WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1965
Find out what all happened February to September 1965

An Iberia Airlines Convair 440 crashes into the sea on approach to Tangier, killing 47 of 51 occupants. (31. March 1965)

The first issue of The Vigilant is published from Khartoum. (23. March 1965)

The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon. (12. May 1965)

Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria. (18. May 1965)

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid. (30. July 1965)

A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting. (26. April 1965)

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals. (5. August 1965)

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

Bob Dylan goes electric as he plugs in at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music. (25. July 1965)

The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic ocean. (29. August 1965)

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established. (9. September 1965)

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

The 30 September Movement attempts a coup against the Indonesian government, which is crushed by the military under Suharto and leads to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed. (30. September 1965)

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

The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk. (3. June 1965)

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

PIA Flight 705, a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720-040B, crashes while descending to land at Cairo International Airport, killing 121 of the 127 passengers and crew. (20. May 1965)

Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others. (30. March 1965)

Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office. (6. March 1965)

Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa Prefecture. (19. August 1965)