WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1965
Find out what all happened January to December 1965

The Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opens. (16. July 1965)

US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. (6. August 1965)

The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced. (30. September 1965)

Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit. (6. April 1965)

The Mariner 4 flyby of Mars takes the first close-up photos of another planet. (14. July 1965)

The civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quat, resigns after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyen Cao Ky. (9. June 1965)

Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000. (28. July 1965)

A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers. (9. August 1965)

Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (United States) (Airmobile), in conjunction with South Vietnamese forces, launches a new operation seeking to destroy North Vietnamese forces in Pleiku in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands). (23. October 1965)

Construction on the St. Louis Arch is completed. (28. October 1965)

Ranger program: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes. (21. March 1965)

Vietnam War: The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam. (18. June 1965)

Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations. (21. September 1965)

United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate U.S. Army troops. (28. April 1965)

The Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom. (8. November 1965)

The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2. (29. November 1965)

Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines. (30. December 1965)

The Hamilton River in Labrador, Canada is renamed the Churchill River in honour of Winston Churchill. (1. February 1965)

A new red-and-white maple leaf design is adopted as the flag of Canada, replacing the old Canadian Red Ensign banner. (15. February 1965)

Cuba and the United States formally agree to begin an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States. By 1971, 250,000 Cubans had made use of this program. (6. November 1965)