1965 Calendar
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1965 Historical Event(s)
January 28, 1965
– The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament.
February 2, 1965
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
February 20, 1965
– Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts.
March 6, 1965
– Premier Tom Playford of South Australia loses power after 27 years in office.
April 9, 1965
– Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
April 11, 1965
– The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
August 29, 1965
– The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic ocean.
September 7, 1965
– China announces that it will reinforce its troops on the Indian border.
November 29, 1965
– The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
December 9, 1965
– The Kecksburg UFO incident: a fireball is seen from Michigan to Pennsylvania; witnesses report something crashing in the woods near Pittsburgh. In 2005 NASA admits that it examined the object.
Who Were Born On 1965?
January 4, 1965
– Guy Forget, French tennis player
January 25, 1965
– Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
February 19, 1965
– Jon Fishman, American musician (Phish)
March 31, 1965
– Tom Barrasso, American ice hockey player
July 4, 1965
– Horace Grant, American basketball player
August 4, 1965
– Dennis Lehane, American crime writer
August 27, 1965
– Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer
November 8, 1965
– Craig Chester, American actor and screenwriter
November 10, 1965
– Sean Hughes, Irish comedian
December 24, 1965
– Millard Powers, American musician (Counting Crows)