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1965 the war in Vietnam continues to worsen.
Americans continue major bombing of North Vietnam. More men are lost.
At the same time the Anti-War movement
grows and in November 35,000 people march on Washington as a protest
against the war. There is also civil unrest with rioting, looting and
arson in Los Angeles. This was also the first year mandated health warnings
appeared on cigarette packets and smoking became a no no. The latest
craze in kids toys was the Super Ball and The Skate Board. Fashions
also changed as women's skirts got shorter men's hair grew longer as
the The miniskirt makes its appearance. Sony introduces it's doomed
Betamax Recorder and Hypertext is introduced for linking test on the
Internet. The St Louis Arch is completed and The Beatles release 4 new
albums including "Help".
Cost of Living 1965
How Much things cost in 1965
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.59%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 969
Average Cost of new house $13,600.00
Average Income per year $6,450.00
Gas per Gallon 31 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,650.00
Loaf of bread 21 cents
Average Rent per month $118.00
E-type Jaguar $1,867.00
What Events Happened in 1965
- Australia Joins Vietnam War
- Hindi becomes the official language of India.
- Racing driver Jim Clark wins the Indianapolis
500, and later wins the Formula One world driving championship in
the same year.
- The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak: An
estimated fifty-one tornadoes (forty-seven confirmed) hit in six Midwestern
states killing anywhere from 256 to 271 people and injuring some 1,500
more.
- Lyndon B. Johnson announces increase the number
of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000
- Lyndon B. Johnson announces his program to
create Medicare and to expand his war on poverty
- The Maple leaf becomes Canada’s new national
flag symbol
- Rhodesia Declares Unilateral Independence
From Great Britain and becomes Zimbabwe
- India and Pakistan Fighting continues to escalate
- Malcolm X shot in New York
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads civil
rights march in Alabama from Selma to Montgomery
- Britain brings in a new Race Relations Act
hoping to stop some of the unrest in inner cities
- Cigarette advertising banned on Television
in Britain
- The Post Office Tower opens in London
- In St. Louis, Missouri, the 630-foot-tall
parabolic steel Gateway Arch is completed ( The St Louis Arch )
- Several U.S. states (VT, NH, MA, CT, RI, NY
and portions of NJ) and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts
lasting up to 13 1/2 hours. 30 million people
- 70 mph speed limit imposed on British roads
- US Citizens Evacuated due to Civil War in
Dominican Republic
- Troopers violently confront civil rights marchers
in Alabama
Popular Culture 1965
- The Mary Quant designed Mini Skirt appears
in London and will be the fashion statement of the 60's
- One of most popular films "Sound
of Music" released
Popular Films
- Mary Poppins
- The Sound of Music
- Goldfinger
- My Fair Lady
- What's New Pussycat?
- Cat Ballou
Books Released
- Dune
- The Man with the Golden Gun
- Hotel
Popular Musicians
- The Beatles
- The Rolling Stones
- Freddie and the Dreamers
- The Animals
- The Kinks
- The Searchers
- The Seekers
- Moody Blues
- Donovan
- Cilla Black
- Dusty Springfield
- Tom Jones
Technology 1965
- Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful
mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program
- Ranger 9 sends back live TV broadcast when
it crashes on to the moon
- Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft
Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space
- Major Edward H. White II becomes the second
human to walk in space during the flight of Gemini 4
- Sony introduces it's Betamax video recorder
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country
( or attributed to First Use )
- Space Walk Russia Aleksei Leonov - first person
oustide space vehicle
- Optical Disk USA by James Russell - now Compact
Disk
- Hypertext USA for linking text on the Internet
Respirator ( replacement for the Iron Lung ) USA
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