward Venus carrying instruments intended to study the planet and interplanetary space.
Decides to form a band after hearing Morrison's songs.
Meets Ray Manzarek on Venice Beach after writing early songs.
Appointed Vice Premier of the State Council
Patterson challenges for the crown again but is stopped in 12 rounds by Muhammad Ali
Viet Cong forces launch coordinated attacks during the 1965 summer offensive
McCone warned President Johnson against relying on an expanded ground war and argued that military pressure on North Vietnam required a broader strategic approach.
National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy visits South Vietnam for the 1st time
Leaves Voskhod 2 and performs the first spacewalk.
Signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965, outlawing discriminatory voting practices including literacy tests.
Addresses Congress after Selma and calls for voting rights legislation, declaring “We shall overcome.”
Dung helps direct North Vietnam's military planning during the American escalation
Harbaksh Singh commands the Western Army during the 1965 war and directs operations against Pakistani forces in Punjab and Kashmir.
Cassius Clay knocks out challenger Sonny Liston in one minute and 56 seconds of the first round
Records a six-song demo at World Pacific Studios.
Plays bass on the early Doors demo session.
After being invited to replace Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds Page turns down the offer and suggested his friend Jeff Beck
After being invited to replace Eric Clapton in The Yardbirds Page turns down the offer and suggested his friend Jeff Beck
Churchill celebrates his 90th birthday
Death of Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel
Death of Farouk I
Death of George Clarke Simpson
Gheorghiu-Dej dies, opening a succession struggle in the communist leadership.
Death of Malcolm X, assassinated
Death of Norman Morrison, suicide
On the 70th anniversary of the death of his Father, Lord Randolph Churchill. Death of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, exactly 70 yrs after his father,. Death of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Death of Winston Churchill
Abdul Hamid destroys Pakistani tanks at Asal Uttar before being killed in action and later receives the Param Vir Chakra.
Thi's I Corps faces heavy pressure during the communist offensive around Ba Gia
Communist forces open the Battle of Ba Gia during the 1965 summer offensive
Viet Cong and PAVN forces complete the Battle of Binh Gia after inflicting heavy losses on South Vietnamese troops
Viet Cong forces open the Battle of Binh Gia, which continues into early January 1965
Desmond Hayde commands 3 Jat during the hard-fought capture of Dograi near Lahore in the closing days of the war.
Shields is mortally wounded while helping defend the Special Forces camp at Dong Xoai
Le Trong Tan is associated with communist command during the Dong Xoai campaign
Vien helps direct South Vietnamese responses to the Viet Cong attack at Dong Xoai
Westmoreland monitors the battle as Viet Cong forces overrun positions around Dong Xoai
1st Battalion/7th Cavalry, approximately 450-men strong under Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, began operations in the Ia Drang Valley
Nguyen Huu An commands North Vietnamese forces in the Ia Drang fighting
Commands North Vietnamese forces during the Ia Drang campaign
North Vietnamese forces fight US airmobile troops in the first major battle between PAVN and the US Army
Crandall flies repeated helicopter missions into LZ X-Ray during the battle
1st major battle of the Vietnam War between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)
North Vietnamese Army troops attack the U.S. Special Forces camp at Plei Me in a prelude to the Battle of Ia Ia Drang. 1st major battle of the Vietnam War between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN)
Chu Huy Man directs the B3 Front during the Central Highlands campaign
Commands US cavalry troops at Landing Zone X-Ray
Commands the 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry at LZ X-Ray
Moore leads the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in the opening fight at LZ X-Ray
Serves with Hal Moore during the Battle of Ia Drang
Commands US strategy during the Ia Drang campaign
A. B. Tarapore leads his armoured regiment during the Battle of Phillora and is later awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his actions.
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