Today in History for October 1965

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 53 of 53

1st - Failed coup under lt col Untung in Indonesia
1st - France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
2nd - Dodgers beat Braves to clinch NL pennant
2nd - Mel Stottlemyre wins game #20
2nd - Phillies' Chris Short strikes-out 18 NY Mets
2nd - Pope Paul VI named MR Perey bishop's helper of New Orleans
3rd - Cubs tie major league record of 3 triple plays in a season
3rd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
3rd - Whitey Ford notches #232 to become Yankees winningest pitcher
4th - "Pickwick" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 56 performances
4th - Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
4th - USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon
5th - Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
5th - Dick McInnes stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite
6th - Supremes release "I Hear a Symphony"
6th - William Goodhart's "Generation," premieres in NYC
7th - 50 mph gust carries 165 lb Robert Mitera's tee shot 447
7th - Charles Linster does 6,006 consecutive push-ups
7th - Robert Mitera aces 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebr to score world's longest straight hole-in-one
8th - Djakarta Moslems set fire to PKI-headquarter
8th - London's Post Office Tower opens, tallest building in England
8th - Once-Hertogenbosch soccer team FC de Bosch forms
8th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
9th - 16th Ryder Cup: US wins 19½-12½ at Royal Birkdale, England
9th - Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
10th - "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances
10th - Supreme appear on Ed Sullivan Show
10th - "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the 1st known map of America, drawn about 1440 by Norse explorer Lief Eriksson
14th - Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km
14th - Sandy Koufax hurls his 2nd shutout of World Series beating Twins 2-0
15th - Dodgers & Sandy Koufax win 7th game of 62nd World Series vs Twins
15th - WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting
16th - "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 8 perfs
17th - "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever" opens in NYC for 280 perfs
17th - WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
20th - 19th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-2 at Montreal
20th - Beatles receive a gold record for "Yesterday"
20th - Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia
21st - KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
21st - Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Robert B Woodward
21st - Vivian Beaumont Theater (NYC) opens
21st - Comet Ikeya-Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the sun.
24th - Benjamin Britten's "Voices for Today," premieres
24th - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Golf Tournament
25th - Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
26th - Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace
26th - Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang
27th - WCFT TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
28th - Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri
28th - Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion
29th - US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians
30th - Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Las Cruces Golf Open
30th - Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 108

1st - Cliff Ronning, Vancouver, NHL center (Vancouver Canucks)
1st - Cindy Margolis Model
1st - Ted King, American Actor
1st - Chris Reason, Australian journalist
2nd - Darren Cahill, Australia, tennis star
2nd - Francesca Dellera, [Cervellera], Rome Italy, actress (Capriccio)
2nd - Jill Powell, Jacksonville Fla, actress (Marcy-As The World Turns)
2nd - Robert Goff, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
2nd - Roger Dube, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
2nd - Tom Moody, cricket batsman (Australian 1989-92 Ton in 26 mins)
4th - "Stuttering John" Melendez, interviewer (Howard Stern Show)
4th - Skip Heller, American musician
5th - John Keller Jr, Toledo Ohio, team handball back court (Olympics-1996)
5th - Mario Lemieux, Montreal, NHL high scoring center (Pitts Penguin, #66)
5th - Patrick Roy, Quebec, NHL goalie (Mont Canadiens, Colorado Avalanche)
5th - Paul Moloney, Melbourne VIC, Australasia golfer
5th - Penny Baker, Buffalo NY, playmate (January, 1984)
5th - Richey Reneberg, Phoenix AZ, tennis star (1995 Australian doubles)
5th - Theo Bos, Dutch soccer player: Vitesse
5th - Trace Armstrong, NFL defensive end (Miami Dolphins)
6th - Cynthia Meyer, NY, Canadian trap shooter (Olympics-96)
6th - David Spaulding, Newport Beach California, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
6th - Jim Sharp, US rodeo rider (Las Vegas 1988)
6th - Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder (NY Yankees)
7th - Juul Ellerman, soccer player (PSV, FC Twente)
8th - Martin Mayhew, NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs)
8th - Matt Biondi, US 100m swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-84, 88, 92)
8th - Ross Flemer, Newport Beach California, rower (Olympics-1996)
8th - Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor
8th - C-Jay Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
10th - Brett Perriman, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins)
10th - Clive Jones, British engineer
10th - Chris Penn, American actor (d. 2006)
10th - Rebecca Pidgeon, American actress
10th - Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan)
10th - Steve Scalise, American politician
11th - Chris Spielman, NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills)
11th - Sean Patrick Flanery, actor (Young Indiana Jones, Powder)
11th - Alexander Hacke, German musician (Einstürzende Neubauten)
12th - Chris Chandler, NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Atlanta Falcons)
12th - J Daigneault, Montreal, NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins)
12th - Larry Silveira, Walnut Creek CA, Nike golfer (NIKE Knoxville Open-2nd)
12th - Todd Krygier, Chicago Heights, NHL left wing (Anaheim, Washington)
12th - Scott O'Grady, American military officer
13th - Cherelle, rocker (Affair-First Bite)
13th - Linda Brenneman, Wheat Ridge Colo, cyclist (Olympics-11th-96)
13th - Rob Schneider, actor (Saturday Night Live, Men Behaving Badly)
13th - Johan Museeuw, Belgian cyclist
14th - Karyn White, singer
14th - Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower
14th - Constantine Koukias, Australian composer
15th - Daniel Held, Milwaukee Wisc, 10k runner
16th - German Titov, Moscow Russia, NHL center (Calgary Flames, Oly-Silver-1998)
16th - Lisa Bonder, Columbus Ohio, tennis star
17th - Connie Ann Hearn, Anchorage Alaska, actress (New Kind of Family)
17th - Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket (Sri Lanka's greatest batsman)
18th - Fayette Purser, Sydney Australia, golfer (NSW State Rep 1987-88)
18th - Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist
19th - Brad Daugherty, NBA center (Cleveland Cavaliers)
19th - Lucio Topatigh, hockey forward (Team Italy 1998)
19th - Maria Lee Ostapiej, La Mess California, Miss Calif-America (1991)
19th - Ty Pennington, American television carpenter
20th - Amos Mansdorf, lsrael, tennis star
20th - Chad Hennings, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
20th - M Shtalenkov, Moscow Russia, NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
20th - Mikhail Shtalenkov, Moscow Russia, NHL goalie (Team Russia, Anaheim)
20th - Norman Blake, Scottish musician
20th - William Zabka, American actor
21st - Alison Munt, Cairns Australia, LPGA golfer (1992 Jamie Farr-21st)
21st - Chima McLean, Vancouver BC, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 Conestoga)
21st - Chris Duplanty, Palo Alto California, water polo goalkeeper (Olympics-96)
21st - Ion Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish footballer
22nd - Marvin Washington, NFL defensive end (NY Jets, SF 49ers)
22nd - Otis Smith, NFL cornerback (NY Jets)
22nd - John Wesley Harding, American musician
23rd - Al Leiter, Toms River NJ, pitcher (Florida Marlins, NY Mets)
23rd - Augusten Burroughs, American writer
24th - Donald Frank, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
24th - Vernice Smith, NFL guard (Washington Redskins, St Louis Rams)
24th - Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician
25th - Derrick Rostagno, LA California, tennis star
25th - Leigh Ann Mills, Melbourne FL, LPGA golfer (1985 Mazda Champions)
25th - Nick Thorpe, rocker (Curiosity Killed the Cat-Keep Your Distance)
25th - Steve Decker, Rock Island IL, catcher (SF Giants)
25th - Warren Ayres, cricketer (Victorian right-handed batsman since 1987-88)
25th - Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor
25th - 2 Cold Scorpio, American professional wrestler
26th - Gil Heredia, Nogales AZ, pitcher (Texas Rangers)
26th - Ken Rutherford, cricketer (NZ Test batsman & latterly capt)
26th - Kim Cooper, Australian softball 3rd baseman/shortstop (Olym-bronze-96)
26th - Mark McLoughlin, CFL kicker (Calgary Stampeders)
26th - Wayne Martin, NFL defensive tackle (NO Saints)
26th - Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer
26th - Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer.
27th - Krista Blomquist, New Haven Conn, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1995)
28th - Eric Floyd, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
28th - Jami Gertz, Chicago, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies)
28th - Mark Carrier, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
28th - Luigi Miraglia, Italian Latinist
29th - Andy Beal, Germany, Canadian Tour golfer (1989 West of England Pro)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

16th - Singer Leslie Uggams marries Grahame Pratt in NYC

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 24 of 24

1st - Edward E "Doc" Smith, US, sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies
1st - Gareth Hughes, actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71
2nd - [John] Selwyn (Brooke) Lloyd, British statesman, dies
3rd - Zachary Scott, US actor, (Southerner, Flame of Islands), dies at 51
5th - Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer, dies at 79
6th - Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish sculptor/painter, dies at 78
10th - Georgy Mikhaylovich Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, dies at 63
11th - Dorothea Lange, American photographer (b. 1895)
11th - Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1884)
13th - Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948), dies at 66
15th - Carl Hoff, orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
17th - Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies
18th - Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
18th - Henry Travers, actor (Bells of St Mary, High Sierra), dies at 91
21st - Bill Black, rocker, dies at 39
21st - Marie McDonald, singer/actress (Promises Promises), dies of OD at 42
22nd - Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian leader (PKI 1951-65), murdered at 42
22nd - Paul Tillich, German/US Theologist (Courage To Be), dies
26th - Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
27th - French Luitjes, Dutch athlete, dies at 21
28th - Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped & murdered in Paris
28th - Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (b. 1913)
29th - Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris
31st - Rita Johnson, actress (All Mine to Give), dies at 53