WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1965
Find out what all happened May to September 1965

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

The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight. (31. August 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)

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

Nguyen Cao Ky becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyen Van Thieu becomes the figurehead chief of state. (14. June 1965)

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

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore. (11. September 1965)

The infamous first Reyes party between Ken Kesey's Merry Pranksters and motorcycle gang the Hells Angels takes place at Kesey's estate in La Honda, California introducing psychedelics to the gang world and forever linking the hippie movement to the Hell's Angels. (7. August 1965)

Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California. (11. August 1965)

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

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

The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (also known as the Second Kashmir War) between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire. (22. September 1965)

Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually. (8. September 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 Supreme Court of the United States handed down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples. (7. June 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 Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the Moon. (12. May 1965)

Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam. (27. May 1965)

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