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1965 Calendar

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•  January 4, 1965 – United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address.
•  February 2, 1965 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Snake in Chinese astrology.
•  March 5, 1965 – March Intifada: A Leftist uprising erupts in Bahrain against British colonial presence.
•  March 19, 1965 – The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by then teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
•  March 31, 1965 – An Iberia Airlines Convair 440 crashes into the sea on approach to Tangier, killing 47 of 51 occupants.
•  May 18, 1965 – Israeli spy Eli Cohen was hanged in Damascus, Syria.
•  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.
•  June 14, 1965 – Nguyen Cao Ky became Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyen Van Thieu became the figurehead chief of state.
•  August 31, 1965 – The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft makes its first flight.
•  December 22, 1965 – In the United Kingdom, a 70 mph speed limit is applied to all rural roads including motorways for the first time. Previously, there had been no speed limit.

•  January 16, 1965 – Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
•  January 20, 1965 – Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
•  March 19, 1965 – Kevin F. Harris, American composer and graphic artist
•  April 1, 1965 – Mark Jackson, American basketball player
•  April 10, 1965 – Tim Alexander, American musician
•  May 15, 1965 – Raí, Brazilian footballer
•  May 24, 1965 – Jens Becker, German bassist (Grave Digger)
•  July 21, 1965 – Guðni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer
•  September 5, 1965 – David Brabham, Australian racing driver
•  December 13, 1965 – Jackie Clune, British entertainer and actress