Famous Births
- Jan. 12: Rob Zombie - White Zombie
- Jan. 18: Dave Attell - Comedian
- Jan. 29: Dominik Hasek - Buffalo Sabres Alumni
- Feb. 18: Dr. Dre - Rapper
- Feb. 23: Michael Dell - Dell Computers
- Mar. 25: Sarah Jessica Parker - Sex and the City
- Apr. 04: David Cross - Arrested Development
- Apr. 04: Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
- Apr. 16: Martin Lawrence - Bad Boys
- Apr. 26: Kevin James - The King of Queens
- May 10: Linda Evangelista - Model
- May 18: Trent Reznor - Nine Inch Nails
- Nov. 30: Ben Stiller - Zoolander
- Dec. 14: Craig Biggio - Houston Astros
- Dec. 21: Andy Dick - Newsradio
Famous Deaths
- Jan. 04: T.S. Eliot - Author
- Jan. 24: Winston Churchill - British PM
- Apr. 27: Edward R. Murrow - Journalist
- May 25: Sonny Boy Williamson - Musician
- Jul. 14: Adlai Stevenson - Fmr Governor of Illinois
Chart Toppers
- Jan. 02: The Beatles - I Feel Fine
- Jan. 16: The Supremes - Come See About Me
- Jan. 23: Petula Clark - Downtown
- Feb. 06: The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin
- Feb. 20: Gary Lewis and the Playboys - This Diamond Ring
- Mar. 06: The Temptations - My Girl
- Mar. 13: The Beatles - Eight Days a Week
- Mar. 27: The Supremes - Stop! In the Name of Love
- Apr. 10: Freddie and the Dreamers - I'm Telling...
- Apr. 24: Wayne Fontana - Game of Love
- May. 01: Herman's Hermits - Mrs. Brown, You've Got...
- May 29: The Beach Boys - Help Me, Rhonda
- Jun. 12: The Supremes - Back in My Arms Again
- Jun. 19: The Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself
- Jun. 26: The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man
- Jul. 10: The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction
- Aug. 14: Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe
- Sep. 04: The Beatles - Help!
- Sep. 25: Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction
- Oct. 02: The McCoys - Hang on Sloopy
- Oct. 09: The Beatles - Yesterday
- Nov. 06: The Rolling Stones - Get Off of My Cloud
- Nov. 20: The Supremes - I Hear a Symphony
- Dec. 04: The Byrds - Turn! Turn! Turn!
- Dec. 25: The Dave Clark Five - Over and Over Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
Top Grossing Films
38th Academy Awards
- Presented on: April 18, 1966
- Best Picture: The Sound of Music
- Lead Actor: Lee Marvin in Cat Ballou
- Lead Actress: Julie Christie in Darling
- Best Director: Robert Wise for The Sound of Music
- Best Documentary: The Eleanor Roosevelt Story Rope of Silicon: Oscar Award Winners list
Championship Teams
Top Athletes
Nobel Laureates
1965 Timeline
February 15 1965
February 15: The new Canadian flag featuring a maple leaf is unveiled in Ottawa.
March 7 1965
March 7: 600 Civil Rights marchers in Selma, Alabama were broken up by police, over 50 marchers were sent to the hospital, the day is known as "Bloody Sundy."
March 15 1965
March 15: Lyndon Johnson appeared before a joint session of congress and demanded legislation guaranteeing every American the equal right to vote.
March 21 1965
March 21: Martin Luther King Jr. leads more than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators on a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
March 1965
- March 18: The first spacewalk took place as Soviet Union cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov.
- March 23: Astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young take off from Florida in the first two manned space flight.
- March 25: Martin Luther King Jr. and 25,000 protesters marched to the capitol in Montgomery Alabama protest the denial of voting rights to blacks.
May 1965
- May 7: Voters in Rhodesia support Ian Smith and his plans for Independence from the United Kingdom.
July 1965
August 1965
- August 30: Bob Dylan releases Highway 61 Revisited
September 1965
- September 9: Hurricane Betsy makes landfall in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Hurricane resulted in over 70 deaths and over a billion dollars in damages.
October 1965
- October 28: The Gateway Arch is completed in St. Louis, Missouri. The Arch was built to commemorate Thomas Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase.
December 1965
- December 3: The Beatles released Rubber Soul