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This year in history
In the year 1965

	January 4th	American-born writer, T. S. Eliot, died at the age of 77. He was one of the most influential poets of the 20th century and in 1948 won the Nobel Prize for Literature. In 1927 he was given British citizenship and converted to Anglicanism.
	January 22nd	American actress, Diane Lane, was born in New York City.
	January 24th	Prime minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill, died at the age of 90. He was one of the most influential political figures of the 20th century, having been the prime minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
	January 26th	Hindi was declared as the official language of India.
	February 1st	American actor, Brandon Lee, was born in California. He was the son of the legendary martial arts master and actor, Bruce Lee. He was tragically shot dead during the filming of the movie, The Crow.
	February 5th	Romanian footballer, Gheorghe Hagi, was born in Sacele. He is considered as one of the best players of the 1980's and 1990's and probably the best Romanian footballer in history.
	February 15th	American musician, Nat King Cole, died at the age of 45. He was a very popular musician from the 1930's up until his death.
	February 18th	Gambia became an independent nation. It was previously part of the United Kingdom.
	February 21st	Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by three members of the Nation of Islam.
	February 23th	British actor and comedian, Stan Laurel, died at the age of 74. He is famous for having been part of the comedy duet act of Laurel and Hardy, which enjoyed tremendous worldwide success throughout the first half of the 20th century and for much of the rest as reruns are still aired today.
	March 8th	The first American combat troops arrived in Vietnam.
	March 10th	Neil Simon's play ''The Odd Couple'' premiered on Broadway.
	March 25th	American actress, Sarah Jessica Parker, was born in Nelsonville, Ohio, USA. She is best known for her role in the TV series Sex and the City.
	March 25th	Bulgarian high jump athlete, Stefka Kostadinova, was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She is a world record holder and Olympic gold medallist.
	April 4th	American Actor, Robert Downey Jr., was born in New York city. In the late nineties his career was plagued by drug abuse, which apparently he has managed to kick during the last few years.
	April 16th	American comedian, Martin Lawrence, was born in New York City. He gained fame after he became the host of the Def Comedy jam - stand up comedy show, which aired on the HBO channel. He has since stared in many hit comedy and action movies.
	April 27th	American journalist, Edward R. Murrow, died at the age of 57. He was a pioneer of early television news broadcasting and a stanch enemy of Senator Joseph McCarthy. His news reports helped bring about the end of the McCarthy era.
	May 12th	The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashed on the Moon. It was an unmanned space mission that was supposed to make a soft landing on the Moon.
	May 20th	A Pakistani Airlines aircraft crashed while landing at Cairo airport. 121 people died in the crash.
	May 31st	American model and actress, Brooke Shields, was born in New York City. She was one of the best known faces of the 1970's - 1980's and, in 1980, stared in the huge box office hit 'The Blue Lagoon'.
	June 7th	Contraception, by married couples, was legalized for the first time in the United States (Connecticut).
	June 10th	British actress, Elizabeth Hurley, was born in Basingstoke.
	June 21st	American film director, Larry Wachowski, was born in Chicago. Along with his brother, Andrew, he is most known for having been the co -writer and director of the Matrix movie series.
	July 14th	The first ever photographs of Mars were taken by the Mariner 4 space probe.
	July 16th	The Mont Blanc Tunnel which links France and Italy officially opened to traffic. Construction of the tunnel began in 1957 and is managed by one Italian and one French company.
	July 18th	The Soviet Union launched the Zond 3 probe. Its mission was to complete a lunar flyby while taking photographs of the moon. It was the first of this series of Soviet spacecraft to successfully complete its mission.
	July 20th	Two civil rights protesters were shot and killed by the local sheriff in Hayneville, Alabama.
	July 23th	American musician, Saul Hudson, was born in London, England. He is a guitarist best known as the former lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses.
	July 31st	British novelist, Joanne Rowling, was born in Yate. She is the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, which has gained international attention, won multiple awards, and sold over 375 million copies.
	August 7th	Singapore became a separate nation from the Federation of Malaysia.
	August 24th	American basketball player, Reggie Miller, was born in Riverside, California. He spent the whole of his 18-year NBA career with the Indiana Pacers.
	August 28th	Rock musician, Bob Dylan, was booed off the stage of Forest Hills Stadium (New York) for playing an electric guitar.
	August 28th	Canadian singer, Shania Twain, was born in Windsor, Ontario. Her album, Come on Over, is the biggest-selling album of all time by a female musician.
	September 2nd	Canadian-British boxer, Lennox Lewis, was born in London, England. He was the heavyweight champion of the world and along with Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield, he has won the Heavyweight Championship on three separate occasions
	September 3rd	American actor, Charlie Sheen, was born in New York City. He was born Carlos Irwin Estevez, and is the son of actor Martin Sheen, as well as the brother of actors Emilio Estevez, Ramon Estevez Jr. and Renee Estevez.
	September 11th	President of Syria, Bashar al-Assad, was born in Damascus. He is the son of former president Hafez al-Assad.
	September 11th	American musician, Moby, was born in Darien, Connecticut. His birth name is Richard Melville Hall. He has enjoyed a huge pop career in the last decade which is rivalled by few other musicians.
	September 25th	American basketball player, Scottie Pippen, was born in Hamburg, Arkansas. He is considered as one of the great NBA players of the 90's, who was overshadowed by the talent of Michael Jordan.
	October 8th	American musician, C-Jay Ramone, was born in Queens, New York. He is best known for being the bassist for punk rock group The Ramones from 1989 to 1996.
	October 28th	Pope Paul VI announced that the church's ecumenical council agreed that the Jews were not to be collectively held responsible for the killing of Christ. The declaration in essence reversed the declaration that had been made in 1215 by Pope Innocent III.
	November 5th	Dutch model and actress, Famke Janssen, was born in Amstelveen, The Netherlands. She was a top fashion model before migrating to an acting career. She is famous for her participation in the James Bond move, GoldenEye, as well as the X-Men series of movies.
	November 6th	French composer, Edgard Varese, died at the age of 82.
	November 8th	The soap opera Days of Our Lives debuted on the NBC channel in the United States. It is still in production 41 years later (2006).
	November 10th	Race car driver, Eddie Irvine, was born in Conlig, Northern Ireland.
	November 21st	British actor, Alexander Siddig, was born in Sudan. He is best-known for playing Dr Julian Bashir in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He is the nephew of British actor Malcolm McDowell.
	November 21st	Icelandic singer, Bjork, was born in Reykjavik. Bjork is her actual name and not a stage name.
	November 24th	After a coup, Joseph Desire Mobutu, became president of Congo (he renamed the country to Zair in 1971, it was later renamed again to the Democratic Republic of Congo). He would rule the country for 32 years before being overthrown by rebels in 1997.
	December 7th	Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras lift mutual excommunications that had existed ever since 1054.
	December 10th	Legendary rock band, The Grateful Dead, played their first ever concert, in San Francisco.
	December 22nd	Speed limits were applied on all roads in the United Kingdom. The limit was set at 70 miles per hour. Prior to this, there were no speed limits in place.
	December 30th	Ferdinand Marcos became President of the Philippines. He served as president from 1965 to 1986. While he was elected in 1965, in 1972 he declared martial law which he didn't lift until 1981. He was, however, re-elected, the same year and served another term as president until the next elections were marred by tampering scandals which eventually led to his downfall.

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