WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1965
Find out what all happened April to August 1965

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

Vietnam War: the first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. (29. July 1965)

Teenage sniper Michael Andrew Clark kills three and wounds six others shooting from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Santa Maria, California. (25. April 1965)

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

The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York, New York, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock. (15. August 1965)

The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project. (6. April 1965)

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

The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled. (4. April 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)

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)

Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played. (9. April 1965)

Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series. (29. April 1965)

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

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

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

Duane Earl Pope robs the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution-style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime later puts Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list. (4. June 1965)

The Constitution of Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand. (4. 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 first Ford Mustang rolls off the show room floor, two days before it is set to go on sale nationwide. (15. April 1965)