1965 in the United States

Events from the year 1965 in the United States.

1965
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
See also:

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January

January 20: Lyndon B. Johnson, the 36th president of the United States, begins his full term
Hubert Humphrey becomes the 38th U.S. vice president

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

October 28: The Gateway Arch is completed

November

December

  • December 9 A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first Peanuts television special, debuts on CBS. It becomes a Christmas tradition.
  • December 15 Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 perform the first controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit.
  • December 17 The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia; the United States joins the effort.
  • December 21 A new, 1-hour German-American production of The Nutcracker, with an international cast that includes Edward Villella in the title role, makes its U.S. TV debut. It is repeated annually by CBS over the next 3 years, but after that, it is virtually forgotten.

Undated

  • Jenny and Sylvia Likens are left in the care of Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski. Sylvia is found dead and mutilated 3 months later.
  • Tokyo officially becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from New York City.[4]

Ongoing

Births

  • January 1
    • Billiam van Roestenberg, political activist, former model, philanthropist, and organic farmer
    • Terri Sewell, African-American lawyer and politician[5]
    • John Sullivan, real estate agent and politician
    • Andrew Valmon, runner and coach
  • January 2
    • Curt Hagman, Mayor of Chino Hills
    • Greg Swindell, baseball player and coach
  • January 3 Sharrie Williams, blues and gospel singer-songwriter
  • January 4 Rick Hearst, actor
  • January 5 Ricky Paull Goldin, actor
  • January 6 Cynthia Dill, lawyer, Member of the Maine Senate from the 7th District
  • January 7
    • Matthew Levatich, businessman, president of Harley-Davidson
    • John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting), singer-songwriter
  • January 8 Maria Pitillo, actress
  • January 9 Jamie Callender, politician, member of the Ohio House of Representatives
  • January 10 Butch Hartman, animator, writer, producer, director, voice actor, and YouTuber
  • January 11 Mark Halperin, journalist
  • January 13
    • Rod Rosenstein, officeholder (Deputy Attorney General) and lawyer
    • Kevin Samuels, Internet personality and image consultant (died 2022)[6]
  • January 17 Jim Holt (Arkansas politician), American politician, Arkansas House of Representatives
  • January 19 J. B. Pritzker, businessman, philanthropist, politician, and the 43rd governor of Illinois
  • January 21 Michele Ruiz, entrepreneur
  • January 22 Diane Lane, actress
  • January 24
  • January 26 Kevin McCarthy, 55th Speaker of the House
  • January 27 Tim Chambers, college baseball coach (died 2019)
  • January 28 Robert von Dassanowsky, academic, writer, poet, film and cultural historian and producer
  • January 30 Julie McCullough, actress
  • January 31
  • February 2 Cady Huffman, actress
  • February 3
  • February 4
  • February 5 Ken LaCorte, executive at Fox News Channel
  • February 6
    • Jim Christian, basketball coach
    • Dana Eskelson, television actress
  • February 7 Chris Rock, African-American comedian and actor
  • February 9
    • Michael Brandon, gay pornographic actor and director
    • Stephin Merritt, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist[9]
  • February 10 David Aldridge, writer
  • February 12 Mia Frye, dance choregrapher
  • February 13 Andy Buckley, actor
  • February 14 Donald DeGrood, Roman Catholic bishop
  • February 15 Jon Moritsugu, filmmaker[10]
  • February 19
  • February 20
  • February 21 Shawn Slocum, American football coach[11]
  • February 22
  • February 23
  • February 24 Jane Swift, executive, former governor of Massachusetts
  • February 26 Tim Armstead, Republican politician and jurist from West Virginia
  • March 1 Booker T, pro wrestler
  • March 2 Ron Gant, news anchor
  • March 3 Tom Brower, politician
  • March 4 Stacy Edwards, actress
  • March 5 Kathleen Delaney, actress
  • March 6 Lora Leigh, novelist
  • March 7 E. E. Knight, science fiction writer
  • March 8 Kenny Smith, basketball player
  • March 9 Benito Santiago, baseball player
  • March 10
    • Randy Weiner, playwright, producer and theater and nightclub owner
    • Rod Woodson, American football player
  • March 11
  • March 12 Steve Finley, baseball player
  • March 13 Gigi Rice, actress
  • March 14 Kevin Brown, baseball player
  • March 15 Carl J. Artman, politician
  • March 16 Angela Taylor, athlete and collegiate coach
  • March 17 George Hinkle, American football player
  • March 18 Shannon Grove, politician
  • March 19
    • Joseph D. Kucan, video game developer
    • Jeff Pidgeon, animator and voice actor
  • March 22 Rick Harrison, businessman
  • March 24 The Undertaker, professional wrestler and actor
  • March 25
  • March 30 Juliet Landau, actress and producer
  • March 31
  • April 1 Mark Jackson, basketball coach
  • April 2 Rodney King, convicted criminal and police brutality victim (died 2012)
  • April 4 Robert Downey Jr., actor and producer
  • April 7 Bill Bellamy, actor and comedian
  • April 8 Erika Cosby, painter
  • April 12
    • Tom O'Brien, actor-producer
    • Jonathan Fahn, voice actor
  • April 14 Kirk Windstein, musician
  • April 16
  • April 17 William Mapother, actor
  • April 23 Tommy DeCarlo, singer and songwriter
  • April 25 Eric Avery, musician
  • April 28 Karl Logan, musician
  • May 3 Mary L. Trump, psychologist and author
  • May 9 Lisa Colagrossi, journalist (died 2015)
  • May 13
  • May 16 Krist Novoselic, rock bassist (Nirvana)
  • May 19 Maile Flanagan, actress
  • May 20 Ted Allen, author and television personality
  • May 27 Todd Bridges, actor and comedian
  • May 31 DJ Casper, musician (died 2023)
  • June 2 Jim Knipfel, journalist and author
  • June 3
    • Jeff Blumenkrantz, actor and composer
    • Mike Gordon, rock singer, bass player and director
    • Mike Shula, American football coach
  • June 7 Mick Foley, pro wrestler
  • June 8
  • June 10 Scott Graham, sportscaster
  • June 11 Pamela Gidley, actress and model (died 2018)
  • June 16 Andrea M. Ghez, astronomer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020[15]
  • June 21 Michael Dolan, theatre and film actor, director and educator
  • June 22
    • Just-Ice, rapper
    • J. J. Cohen, actor
  • June 23 Sylvia Mathews Burwell, government
  • June 24 Chris Barnes, child actor
  • June 26 Randy Hembrey, Road Racing director
  • June 28 Sonny Strait, voice actor and director
  • June 30
  • July 1 Tom Hodges, actor and film producer
  • July 4
    • Horace Grant, basketball player
    • Harvey Grant, basketball player
    • Jay Crawford, sports journalist
  • July 5
    • Kathryn Erbe, actress
    • Eyran Katsenelenbogen, Israeli-American pianist and educator
  • July 7
  • July 8
  • July 10 Alec Mapa, actor, comedian and writer
  • July 15
    • Scott Livingstone, baseball player
    • Bobby Gustafson, guitarist
  • July 16
  • July 18
    • Michael Sharrett, actor
    • Jim Bob Duggar, real estate agent, politician, and television personality
  • July 19
  • July 20 Anthony Shriver, activist
  • July 21 Tom Gulager, actor
  • July 22 Shawn Michaels, professional wrestler and actor
  • July 24
  • July 25 Illeana Douglas, actress and producer[16]
  • July 26 Jimmy Dore, comedian
  • August 5 Tammy Murphy, politician
  • August 11
  • August 13 Deborah Falconer, actress
  • August 14 Terry Richardson, fashion photographer
  • August 15 Rob Thomas, author, producer, director and screenwriter
  • August 17 David McCormick, politician and businessman
  • August 18 Bob Harper, personal trainer and author[17]
  • August 19
  • August 22 Thaddeus McCotter, politician and radio host
  • August 24
  • August 26 Bobby Duncum Jr., American professional wrestler (died 2000)
  • August 27
  • September 9
  • September 11 Paul Heyman, wrestling promoter, ECW<ref">Golianopoulos, Thomas (November 16, 2017). "The Biggeslvtfdgbgyhbdgimo m/2017/11/16/16666828/paul-heyman-wwe-brock-lesnar-life-career". The Ringer.</ref>
  • September 13 Jeff Ross, stand-up comedian, writer, and actor[20]
  • September 17 Kim Davis, activist and political prisoner
  • September 18 Tim Scott, U.S. Senator from South Carolina from 2013
  • September 28 Scott Fellows, animator
  • September 30
    • Kathleen Madigan, comedian
    • Daron Norwood, country singer (died 2015)
  • October 1 J. Paul Oetken, judge
  • October 4
  • October 6 Steve Scalise, House majority whip and U.S. Representative of Louisiana's 1st district[21]
  • October 10 Chris Penn, actor (died 2006)
  • October 11
    • Bobby Wayne Woods, convicted murderer, kidnapper and rapist (died 2009)
    • Julianne McNamara, artistic gymnast
  • October 13 Bill Odenkirk, comedy writer
  • October 18 Curtis Stigers, jazz vocalist and saxophonist[22]
  • October 27 Chad Larson American-Canadian rock guitarist
  • November 5 Atul Gawande, surgeon and writer
  • November 6 Greg Graffin, rock singer (Bad Religion)
  • November 12 Lex Lang, voice actor and director
  • November 13 Kurt Marshall, model and actor (died 1988)
  • November 20 Mike D, rapper (Beastie Boys)[23]
  • November 21 Bill Oberst Jr., actor
  • November 22 Wendy Moten, singer
  • November 23 Don Frye, professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter
  • November 25
  • November 30 Ben Stiller, actor, screenwriter, film director and producer, son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, brother of Amy Stiller and spouse of Christine Taylor
  • December 2 Dan Gauthier, actor
  • December 4 Veronica Taylor, voice actress
  • December 10 J Mascis, rock singer, guitarist and drummer
  • December 12 Russell Batiste Jr., funk and R&B drummer (died 2023)
  • December 14
  • December 15 Ted Slampyak, comic strip cartoonist
  • December 22 Lee Rogers Berger American-born explorer and paleoanthropologist
  • December 23 Martin Kratt, zoologist and educational nature show host
  • December 30
  • December 31

Deaths

See also

References

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