4 January 1965State of the UnionLyndon Baines Johnson
Uses the State of the Union address to press Congress for Great Society legislation.
Historical records for United States of America in 1965, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Uses the State of the Union address to press Congress for Great Society legislation.
McCone commended CIA officers who prepared intelligence briefings for his appearances before the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee.
Records Subterranean Homesick Blues with electric backing.
Inaugurated President of the USA
Inaugurated President of the USA
Declares, "We can never again stand aside, prideful in isolation. Terrific dangers & troubles that we once called foreign now constantly live among us
General Khanh seizes full control of South Vietnam's Government
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
Johnson urged Congress to establish clearer constitutional procedures for presidential disability and for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency.
Operation Game Warden begins U.S. Navy river patrols on South Vietnam's 3000 nautical miles of inland waterways
The Who release I Can't Explain, produced by Shel Talmy.
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
National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy visits South Vietnam for the 1st time
Viet Cong guerrillas attack the U.S. compound at Pleiku in the Central Highlands, killing 8 Americans, wounding 126 & destroying 10 aircraft
Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi
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
President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder
General Khanh finally ousted from power and a new military/civilian Government installed, led by Dr. Phan Huy Quat
Assassinates Malcolm X
Assassinated addressing a rally at the Audobon Ballroom, Harlem, on the first day of National Brotherhood Week
Death of Malcolm X, assassinated
General Westmoreland requests 2 battalions of US Marines to protect the American air base at Da Nang from 6000 Vietcong
His death inspires the Selma to Montgomery march.
Prime Minister Kosygin is pressured by the North Vietnamese to provide unlimited military aid to counter the American "aggression"
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
Begins sustained bombing of North Vietnam
Begins sustained bombing of North Vietnam under 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
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.
Faces national outrage after the bridge attack.
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.
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.
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.
Joins efforts to continue the march after the violence.
Voting rights campaigners connect Selma to wider disenfranchisement.
Federal officials respond to the crisis after Bloody Sunday.
Helps national support build after the televised violence.
Commands Marines landing at Da Nang as the first major US ground combat units
The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade are the 1st U.S. ground combat force in Vietnam
Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based anti-personnel bomb that showers hundreds of explosive pellets upon impact
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
The 1st US combat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang
Signs the Appalachian Regional Development Act, creating a regional development programme for Appalachia.
Dies after being attacked during Selma campaign events.
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
Calls for voting rights legislation after Selma.
Addresses Congress after Selma and calls for voting rights legislation, declaring “We shall overcome.”
Later permits the protected Selma to Montgomery march.
Releases Bringing It All Back Home.
Releases an album mixing acoustic songs with electric instruments.
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"
Is murdered after supporting the Selma voting rights campaign.
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"
Is arrested after an undercover officer commissions a suggestive audio recording; he later serves ten days in jail.
Viet Cong terrorists bomb the U.S. embassy in Saigon
The 1st air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail
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
McCone warned President Johnson against relying on an expanded ground war and argued that military pressure on North Vietnam required a broader strategic approach.
Approves air interdiction against Ho Chi Minh Trail routes in southern Laos
Coordinates US embassy approval for air operations over Laos
Delivers "Peace Without Conquest" Speech offering Hanoi "unconditional discussions" to stop the war in return for massive modernization of Vietnam
Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act near his former school in Stonewall, Texas.
The Byrds turn Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man into a folk-rock hit.
McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in South Vietnam
McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in South Vietnam
McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers
McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers
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
McCone participated in a senior review of an Intelligence Community assessment on Vietnam while continuing to challenge assumptions behind the administration's escalation plans.
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.
The 1st U.S. Army combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam
The 1st bombing pause is announced by the U.S. in the hope that Hanoi will now negotiate
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
Announces Project Head Start as an early childhood education programme within the War on Poverty.
U.S. bombing of North Vietnam resumes
Cassius Clay knocks out challenger Sonny Liston in one minute and 56 seconds of the first round
The Rolling Stones release Satisfaction in the United States.
Operation Light I, bombing of Ben Cat Special Zone Viet Cong base, a limited success
Announces on TV, "We will stand in Vietnam"
Releases Like a Rolling Stone, expanding expectations of a pop single.
Patterson challenges for the crown again but is stopped in 12 rounds by Muhammad Ali
Performs electric material at Newport Folk Festival.
Announces expanded US troop commitments to Vietnam
Receives expanded US combat forces after Johnson's escalation decision
Signs the Social Security Amendments creating Medicare and Medicaid.
Johnson signs legislation creating federal health-insurance programmes for elderly and low-income Americans.
Taylor asks for 125,000 men
Decides to form a band after hearing Morrison's songs.
Meets Ray Manzarek on Venice Beach after writing early songs.
Signs the Voting Rights Act after the Selma campaign.
Signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965, outlawing discriminatory voting practices including literacy tests.
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
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
Releases Ballad of a Thin Man on Highway 61 Revisited.
Releases Desolation Row on Highway 61 Revisited.
Releases Highway 61 Revisited.
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning
President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations
Joins Morrison and Manzarek in the emerging band.
Suffers a serious heart attack that sharply reduces his participation in public affairs.
Records a six-song demo at World Pacific Studios.
Plays bass on the early Doors demo session.
Appointed Member of US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
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
Signs legislation creating the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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.
Anti-war rallies occur in 40 U.S. cities and in international cities including London & Rome
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)
North Vietnamese Army troops attack the U.S. Special Forces camp at Plei Me in a prelude to the Battle of Ia Ia Drang
Death of Norman Morrison, suicide
Death of Norman Morrison, suicide. Burns himself to death in protest against the war within 40 feet of the Pentagon
Signs the Higher Education Act at Southwest Texas State College, expanding federal aid for colleges and students.
1st Battalion/7th Cavalry, approximately 450-men strong under Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, began operations in the Ia Drang Valley
Commands US cavalry troops at Landing Zone X-Ray
Commands the 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry at LZ X-Ray
Serves with Hal Moore during the Battle of Ia Drang
Commands US strategy during the Ia Drang campaign
Flies repeated helicopter missions under fire during the Battle of Ia Drang
Flies repeated helicopter missions supporting troops at LZ X-Ray
B-52s support US ground forces for the 1st time
Cables Washington requesting 200,000 more troops in 1966
82 B-52Ds are modified to carry 42 750-pound bombs
Reccommends to Johnson a diluted version of Bundys "just right" option
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
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
Arc Light sorties hit Laos
Arc Light sorties hit Laos
Requests substantial US combat forces for the war in Vietnam
Publication of "A Thousand Days" a narrative of Kennedys presidency
Publication of "A Thousand Days" a narrative of Kennedys presidency
Appointed special Vietnam adviser to President Johnson
Appointed special Vietnam adviser to President Johnson
Commands US air forces involved in expanding interdiction over Laos
The American Jewish Committee presented King with the American Liberties Medallion for his "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty"
"An American Dream"
Presses NASA centres and contractors toward the lunar landing deadline.
The Doors take their name from Huxley's book, itself echoing William Blake.
Approves the bombing of communist routes in Southern Laos
US victory in west-central Vietnam near the Kampuchean border
Appointed Member of Beach Boys, for touring as a replacement for Brian Wilson
Reccomends bombing North Vietnam. Reccomends bombing Communist routes in Laos
Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.
Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.
The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", owes much to Chuck Berrys "Too Much Monkey Business" and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebakers cinema verite presentation of Dylans 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back.
The Beach Boys release the LP, "Pet Sounds", includes classic singles from that album, "Wouldnt It Be Nice" & "God Only Knows,". The Beach Boys release, "California Girls"
Joins The Castiles, an early rock band that gives him important teenage stage and recording experience.
Directs, "Chimes at Midnight"
Hendrix earns a spot as the new guitarist for the The Isley Brothers band and joined their national tour, which included the southern Chitlin Circuit
The Voting Rights Act is passed
Appointed Consultant to the Department of State
Dicke interprets the microwave background detection as relic radiation from a hot dense early universe
Peebles coauthors the interpretation paper connecting the microwave background to Big Bang cosmology
Penzias publishes the measurement of excess antenna temperature from the cosmic microwave background
Roll coauthors the interpretation of the microwave background as a cosmological relic
Wilkinson coauthors the Princeton paper explaining the cosmic microwave background result
Wilson publishes the microwave excess with Penzias, providing decisive evidence for a hot early universe
Hendrix signs a three-year recording contract with entrepreneur Ed Chalpin, receiving $1 and 1% royalty on records with Curtis Knight. Hendrix joins a New York-based band, Curtis Knight and the Squires
34 die during demonstrations at Watts, a black area of Los Angeles
King and SCLC join voting-rights march from Selma to Montgomery; police beat and tear gas marchers; King addresses rally before state capitol, builds support for voting rights
The USA announces it will only intervene if there is a threat of Communist takeover
Founder Member of Doors
Founder Member of Doors
Founder Member of Doors
Introduces War on Poverty
Stars in For a Few Dollars More, the second film in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy.
Takes control of the Soul Giants, introduces his original compositions and renames the group the Mothers.
Appointed Commander of the ground troops in Vietnam
Appointed Commander of the ground troops in Vietnam
The Beach Boys release the LP, "Pet Sounds", includes classic singles from that album, "Wouldnt It Be Nice" & "God Only Knows,". The Beach Boys release, "California Girls"
The Voting Rights Act is passed
Appointed Ambassador of South Vietnam, 2nd term
Identifies a rare outer-planet alignment that makes a multi-planet gravity-assist mission practical.
Identifies a rare outer-planet alignment enabling gravity-assist missions through Jupiter and beyond.
Spitzer is appointed as head of a committee given the task of defining the scientific objectives for a large space telescope
Records the single, "Papas Got a Brand New Bag". Records the single, "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
Shaw retired from the International Trade Mart in 1965 after years as one of its leading administrators.
The USA announces it will only intervene if there is a threat of Communist takeover
Joins The Doors after the first demo period.
With collaborators, obtains the rotating electrically charged black hole solution now called the Kerr-Newman metric.
With Lu Jeu Sham, formulates practical one-electron equations that make density functional calculations usable for atoms, molecules and solids.
The Voting Rights Act is passed
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting
Appointed Commander of the First Marine Aircraft Wing
Appointed Commander of the First Marine Aircraft Wing
Like a Rolling Stone reaches major chart positions in America and Britain.
Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.
Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.
The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", owes much to Chuck Berrys "Too Much Monkey Business" and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebakers cinema verite presentation of Dylans 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back.
Records a historic live album, "Live at the Regal"
Records, "Looking Through The Eyes Of Love"
Dyce helps establish from radar measurements that Mercury's rotation period is close to 59 days rather than 88 days.
Radar observations overturn the accepted 88-day rotation period and indicate that Mercury rotates in about 59 days.
Taylor asks for 125,000 men. In the early part of the year Taylor asks for 75,000 men
Publication of "Morning & Noon"
Sees Mr Tambourine Man become central to the folk-rock breakthrough.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics.
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics.
Arc Light sorties hit Laos. 82 B-52Ds are modified to carry 42 750-pound bombs. B52s are deployed for bombing in tth Vietnam against Battle targets & Viet Cong bases
Records the single, "Papas Got a Brand New Bag". Records the single, "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
The Beach Boys release the LP, "Pet Sounds", includes classic singles from that album, "Wouldnt It Be Nice" & "God Only Knows,". The Beach Boys release, "California Girls"
Planetary radar tests general relativity through time delay.
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting
Appointed President of the Screen Actors Guild
Highlights greater than expected North Vietnamese penetration into South Vietnam
The Viet Cong attack a U.S. installation, orders U.S. evacuation & reprisals
Directs The Odd Couple in Broadway
Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.
Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.
The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", owes much to Chuck Berrys "Too Much Monkey Business" and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebakers cinema verite presentation of Dylans 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back.
Hendrix plays his first successful studio session on the two-part Isley Brothers hit "Testify"
Stars in, "The Agony and the Ecstasy"
Stars in, "The Flight of the Phoenix". Stars in, "Shenandoah"
Publishes, "The Troubled Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance"
Wins a Toby Award for directing the stage play "Luv"
Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.
Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.
The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues", owes much to Chuck Berrys "Too Much Monkey Business" and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebakers cinema verite presentation of Dylans 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back.
The Kinks face a ban from American Federation of Musicians touring.
Works with Lou Reed in the Velvet Underground, adding viola, bass and avant-garde influence.
Co-founds the Velvet Underground and becomes its principal singer, guitarist and songwriter.
The Voting Rights Act is passed
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting
Introduces War on Poverty
First movie production of "Whats New, Pussycat?", wrote the initial screenplay
Retains title by knocking out Sonny Liston
The Beach Boys release the LP, "Pet Sounds", includes classic singles from that album, "Wouldnt It Be Nice" & "God Only Knows,". The Beach Boys release, "California Girls"
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