Today in History for Year 1965 (Part 7)

Months in Year 1965: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 601 - 654 of 654

Dec 4th - "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 perfs
Dec 4th - 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die
Dec 4th - 2nd NY Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
Dec 4th - Gemini 7 (Borman & Lovell) launched
Dec 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
Dec 6th - 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers (Sotouboua Togo) kills 125
Dec 6th - Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.
Dec 7th - Pope Paul VI & Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously lift mutual excommunications that led to split of 2 churches in 1054
Dec 8th - Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower," premieres in NYC
Dec 8th - Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as president of USSR
Dec 8th - Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council
Dec 9th - "A Charlie Brown Christmas," premieres
Dec 9th - Frank Robinson is traded from Cincinnati to the Orioles
Dec 9th - Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Presidium
Dec 10th - "Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 3 performances
Dec 10th - Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia
Dec 10th - Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
Dec 11th - "Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 16 performances
Dec 11th - "Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 3 performances
Dec 12th - Beatles last Great Britain concert (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff Wales)
Dec 12th - Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155
Dec 12th - Gale Sayers of Chicago Bears scores 6 TDs, ties NFL record
Dec 12th - Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC
Dec 13th - Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow
Dec 14th - "La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances
Dec 15th - 3rd cyclone of year kills 15,000 at the mouths of the Ganges River in Bangladesh
Dec 15th - D Heneker & J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl," premieres in London
Dec 15th - Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
Dec 15th - Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde
Dec 15th - William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball
Dec 16th - Gemini 6 returns to Earth
Dec 16th - Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
Dec 16th - Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, becomes King of Tonga
Actress Judy Garland Dec 17th - Astrodome opens, 1st event is Judy Garland & Supremes concert
Dec 17th - British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia
Dec 17th - David Levy begins his search for comets
Dec 17th - Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine
Dec 17th - Largest newspaper-Sunday NY Times at 946 pages (50 cents)
Dec 18th - "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances
Dec 18th - Borman & Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission
Dec 18th - Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates
Dec 19th - French president De Gaulle re-elected (Mitterrand gets 45%)
Dec 22nd - Belgian government shuts 6 coal mine
Dec 22nd - Director David Lean's "Dr Zhivago," premieres
Dec 22nd - Great-Britain sets maximum speed at 70 MPH
Dec 22nd - Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up
Dec 25th - The Yemeni Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation is founded in Taiz
Dec 26th - "Funny Girl" with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
Dec 26th - Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0 in AFL championship game
Pop Singer & Beatle Paul McCartney Dec 26th - Paul McCartney is interviewed on pirate radio station Radio Caroline
Dec 29th - "Thunderball" premieres in US
Dec 29th - CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year
Dec 29th - Supremes release "My World is Empty Without You"
Dec 30th - Ferdinand Marcos inaugurated as president of the Phillipines

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 601 - 700 of 1,047

Jul 29th - Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author
Jul 30th - Tex Axile, rocker (Transvision Vamp-Velveteen)
Jul 30th - Tim Munton, cricketer (England pace bowler in two Tests 1992)
Jul 31st - Scott Brooks, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks)
Jul 31st - Tom Stankowski, Paris France, Nike golfer
Jul 31st - J.K. Rowling, Gloucestershire England, writer (Harry Potter)
Jul 31st - Julian Richards, British film director
Aug 1st - Sam Mendes, British stage and film director
Aug 2nd - Takayuki Iizuka, wrestler (NJPW)
Aug 4th - Crystal Chappell, Silver Spring Md, actress (Carly-Days of our Lives)
Aug 4th - Trena Trice, WNBA forward/center (NY Liberty)
Aug 4th - Dennis Lehane, American crime writer
Aug 4th - Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish politician
Aug 5th - M V Sridhar, cricketer (score 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra Pradesh 1994)
Aug 5th - Motoi Sakuraba, Japanese composer
Aug 5th - Scott William Winters, American actor
Aug 6th - Brian Kinchen, NFL tight end (Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens)
Aug 6th - David Robinson, Fla, NBA center (San Antonio Spurs, Olympic-gold-92)
Aug 6th - Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer
Harry Potter Novelist J.K. Rowling (Jul 31st) Aug 6th - Juliane Köhler, German actress
Aug 6th - Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)
Aug 6th - Vincent Wells, England cricketer
Aug 7th - Caroline S Keggi, El Paso TX, LPGA golfer (1994 Dinah Shore-19th)
Aug 7th - Elizabeth Manley, Canada, figure skater (Olympics-Silver-88)
Aug 8th - Akitoshi Saito, wrestler (NJPW)
Aug 8th - Angus Fraser, cricketer (England right-arm pace bowler 1989- )
Aug 8th - Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality
Aug 8th - Aaron Abeyta, American musician
Aug 9th - Ezra Polley, Georgetown Kentucky, pitcher (NY Yankees)
Aug 9th - John Smith, Del City Oklahoma, 62kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-2 gold-88, 92)
Aug 9th - Kyle Kyle, Kensington Pa, rock bassist (Bang Tango-Dancin' on Coals)
Aug 10th - Carolyn Schuwalow, Australian distance runner (Olympics-96)
Aug 10th - John Starks, NBA guard (NY Knicks)
Aug 10th - Patricia Spurgin, US scherpschutser (Olympics-gold-1984)
Aug 10th - Claudia Christian, American actress
Aug 10th - Mike E. Smith, American jockey
Aug 11th - Marc Bergevin, Canadian professional ice hockey player
Aug 11th - Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer (Resident Evil)
Aug 11th - Viola Davis, American actress
Aug 11th - Embeth Davidtz, American actress
Aug 12th - Angeliki Kanellopoulou, Greece, tennis star
Aug 12th - Barry Manuel, Mamou LA, pitcher (Montreal Expos)
Aug 12th - Peter Krause, American actor
Aug 13th - Cris Dishman, NFL cornerback (Houston Oilers, Wash Redskins)
Aug 13th - Leo Groenewegen, CFL guard (Edmonton Eskimos)
Aug 13th - Mark Lemke, Utica NY, infielder (Atlanta Braves)
Aug 13th - Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer
Aug 14th - Emmanuelle Seigner, Paris France, actress (The Smile)
Aug 14th - Lynette Falls, Ridgewood NJ, Miss NJ-America-1991
Aug 15th - Jon Evans, Nottimgham England, Australasia golfer
Aug 15th - Rob Thomas, American writer
Aug 16th - Brian McDonough, Long Beach California, points cyclist (Olympics-19th-96)
Aug 16th - Eric van der Luer, soccer player (Roda JC)
Aug 16th - Todd McNair, NFL running back/kick returner (Houston Oilers)
Aug 16th - Xavier Hernandez, Port Arthur TX, pitcher (Houston Astros)
Aug 17th - Dottie Mochrie Pepper, Saratoga Springs NY, golfer (1992 Dinah Shore)
Aug 17th - Fred Grim, soccer player (Cambuur L, Ajax)
Aug 17th - Glen Goldsmith, rocker (What You See is What You Get)
Aug 17th - Robert Manry, Cleve newspaper editor/sailed the Atlantic (in craft)
Aug 17th - Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville Ky, rock drummer (Black Crowes)
Aug 18th - Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer
Aug 18th - Jim Florentine, American comedian
Aug 19th - James Tomkins, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
Aug 19th - Kevin Dillon, NY, actor (Heaven Help Us, Remote Control, Platoon)
Aug 19th - Kyra Sedgwick, actress (Phenomenon, Singles, Julia-Another World)
Aug 19th - Maria de Medeiros, Portuguese actress and director
Aug 20th - Joe Durigon, jockey
Aug 20th - KRS-One, American rapper
Aug 21st - Jim Bullinger, New Orleans LA, pitcher (Chicago Cubs)
Aug 21st - Caryn Mower, American actress, stuntwoman and former professional wrestler
Aug 22nd - Patricia Hy-Boulais, Cambodia, tennis star (1994 Auckland doubles)
Aug 22nd - Tom Gibis, American voice actor
Aug 23rd - Anne Minter, Austratia, tennis star
Aug 23rd - Roger Avary, Canadian-born screenwriter, director, and producer
Aug 24th - Casey Lambert, jockey
Deaf Actress Marlee Matlin (Aug 24th) Aug 24th - Marlee Matlin, Morton Grove Illinois, deaf actress (Children of Lesser God-Acad Award)
Aug 24th - Reggie Miller, Riverside California, NBA guard (Ind Pacers, Oly-gold-96)
Aug 24th - Vince Alcalde, WLAF offensive assistant (Scottish Claymores)
Aug 25th - Cornelius Bennett, NFL linebacker (Atlanta Falcons, Buffalo Bills)
Aug 25th - Kathleen Horvath, Chic Ill, tennis player (French Open Jr 1980)
Aug 25th - Nate Odomes, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
Aug 25th - Sanjeev Sharma, cricketer (Indian pace bowler 1988-89)
Aug 25th - Mia Zapata, American singer (The Gits) (d. 1993)
Aug 26th - Chris Burke, actor with down syndrome (Corky-Life Goes On)
Aug 26th - Jon Hensley, Doylestown PA, actor (Holden Snyder-As the World Turns)
Aug 26th - Bobby Duncum, Jr., wrestler (d. 2000)
Aug 27th - Michael Perry, NFL defensive tackle (Denver Broncos)
Aug 27th - Patricia Hy-Boulais, Phnom Penh Kampuchea, Canada tennis (Oly-92, 96)
Aug 27th - Wayne James, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test wicketkeeper v Pakistan 1993)
Aug 28th - James Jagger, son of Mick Jagger & Jerry Hall
Singer Shania Twain (Aug 28th) Aug 28th - Shania Twain, Windsor Ontario, Canadian singer (You're Still the One)
Aug 29th - Alphons Arts, Dutch soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
Aug 29th - Will Perdue, NBA center (San Antonio Spurs)
Aug 29th - Dina Spybey, American actress
Aug 31st - Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler (NZ)
Aug 31st - Daniel Bernhardt, Swiss actor
Aug 31st - Céline Bonnier, French Canadian actress
Sep 1st - Aldo Swager, soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
Sep 1st - Hardy Nickerson, NFL linebacker (Tampa Bay Bucs)
Sep 2nd - Doug Linton, Santa Ana CA, pitcher (KC Royals)