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January   February   March   April   May   June   July   August   September   October   November   December     General 1965 Miss World 1965 Lesley Langley ( Miss United Kingdom ) Miss Universe 1965 Apasra Hongsakula (Thailand) 1965 Eurovision Song Contest Winner: Luxembourg France Gall 'Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son' 1965 Academy Awards - The 'Oscars' Best Actor: Lee Marvin ( Cat Ballou ) Best Actress: Julie Christie ( Darling ) Best Film: The Sound Of Music                   1965 - General The Average Wage: £19.11s.9d Sony introduce the first home-use video recorder Two American Gemini spacecraft rendezvous in orbit Comedian Tony Hancock marries Freddie Ross The government cancels the multi-million pound TSR2 project BMC merges with the Pressed Steel Company The first successful dental implants are made DuPont Laboratories discover Kevlar Club 18 - 30 launched at Spanish resort Lloret del Mar Unemployment quoted at 326,000 Liverpool win the F.A.Cup for the first time Freddie Trueman retires from Test cricket The Queen withdraws Kim Philby's O.B.E. Police 'panda' cars are introduced Computer BASIC language is developed The computer 'mouse' is conceived Soft contact lenses are worn for the first time Zap! Splat! Pow! Batman makes his television debut on American ABC U.S. Marines are sent into Vietnam at Da Nang and Napalm is used for the first time Large numbers of U.F.O. sightings are reported across the U.S.A. Bob Dylan uses an electric guitar for the first time at the Newport Folk Festival Radio Scotland, Scotland's only pirate radio station begins broadcasting Jim Clark wins the Indianapolis 500 and the World Championship Fuzzy logic is invented by Lofti Zadeh at the University of California 'EarlyBird', the world's first communications satellite, is launched by the U.S.A. January 1965 1st Stanley Matthews becomes the first footballer to receive a knighthood 2nd Television sees the start of the 'World of Sport' programme 4th T.S.Eliot dies aged 76 8th Elvis Presley celebrates his 30th birthday 8th Adam Faith cancels his South African tour when the government bans multi-racial audiences 14th Actress Jeannette MacDonald dies 20th Alan Freed, the man who gave the world rock'n'roll, dies aged 43 21st The Iranian premier Hassan Ali Mansoor is assassinated 24th Winston Churchill dies aged 91 26th Freddie Garrity has a narrow escape when he is thrown through the windscreen in a car crash 30th The state funeral of Winston Churchill takes place at St.Paul's cathedral February 1965 The one millionth Mini is produced 3rd Spanish forces begin a blockade of Gibraltar 11th Beatle Ringo Starr marries Maureen Cox 15th Singer Nat 'King' Cole dies of complications after surgery for lung cancer 17th King Farouk of Egypt dies aged 45 21st The political activist Michael X is assassinated following his split from the Black Muslims 22nd Strike aircraft TSR2 goes supersonic for the first time 23rd Comedian Stan Laurel dies aged 75, eight years after his partner Oliver Hardy 24th Shooting starts on the Beatles film 'Help' March 1965 At 26, David Steele becomes Britain's youngest Member of Parliament Goldie the eagle escapes from London Zoo, flying wild in Regent's Park for 13 days Jeff Beck replaces Eric Clapton as lead guitarist of The Yardbirds 5th Ernie Terrell becomes the WBA World Heavyweight Boxing Champion 18th Aleksei Leonov becomes the first man to walk in space 23rd The first American 2-man Gemini spacecraft is launched April 1965 6th The Kray twins are cleared at the Old Bailey of running a protection racket 11th A machine-gun attempt on the Shah's life fails in Teheran 12th The first record company-sponsored commercial show is transmitted by Radio Caroline 19th Reggie Kray holds a celebrity wedding. Messages are sent by Judy Garland and Barbara Windsor 23rd Soviet communications satellite Molnya-1 is launched 28th In Rome, Harold Wilson is the first Labour Prime Minister to meet the Pope May 1965 Philips Electric launch the 'Popmaster' portable transistor radio Alan Price leaves The Animals - he can't tour easily due to a fear of flying 9th Soviet space station Lunar V is launched 12th Lunar V fails to land on the moon 14th The Queen dedicates an acre of land at Runnymede to the assassinated John F. Kennedy 19th West Ham Utd win the European Cup-Winners Cup beating T.S.V.Munich 2-0 21st Aircraft pioneer Geoffrey DeHavilland dies 24th The decision to switch Britain to decimal currency is announced June 1965 2nd The House of Commons approves a Bill to impose a Corporation Tax on Company profits 10th A BEA Trident makes the first automatic aircraft landing at Heathrow, flying from Paris 10th Mrs C.V.Ward becomes the first female member of The Stock Exchange 12th Jack Warner - 'Dixon of Dock Green', singer Frankie Vaughan and Coronation Street's Violet Carson are awarded the O.B.E. in the Queen's birthday list. The Beatles receive the M.B.E. 14th Two O.B.E.s return their honours in a protest over the Beatles' M.B.E. awards 18th The government announces plans to introduce a legal blood alcohol limit for drivers 22nd Producer David O. Selznick dies 24th Jonathan Cape publishes John Lennon's second book 'A Spaniard In The Works' in the U.K. July 1965 Newport folk festival is held 8th Great Train robber Ronnie Biggs escapes from Wandsworth prison 15th Mariner 4 sends back close-up pictures of Mars 22nd Ted Heath becomes the Conservative leader following the resignation of Sir Alec Douglas-Home 22nd Boxer Freddie Mills is found shot dead in his car in Soho, London 29th The Beatles film 'Help!' premieres in London August 1965 Cigarette advertising is banned from television in the U.K. Dave Clark Five vocalist Mike Smith suffers two broken ribs when the group is mobbed by fans in Chicago 8th The first Indonesian space rocket is launched 9th Francois Mitterand announces his intention to run for the French Presidency 12th Elizabeth Lane becomes the first woman to be appointed as a High Court Judge 15th 55,000 people attend the Beatles concert at Shea Stadium 21st Keith Peacock becomes the first ever substitute to be used in English football September 1965 Over 400 people reply to an advert in Hollywood Reporter, wanting to become one of 'The Monkees' 4th Albert Schweitzer dies aged 90 16th 'Tom and Jerry' producer Fred Quimby dies 25th Radio 390 ( formerly Radio Invicta and Radio King ) begins broadcasting 27th Actress Clara Bow 'The flapper of the Twenties' dies 29th Aston Martin launch their first four-seater car, the DB6 30th EMI begin selling L.P. records through 3,000 grocers shops at 12s 6d each October 1965 Ron Richards and John Burgess of EMI, Peter Sullivan of Decca and George Martin form A.I.R . 4th Fidel Castro announces that Che Guevara has left Cuba 'to fight imperialism abroad' 4th Paul VI becomes the first Pope to visit America 7th The Post Office Tower, Britain's highest building at 620ft, is opened in London 11th Gerry Marsden marries Pauline Behan, the secretary of his fan club 21st Bill Black, Elvis' bass player, dies from a brain tumour 26th The Beatles are awarded the M.B.E. 28th Brady and Hindley are charged with the 'Moors Murders' 29th The U.S.A. detonates an 80 kiloton H-bomb over the Aleutian Islands November 1965 7th Pirate station Radio Essex begins regular broadcasting 8th The death penalty is abolished in Britain 11th Ian Smith declares unilateral independence for Rhodesia to prevent black majority rule 16th Ireland's first Prime Minister, William Thomas Cosgrave, dies aged 85 24th An experimental 70 m.p.h. speed limit is introduced on British motorways 26th France launches its first satellite 'A1 Asterix' from a site in Africa 29th Mary Whitehouse launches the National Viewers and Listeners Association December 1965 15th Goldie the eagle escapes from London Zoo for the second time this year 16th William Somerset Maugham dies 22nd Richard Dimbleby CBE OBE dies aged 52 22nd A cabinet reshuffle makes Roy Jenkins Home Secretary and Barbara Castle Minister of Transport 27th The B.P. oil rig 'Sea Gem' collapses in the North Sea killing 13 people