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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1965 |
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In The News In
1965
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, testifying before the
House Armed Services Committee, calls for a nationwide network
of bomb shelters.
Former leader of the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, is shot and
killed before a planned speech in New York City.
To protest voting rights discrimination, civil rights
demonstrators begin a march from Selma to Montgomery with
protection from federal troop.
The first commercial satellite, Early Bird, is launched into
space by NASA to transmit telephone and television signals.
Voting Rights Act is signed into law.
Riots by young blacks in the Watts area of Los Angeles begin,
causing 34 deaths and $200 million in property damage.
Hurricane "Betsy" claims 75 lives in southern Florida
and Louisiana. |
Entertainment
in 1965
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Mikhail Sholokhov - U.S.S.R.
* Best Selling Fiction - The Source, James A. Michener
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - How to Be a Jewish Mother, Dan
Greenburg
* Best Picture - The Sound of Music, 20th Century Fox
* Best Director - Robert Wise, The Sound of Music
* Best Actress - Julie Christie, Darling
* Best Actor - Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou |
Sport
champions in 1965
* MLB - Los Angeles Dodgers
* NFL - Green Bay Packers
* NBA - Boston Celtics
* NHL - Montreal Canadiens
* NCAA-Basketball - UCLA
* KY Derby - Lucky Debonair
* U.S. Open Golf - Gary Player
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Manuel Santana
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Margaret Smith |
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