Operation Arc Light
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
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1965 in United States of America — Page 7
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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Paducah Commercial Enrichment
Paducah shifts increasingly toward producing enriched uranium for commercial nuclear-power reactor fuel.
Papas Got a Brand New Bag
Records the single, "Papas Got a Brand New Bag". Records the single, "I Got You (I Feel Good)"
Pet Sounds
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"
Radar Relativity Test
Planetary radar tests general relativity through time delay.
Reform of Electoral System
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting
Screen Actors Guild
Appointed President of the Screen Actors Guild
Selma March Shapes Rights Movement
The attack on Lewis and other nonviolent marchers became a defining moment in the national voting rights campaign.
Selma Voting Rights Campaign
The civil rights marches in Selma and passage of the Voting Rights Act were major developments covered during Sulzberger's publishing tenure.
Siege of Drang
Highlights greater than expected North Vietnamese penetration into South Vietnam
Siege of Pleiku
The Viet Cong attack a U.S. installation, orders U.S. evacuation & reprisals
Stage Play
Directs The Odd Couple in Broadway
State Forces Block March
Alabama authorities under Governor George Wallace used state forces to stop the voting rights procession.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.
Subterranean Homesick Blues
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.
Televised Violence Spurs Federal Response
Television coverage of the bridge assault increased national demands for federal protection of voting rights.
Testify
Hendrix plays his first successful studio session on the two-part Isley Brothers hit "Testify"
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Stars in, "The Agony and the Ecstasy"
The Flight of the Phoenix
Stars in, "The Flight of the Phoenix". Stars in, "Shenandoah"
The Troubled Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance
Publishes, "The Troubled Partnership: A Reappraisal of the Atlantic Alliance"
Toby Award
Wins a Toby Award for directing the stage play "Luv"
Toby Award Tiny Alice Actress
Irene Worth won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for performing in Edward Albee’s Tiny Alice.
Too Much Monkey Business
Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments.
Too Much Monkey Business
Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts.
Too Much Monkey Business
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.
United States Tour Ban
The Kinks face a ban from American Federation of Musicians touring.
Velvet Underground
Works with Lou Reed in the Velvet Underground, adding viola, bass and avant-garde influence.
Velvet Underground
Co-founds the Velvet Underground and becomes its principal singer, guitarist and songwriter.
Volunteer Murdered After March
Viola Liuzzo was murdered after assisting participants in the later Selma to Montgomery march.
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act is passed
Voting Rights Act
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting
Voting Rights Bill Advances
The Johnson administration pressed Congress for new voting rights protections after events in Selma exposed discriminatory barriers.
War on Poverty
Introduces War on Poverty
Whats New, Pussycat?
First movie production of "Whats New, Pussycat?", wrote the initial screenplay
Whitewash
Weisberg published Whitewash, arguing from Warren Commission material that the official investigation had failed to establish its case against Oswald and had concealed important contradictions.
World Champion
Retains title by knocking out Sonny Liston
Wouldnt It Be Nice
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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