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1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar).
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January
January 1 - United states coinage no longer uses silver in the coins; instead, they use a cupronickel clad, except for the Kennedy half dollar.
January 19 - The unmanned Gemini 2 is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems.
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February
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March
March 10 - Goldie, a London Zoo golden eagle, is recaptured after 13 days of freedom.
March 17 - 1600 demonstrate at Montgomery Courthouse.
March 17 - In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It will be passed by the Senate May 26, the House July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson Aug. 6.
March 18 - Federal judge rules SCLC has lawful right to march to Montgomery to petition for 'redress of grievances'.
March 21 - 3,200 Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. begin the third march from Selma, Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery.
March 25 - Twenty-five thousand civil rights activists, led by Martin Luther King, Jr., successfully end the 4-day march from Selma, Alabama, arriving at the capitol in Montgomery. Four Klansmen shoot and kill Detroit homemaker Viola Liuzzo as she drives marchers back to Selma at night after the march.
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April
April 17 - 25,000 protesters take part in first SDS march against Vietnam War in Washington DC.
April 24 - In the Dominican Republic, officers and civilians loyal to deposed President Juan Bosch lead a mutiny against the right-wing junta running the country, setting up a provisional government. Forces loyal to the deposed military-imposed government stage a countercoup the next day, and civil war breaks out, although the new government retains its hold on power.
April 28 - U.S. troops are sent to the Dominican Republic by President Lyndon B. Johnson, "for the stated purpose of protecting US citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country", thus thwarting the possibility of "another Cuba".
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May
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June
June 16 - A planned anti-war protest at the Pentagon becomes a teach-in, with demonstrators distributing 50,000 leaflets in and around the building.
June 20 - Police in Algiers break up demonstrations by people who have taken to the streets chanting slogans in support of deposed President Ben Bella.
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July
July 14 - U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet.
July 23 - Saul "Slash" Hudson is born in Hampstead, England.
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August
August 9 - Singapore is expelled from the Federation of Malaysia, which recognizes it as a sovereign nation. Lee Kuan Yew announces Singapore's independence and assumes the position of Prime Minister of the new island nation.
August 31 - President Johnson signs a law penalising the burning of draft cards with up to 5 years in prison and a $1,000 fine.
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September
September 7 - China announces that it will reinforce its troops in the Indian border.
September 16 - China protests against Indian provocations in its border region.
September 22 - Radio Peking announces that Indian troops have dismantled their equipment on the Chinese side of the border.
September 24 - The British governor of Aden cancels the Aden constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate, because of the bad security situation.
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October
October 1 - The Indonesian army takes effective control, leading many to suspect that the Communists were in fact merely a scapegoat.
October 6 - Ian Brady, a 27-year-old stock clerk from Hyde in Cheshire, is arrested after allegedly hacking 17-year-old apprentice electrician Edward Evans to death at a house on the Hattersley housing estate.
October 8 - The Indonesian army arrests and executes communists.
October 16 - 100,000 take part in anti-war protests in 80 US cities and around the world.
October 17 - The NY World's Fair at Flushing Meadows, NY, closes. Due to financial losses, some of the projected improvements on the park on the site fail to materialize.
October 18 - The Indonesian government declares the Communist Party illegal.
October 25 - The Soviet Union declares its support of African countries in case Rhodesia unilaterally declares independence.
October 30 - In Washington, a march in support of the Vietnam War draws 25,000.
October 31 - The Indonesian army announces that it is fighting with communist guerillas in Java.
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November
November 5 - Martial law is announced in Rhodesia. The UN General Assembly accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary with a vote of 82-9.
November 6 - Freedom Flights begin: Cuba and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States (by 1971 250,000 Cubans take advantage of this program).
November 12 - A UN Security Council resolution (voted 10-0) recommends that other countries not recognize independent Rhodesia.
November 20 - The UN Security Council recommends that all states stop trading with Rhodesia.
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December
December 3 - The first British aid flight arrives in Lusaka - Zambia had asked for British help against Rhodesia.
December 22 - A 70 mph speed limit is imposed on British roads.
December 28 - Italian Foreign Minister Mintore Fanfani resigns.
December 30 - President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia announces that Zambia and the United Kingdom have agreed to a deadline before which the Rhodesian white government should be ousted.
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