Steel Tiger Coordination
Coordinates US embassy approval for air operations over Laos
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Explore 278 historical events and records for United States of America in 1965.
Historical records for United States of America in 1965
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April
Speech
Delivers "Peace Without Conquest" Speech offering Hanoi "unconditional discussions" to stop the war in return for massive modernization of Vietnam
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Signs the Elementary and Secondary Education Act near his former school in Stonewall, Texas.
C-Energy of Gravitational Waves
Thorne develops a measurable energy description for cylindrical systems and shows that Einstein-Rosen gravitational waves transport this energy through spacetime.
Mr Tambourine Man
The Byrds turn Dylan's Mr Tambourine Man into a folk-rock hit.
Bombing of Vietnam
McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in South Vietnam
Bombing of Vietnam
McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in South Vietnam
Mobilization
McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers
Mobilization
McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers
Mobilization
McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers
Mobilization
President Johnson raises America's combat strength in Vietnam to more than 60,000
Final Vietnam Intelligence Review
McCone participated in a senior review of an Intelligence Community assessment on Vietnam while continuing to challenge assumptions behind the administration's escalation plans.
Final Meeting and Retirement
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.
May
Mobilization
The 1st U.S. Army combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam
Bombing of Vietnam
The 1st bombing pause is announced by the U.S. in the hope that Hanoi will now negotiate
Siege of Phuoc Long
The Viet Cong attack the U.S. special forces camp in Phuoc Long
Siege of Phuoc Long
Earns the Congressional Medal of Honor by knocking out a Viet Cong machine-gun then guiding rescue helicopters, while wounded four times
Head Start
Announces Project Head Start as an early childhood education programme within the War on Poverty.
Bombing of Vietnam
U.S. bombing of North Vietnam resumes
World Champion
Cassius Clay knocks out challenger Sonny Liston in one minute and 56 seconds of the first round
June
Satisfaction
The Rolling Stones release Satisfaction in the United States.
Operation Arc Light
Operation Light I, bombing of Ben Cat Special Zone Viet Cong base, a limited success
Speech
Announces on TV, "We will stand in Vietnam"
July
Like a Rolling Stone
Releases Like a Rolling Stone, expanding expectations of a pop single.
Victory-Ali
Patterson challenges for the crown again but is stopped in 12 rounds by Muhammad Ali
Maggie's Farm
Performs electric material at Newport Folk Festival.
Troop Escalation
Announces expanded US troop commitments to Vietnam
US Combat Escalation
Receives expanded US combat forces after Johnson's escalation decision
Medicare
Signs the Social Security Amendments creating Medicare and Medicaid.
Medicare and Medicaid
Johnson signs legislation creating federal health-insurance programmes for elderly and low-income Americans.
Mobilization
Taylor asks for 125,000 men
Venice Beach Meeting
Decides to form a band after hearing Morrison's songs.
Venice Beach Meeting
Meets Ray Manzarek on Venice Beach after writing early songs.
August
Bloody Sunday
Signs the Voting Rights Act after the Selma campaign.
Voting Rights Act
Signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965, outlawing discriminatory voting practices including literacy tests.
Siege of 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
Starlite
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
High Flux Isotope Reactor Criticality
Leads Oak Ridge during the period when HFIR reaches criticality and provides intense thermal-neutron flux.
Ballad of a Thin Man
Releases Ballad of a Thin Man on Highway 61 Revisited.
Desolation Row
Releases Desolation Row on Highway 61 Revisited.
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