Today in History for December 1965
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Months in 1965: January February March April May June July August September October November
Historical Events
Results 1 - 59 of 59
1st - Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began
1st - South Africa govt says children of white fathers are white
3rd - Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
3rd - USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon
4th - "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 perfs
4th - 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
4th - 2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
4th - Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched
4th - SF Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000
6th - 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125
6th - Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.
7th - Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054
8th - Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC
8th - Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as president of USSR
8th - Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council
9th - "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres
9th - Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles
9th - Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium
10th - "Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 3 performances
10th - Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia
10th - Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
11th - "Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 16 performances
11th - "Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 3 performances
12th - Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
12th - Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155
12th - Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
12th - Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC
13th - Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow
14th - "La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances
15th - 3rd cyclone of year kills another 15,000 at mouths of Ganges River
15th - Bangladesh windstorm kills 10,000
15th - D Heneker & J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl," premieres in London
15th - Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
15th - Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde
15th - William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball
16th - Gemini 6 returns to Earth
16th - Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
16th - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga
17th - Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland & Supremes concert
17th - British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia
17th - David Levy begins his search for comets
17th - Dutch govt shuts Limburgs coal mine
17th - Largest newspaper-Sunday NY Times at 946 pages (50 cents)
18th - "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances
18th - Borman & Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission
18th - Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates
19th - French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)
22nd - Belgian govt shuts 6 coal mine
22nd - Director David Lean's "Dr Zhivago," premieres
22nd - Great-Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH
22nd - Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up
25th - The Yemeni Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation is founded in Taiz
26th - "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
26th - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game
26th - Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
29th - "Thunderball" premieres in US
29th - CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year
29th - Supremes release "My World is Empty Without You"
30th - Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as president of the Phillipines
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 88 of 88
2nd - Karrie Mitchell, Arvada Colorado, Miss Colorado-America (1991-top 10)
3rd - Katarina Witt, Staaken GDR, figure skater (Olympic-Gold-1984, 88)
3rd - Tammy Jacques, Auburn Maine, cyclist (Olympics-96)
3rd - Steve Harris, American actor
3rd - Andrew Stanton, American animator
4th - Rob Smits, pop drummer (Kong/Phlegm)
4th - Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish film director
5th - Johnny Rzeznik, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (Goo Goo Dolls)
5th - Wayne Smith, Jamaican reggae musician
6th - Teri Hatcher, Sunnyvale Calif, actress (Lois & Clark)
6th - Gordon Durie, Scottish footballer
7th - Peter Draisaitl, Karvina CZE, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
7th - Colin Hendry, Scottish footballer
8th - Greg Truitt, NFL safety/linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
8th - Teresa Weatherspoon, WNBA guard (NY Liberty)
8th - Troy Sadowski, NFL tight end (Cin Bengals)
8th - Carina Lau, Hong Kong actress
9th - Brad Savage, Livdnia Mich, actor (Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice)
9th - Karla Nelson, Pine City Minn, Ms America (1993)
9th - Joe Ausanio, American baseball player
9th - Vecepia Towery, American Survivor contestant
10th - Jennifer Wyatt, Vancouver Canada, golfer (1992 Crestar-Farm Fresh)
10th - J Mascis, American musician
10th - Stephanie Morgenstern, Canadian actress
11th - Jay Bell, Eglin AFB FL, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
11th - Laurie Carr, Dallas Tx, playmate (Dec, 1986)
12th - Laurie Grover-Tavares, Newark NJ, biathelete (Olympics-1994)
13th - Stacy Sunny, San Bernadino Ca, female infielder (Colo Silver Bullets)
13th - Marko Mäetamm, Estonian artist
14th - Christine Burton, Adelaide Aust, golfer (1990 T25 Victorian Open)
14th - Craig Biggio, Smithtown NY, infielder (Houston Astros)
14th - Ken Hill, Lynn MA, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
14th - Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford Ct, super heavyweight boxer (Olympics-96)
14th - Ken Hill, American baseball player
15th - Kimberly Donley, Aurora IL, playmate (Mar, 1993)
15th - Walter Reeves, NFL tight end (Cleve Browns)
16th - Brent Franklin, Barrie Ont, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Japan Open-2nd)
16th - Chris Jones, Utica NY, outfielder (NY Mets)
16th - Cynthia Lynne White, Okla City Okla, Miss Okla-America (1991-top 10)
16th - Moe Elewonibi, NFL/CFL tackle (Phila Eagles, BC Lions)
16th - Page Dunlap, Harrisonburg VA, LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Women's-8th)
16th - Romallis Ellis, Wash DC, lightweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1988)
16th - Melanie Sloan, American attorney
17th - Craig Berube, Calahoo, NHL left wing (Washington Capitals)
17th - Jeff Grayer, NBA guard (Charlotte Hornets, Olympics-bronze-1988)
17th - Scott Edward Gump, Rockledge FL, PGA golfer (1991 International-2nd)
18th - Angeliki Kaneltopoutous, Greece, tennis star
18th - Brad Pitt, actor (Cutting Class)
18th - Brian Walton, Ottawa Ontario, points race cyclist (Olympics-silver-96)
18th - Fawna Maclaren, Santa Monica Ca, playmate (Jan, 1989)
18th - Willie Blair, Paintsville KY, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
18th - Mick Collins, American musician (The Gories, The Dirtbombs)
18th - Tommy Davidson, American actor
19th - Chuckii Booker, rocker
19th - Jessica Steen, Toronto, actress (Earth II, Homefront, Trial & Error)
19th - Chito Martínez, Belizean baseball player
20th - Robert Cavanah, Scottish actor
21st - Andy Dick, Charleston SC, actor (Matthew-Newsradio)
21st - Gabrielle Glaser, musician (Luscious Jackson)
21st - Rodney Thomas, WLAF cornerback (Barcelona Dragons)
21st - Sue Thomas, Texarkana TX, LPGA golfer (1991 Orix Hawaiian Ladies-14th)
21st - Anke Engelke, German comedian
23rd - Eddie Vedder, heavy metal singer (Pearl Jam-Justine)
23rd - Slash, rocker (Guns N' Roses)
24th - Erika von Heiland, Angeles City Phil, US badminton player (Oly-92,96)
24th - Michael Haynes, NFL wide receiver (NO Saints, Atlanta Falcons)
24th - Nancy Reno, Elmhurst Ill, WPVA volleyballer (Olympics-96)
24th - Winston Moss, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks)
24th - Millard Powers, American musician and songwriter
25th - Dmitri Mironov, Moscow Rus, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins, Anaheim)
25th - Kathleen Luciano, Munich Ger, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1993)
26th - Ben Husaby, Eden Prairie Minn, cross country skier (Olympics-1994)
27th - Gamini Wickremasinghe, cricketer (Sri Lanka wicket-keeper)
27th - Salman Khan, Indian actor
27th - Chris Mainwaring, Australian rules footballer (d. 2007)
28th - Colleen Dion, actress (Brett Gardner-Another World)
28th - Martine Robine, newspaper writer/Miss Junior Miss-France (1984)
28th - Mary Waddell Gainey, Hartsville SC, Miss SC-America (1991-2nd)
29th - David Delfino, hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
29th - Dexter Holland, American musician (The Offspring)
30th - Brad McNamara, cricketer (NSW all-rounder)
30th - David Baker, Sheffield England, UK cyclist
30th - Tony Jones, WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals, Frankfurt Galaxy)
30th - Heidi Fleiss, American madam
31st - Michelle Dobek, Holyoke MA, golfer (1995 GHP Heartland Classic-45th)
31st - Julie Doucet, Canadian underground cartoonist
31st - Gong Li, Chinese actress
31st - Nicholas Sparks, American author
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 17 of 17
2nd - The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies
5th - Joseph Erlanger, American physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1874)
6th - Alberto Vaccari, Italian jesuit/old testament scholar, dies at 90
9th - Branch Rickey, American baseball executive (b. 1884)
10th - Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68
12th - Johnny Lee, actor (Calhoun-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 67
14th - Hermann Sandby, composer, dies at 84
16th - William Somerset Maugham, English author (Razor's Edge), dies at 91
17th - Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76
20th - Egon Freiherr von Eickstedt, German anthropologist, dies at 73
21st - Claude Adonai Champagne, composer, dies at 74
22nd - Al Ritz, actor (Gorilla, Hi Ya Chum), dies at 62
22nd - Richard Dimbleby, English journalist and broadcaster (b. 1913)
24th - William M. Branham, Christian minister (b. 1906)
26th - Anthonie Donker, Dutch [Prof N Donkersloot], literary, dies at 63
27th - Edgar Ende, German painter (b. 1901)
29th - Kusaku Yamada, composer, dies at 79
