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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.
August 21 – Dutch swimming star Ada Kok breaks the world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course) for the first time, during a meet in Leiden, clocking 2:25.8. September 12 – Ada Kok from the Netherlands betters her own world record in the women's 200m butterfly (long course), during a meet in Groningen, clocking 2:25.3.
It was also the first time an American crewed space mission held the world record for duration, set on August 26, 1965, by breaking the Soviet Union's previous record set by Vostok 5 in 1963. [4] This record might have been one day longer; however, Gemini V was cut short, due to the approach of Hurricane Betsy.
The following events occurred in April 1965: ... East German swimmer who set the world records for the women's 100 meter and 200 ... One important discovery made ...
Olivares would enter the Hall of Fame as one of the hardest punching boxers of all time and would win almost three-quarters of his fights by knockouts, including his first 24 bouts and 50 of his first 53. He would reign as the world bantamweight champion between 1969 and 1972, and the world featherweight champion briefly during 1974, and 1975. [33]
The following events occurred in July 1965: ... Ron Clarke broke the world record for the 10,000 ... the Watts Towers sculpture that is now a historical landmark in ...
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.