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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 11 January 2025. 1965 January February March April May June July August September October November December This article is about the year 1965. For other uses, see 1965 (disambiguation). Calendar year Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s ...
August 15 – The Beatles perform the first stadium concert in the history of rock, playing at Shea Stadium in New York City. August 18 – Vietnam War – Operation Starlite : 5,500 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in Quang Ngai Province , in the first major American ground battle of the war.
October 16 - Anti-war protests draw 100,000 in 80 U.S. cities and around the world; October 18 - The Indonesian government outlaws the Communist Party of Indonesia. [11] October 20 - Ludwig Erhard is re-elected Chancellor of West Germany (he had first been elected in 1963). October 21 - The Organization of African Unity meets in Accra, Ghana.
The topics of the 1965 discussions were "Monetary cooperation in the Western world" and "The state of the Atlantic Alliance". [11] A musical adaptation of the John Reed book Ten Days That Shook the World, presented by Soviet theatrical producer Yuri Lyubimov, was performed for the first time, at the Taganka Theatre in Moscow.
1965 – Higher Education Act of 1965; 1965 – Malcolm X, an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist is assassinated in Harlem, New York; 1965 – The Watts riots in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, lasts six days and is the first of several major urban riots due to racial issues.
The current Dodgers and the 1965 World Series one are the only teams to have the first six games of a playoff series decided by four or more runs. But that's all they have in common.
Red velvet minidress, c. 1965. 1965 United Kingdom local elections; The Council for National Academic Awards begins validation of degree courses outside the university sector. First national Building Regulations for England and Wales are made. Mary Quant introduces the miniskirt from her shop Bazaar on the Kings Road in Chelsea, London. [38]
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