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1965 Calendar

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•  February 2, 1965 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
•  March 21, 1965 – Martin Luther King, Jr. leads 3,200 people on the start of the third and finally successful civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
•  March 31, 1965 – An Iberia Airlines Convair 440 crashes into the sea on approach to Tangier, killing 47 of 51 occupants.
•  April 6, 1965 – The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.
•  April 21, 1965 – The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair opens for its second and final season.
•  June 7, 1965 – The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, effectively legalizing the use of contraception by married couples.
•  September 7, 1965 – Vietnam War: In a follow-up to August’s Operation Starlight, United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula.
•  September 8, 1965 – Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
•  September 9, 1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
•  September 22, 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.

•  February 24, 1965 – Lloyd McGrath, former English footballer
•  March 8, 1965 – Kenny Smith, American basketball player
•  March 10, 1965 – Rod Woodson, American football player
•  April 12, 1965 – Kim Bodnia, Danish actor
•  April 25, 1965 – Mark Bryant, American basketball player
•  April 28, 1965 – Jennifer Rardin, American author, Jaz Parks series (d. 2010)
•  May 15, 1965 – Raí, Brazilian footballer
•  July 23, 1965 – Rob Dickinson, English guitarist, singer and songwriter (Catherine Wheel)
•  August 18, 1965 – Koji Kikkawa, Japanese singer
•  November 21, 1965 – Björk, Icelandic musician