1965 Facts Learn All About The Events That Took Place This Year

The year 1965 has played a huge role in American society.The year saw many world events occurring over the span of 12 months. Inventions, laws, music, movies, and cultural growth were seen in 1965 that would make the year memorable for the world.In the United States alone 1965 was an eventful year as it saw the uprising of the African-American community as they fought for their rights to live as first-class citizens in the country. Martin Luther King Jr would lead the revolution that would help the minority community in gaining recognition and would give them the right to vote and participate in the selection of leaders that would run the United States. Peaceful demonstrations were often met with aggression and the march would lead to many protestors achieving the status of martyrs. Events like the Watt Riots, Bloody Sunday shaped the story of the modern society that has coexisted together for years in peace.If you like the article about 1965 facts, be sure to check out articles about 1939 facts and 1910 facts too!1965 Voting Rights ActBlack people in the United States were seen as second-grade citizens and were barred from voting. The ban was effective from 1870 to 1965 when the Voting Rights Act was passed.Martin Luther King Jr started the campaign to register black voters on January 2, 1965. Lyndon B. Johnson was in office as the President of the United States and he was supported by Hubert Humphrey who was the vice president of the country.The passing of the Voting Rights Act into law which was later signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965, enabled the African-American population in the United States to vote. The right was granted under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 was also signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson which put an end to the quotas in the country based on national origin. The signing was held next to the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. Discriminatory voting systems that were still practiced in the southern states after the event of the Civil War were outlawed.The Selma march played a huge role in realizing the dreams of the Voting Rights Act in 1965. The marchers were attacked. The events of March 7, 1965, where people were hurt and killed, came to be known as the ‘Bloody Sunday’ and would play a huge role in the success of the march.Selma MarchThe 16th Street Baptist Church bombing by white supremacists in 1963 eventually triggered the Civil Rights Act that would be passed in 1964. The seeds were sown then and the United States soon saw the passing of the Voting Rights Act.March 1965 saw demonstrators being subjected to violence when they marched from Selma to Montgomery demanding the right to vote for the African-American population. One of the turning points was March 17, 1965, when police injured dozens of protestors on the Edmund Pettus bridge. March 7 has been known as ‘Bloody Sunday’ since that day.In February 1965 demonstrations and marches over voting rights by the African-American country were carried on and George C. Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, banned nighttime demonstrations in Selma.On February 18, 1965, demonstrators were attacked by state troopers in Marion. Protestor Jimmie Lee Jackson was shot and killed by State trooper James Bonard Fowler, was pledged guilt to manslaughter in 2010.600 people marched from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery, Alabama on March 7, 1965. The march was led by Hosea and Lewis Williams. An end to discrimination in voter registration was demanded by the protestors. Marchers were attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and had to retreat to Selma.On March 9, 1965, Martin Luther King Jr. led another march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge. This symbolic march was much larger than before and pushed back the state troopers. Demonstrations were also held all around the United States to express solidarity. On the same day, President Johnson urged both sides to abide by the law.James Reeb, the Unitarian Universalist minister, was attacked and succumbed to his injuries two days later after he joined the Selma march on March 9, 1965.The US Justice Department demanded an order that would prevent the state from penalizing people involved in the civil rights demonstrations on March 10, 1965.Frank M. Johnson Jr, the Federal District Court, ruled in favor of the marchers on March 17, 1965. The right to petition against one’s government was a fundamental right of the citizens and a civil rights march could not be suppressed.March 18-25 was important as Governor Wallace approached the state legislature to denounce Frank M. Johnson J’s statement.On March 19, Wallace would send a telegram to President Johnson requesting aid stating the reasons for the state troop not being large enough to stop any kind of unforeseen disaster.On March 20, 1965, President Johnson declares an order that authorized federal forces needed by the Defense Secretary.Around 3,200 people marched their way from Selma to Montgomery and were under the shield of the federal troops on March 21, 1965.The demonstrators and marchers finally reached the state capitol in Montgomery and the crowd grew to around 25,000.On August 6, 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.On February 24, 2016, the marchers received the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor that Congress grants.Fashion In 1965Fashion in 1965 was something of a growing business and new dresses were introduced to the country in the period of the entire year.The invention of the miniskirt is often credited to Mary Quant, however, in reality, the style was gradually catching on. Quant herself later recognized the influence of the London street style in the dresses.The introduction of the miniskirt was also given a push by the appearance of Jean Shrimpton, an English model, who wore a controversially short white dress at the Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.Shoes with rounded-toes became more common and heels continued to grow in height range.Cost Of Living 1965The cost of living compared to 1965 has increased a whole lot!The average home in the United States costs around $340,100 higher than the $21,500 price in 1965!Popular Culture 1965Music, arts, television, and books were part of popular culture and many books and TV shows released in the year 1965 would go on to become trendsetters!‘The Andy Griffith Show’, ‘Bewitched’, ‘The Lucy Show’, ‘Hogan’s Heroes’, ‘Bonanza’, and ‘Batman’ were some of the most famous TV shows in 1965.‘Hurt So Bad’ by Little Anthony and the Imperials, ‘California Girls’ by The Beach Boys, and ‘Unchained Melody’ by The Righteous Brothers were some of the influential songs in 1965.Rolling Stones’ song ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ was the top song in 1965. ‘This Diamond Ring’ by Gary Lewis & The Playboys, ‘I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)’, and ‘You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ by The Righteous Brothers were some of the songs in the top ’40s.Brigitte Bardot, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, and Sophia Loren were some of the fashion icons in 1965!The Beatles’ were the first mega-band to come to the United States! Beatles music was quite popular in the United States. They did refuse to play in a segregated audience as a part of their contract in 1965 when they played in the Shea Stadium in New York. The concerts would end with Paul McCartney singing the song ‘Long Tall Sally’ which he used to impress John Lennon when they first met!Some of the most popular books to come out in 1965 are ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’ by Ian Fleming, ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert, and ‘The Autobiography of Malcolm X’ by Alex Haley and Malcolm X.Julie Andrews was cast as the lead in the Broadway production of ‘My Fair Lady’ but was not cast for the movie and the role went to Audrey Hepburn. However, Julie would go on to win the 1965 Best Actress Oscar for her role in the movie Mary Poppins. She beat Audrey Hepburn who was nominated for My Fair Lady.The movie ‘Sound of Music’ came out in the year 1965 and became one of the top-grossing films of that year. Today, the movie is one of the most popular musicals in the world of entertainment.Did You Know…Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), a basketball great, won the Mr. Basketball USA in the year 1965 in New York and would go on to achieve the status of one best ever basketball player to play the sport.The Watts Riot was raged for six days from August 11 to August 17, 1965. The race riots were flamed when Marquette Frye, a young African American motorist, was arrested by a California highway patrolman named Lee W. Minikus, on charges of intoxicated driving. The crowd got involved with the arrest of Frye and violent exchanges broke out among the police and the local populace.Large-scale riots erupted throughout the African-American neighborhood in Los Angeles and rioters burned cars, looted, and burned down stores. 14,000 National guard troops were assembled by the South Los Angeles. The riot claimed many lives over the six-day period and the riots were linked back to the lack of employment, schools, and housing. Despite this, efforts to improve the living conditions in the Watts neighborhood failed because of the economic and social conditions.Air Force-123 planes were used to spray millions of gallons of herbicides in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam war to destroy trees and crops to force enemy soldiers out.James Russell, an American inventor, came up with the concept of playback and optical digital recording in 1965. He would, later on, use the concept in the creation of the Optical disk.The Gateway Arch, also known as St. Louis Arch, opened on October 28, 1965. The arch is 630 ft (192 m) in height and width!Alexei Leonov, a Russian cosmonaut, became the first person to walk on the moon on March 18, 1965.The Maple Leaf was raised on Parliament Hill as the national flag of Canada on February 15, 1965.30 million people in the Northeast of the United States were without power for over 13 hours! New York City was the worst affected city.The popular Christmas carol Jingle Bells’ was broadcast from space on December 16, 1965. According to Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra, the broadcast was a prank!The Immigration Act of 1924, also known as the Johnson-Reed Act was passed to preserve the U.S. ideals of homogeneity. The act was revised in 1952 by Congress. The act was used to limit the number of immigrants that were allowed to enter the United States through quotas based on national origins. The quota completely barred Asian immigrants and granted visas to only 2% of each nationality in the United States based on the national census of 1890.The revised Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, also known as the McCarran-Walter Act, and altered the quota system rescinding laws that prohibited the immigration of Asians. The law would issue around 154,277 visas under the new quota system. However, immigrants in the western hemisphere would remain excluded from the system and so were the non-citizen husbands of Americans.On July 28, 1965, President Johnson announced an increase in the number of United States troops in South Vietnam. The increase saw the number of soldiers rise from 75,000-125,000.A cease-fire pact was signed between India and Pakistan that would put an end to the fight for the disputed Rann of Kutch territory on the border on January 1, 1965.On June 25, 1965, U.S. Air Force C-135 Stratolifter crashed into the mountainside after taking off from California, the plane was carrying 85 people on board and all of them eventually died in the plane crash that was head to Okinawa, Japan.The Fourth Cabinet of Józef Cyrankiewicz took office in 1965. The cabinet also included the future prime minister Piotr Jaroszewicz.The Saigon bombing on June 25, 1965, occurred during the Vietnam War and took the lives of 31-32 people. The event took place in the floating restaurant of ‘My Cahn Cafe’ on the Saigon Riverbank.On March 31, 1965, Australian activist Merle Thorton and Actress Rosalie Bogner chained their ankles to the Regatta Hotel’s bar to protest against the laws in Queensland that banned women from drinking in pubs.Chemist Stephanie Kwolek invented the Kevlar in the year 1965! She created the lightweight fiber that would turn out to be stronger than steel and much lighter in comparison to any form of protective covering that was available prior to the creation of the Kevlar. Today, Kevlar is used in ropes, helmets, gloves, and even mobile phone back cases!The legendary band Pink Floyd, known all across the globe for their space rock, psychedelic, and progressive rock music formed in the year 1965!Following the massive success of the Rolling Stones’ debut in 1964, Rolling Stones released their second album ‘The Rolling Stones No. 2’ in 1965.Sir Winston Churchill, United Kingdom’s former Prime Minister, died on January 24, 1965. Churchill received a state funeral at the St. Paul’s Cathedral. He is buried in a small churchyard in a village in Bladon, nearby the Blenheim Palace, where he was born.UNICEF was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1965 for its community-level work regarding the well-being and health of children.Here at Kidadl, we have carefully created lots of interesting family-friendly facts for everyone to enjoy! If you liked our suggestions for 1965 facts then why not take a look at 1978 facts, or 1961 facts

The year 1965 has played a huge role in American society.