1965 in the United Kingdom

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Events of the year 1965 in the United Kingdom.

1 Incumbents
2 Events
- 2.1 Undated
3 Publications
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 References
7 See also

[edit] Incumbents

Monarch - HM Queen Elizabeth II
Prime Minister - Harold Wilson, Labour

[edit] Events

7 January - Identical twin brothers Ronnie and Reggie Kray, 31, are arrested on suspicion of running a protection racket in London.^[1]
14 January - The Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years.
24 January - Winston Churchill dies at the age of 90, as the result of a stroke he suffered on January 15.^[2]
30 January - Thousands attend Winston Churchill's state funeral. During the three days of lying-in-state, 321,000 people file past the catafalque, and the funeral procession travels from Westminster Hall to the service at St Paul's Cathedral, attended by the Queen, Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and representatives of 112 countries.^[3]
4 February - Confederation of British Industry founded.^[4]
6 February - Sir Stanley Matthews plays his final First Division game, at the record age of 50 years and 5 days.
16 February - Richard Beeching outlines plans for railway closures which became known as the "Beeching Axe".^[5]
18 February - The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.^[6]
10 March - Goldie, a London Zoo golden eagle, is recaptured after 13 days of freedom.^[7]
1 April - The Greater London Council is created, replacing the London County Council and greatly expanding the metropolitan area of the city.^[4]
23 April - The Pennine Way officially opens.^[6]
18 June - The government announces plans for the introduction of a blood alcohol limit for drivers in its clampdown on drink-driving.^[8]
8 July - Great Train Robber Ronald Biggs escapes from Wandsworth Prison.^[9]
22 July - Sir Alec Douglas-Home suddenly resigns as a head of the British Conservative Party.^[10]
24 July - Freddie Mills, former British boxing champion, is found shot in his car in Soho.^[6]
27 July - Edward Heath becomes leader of the British Conservative Party following a leadership election.^[11]
29 July - The Beatles film Help! debuts in London.^[6]
1 August - Cigarette advertising is banned on British television.^[6]
24 September - The British governor of Aden cancels the Aden constitution and takes direct control of the protectorate, due to the bad security situation.
6 October - Ian Brady, a 27-year-old stock clerk from Hyde in Cheshire, is arrested for allegedly hacking 17-year-old apprentice electrician Edward Evans to death at a house on the Hattersley housing estate.
8 October - The Post Office Tower opens in London.^[6]
16 October - Police find a girl's body on Saddleworth Moor near Oldham in Lancashire. The body is quickly identified as that of Lesley Ann Downey, who disappeared on Boxing Day last year from a fairground in the Ancoats area of Manchester, at the age of 10. Ian Brady, arrested last week for the murder of a 17-year-old man in nearby Hattersley, is charged with murdering Lesley, as is his 23-year-old girlfriend Myra Hindley.
22 October - African countries demand that the United Kingdom use force to prevent Rhodesia from declaring unilateral independence.
24 October
- Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Arthur Bottomley travel to Rhodesia for negotiations.
- Police find the decomposed body of a boy on Saddleworth Moor. The body is identified as that of John Kilbride, who was last seen alive in Ashton-under-Lyne on 23 November 1963, at the age of 12.
29 October - Ian Brady and Myra Hindley appear in court, charged with the murders of Edward Evans (17), Lesley Ann Downey (10) and John Kilbride (12).
5 November - Martial law is announced in Rhodesia. The UN General Assembly accepts British intent to use force against Rhodesia if necessary by a vote of 82-9.
8 November
- The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands (on June 23, 1976 Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches are returned to Seychelles).
- The death penalty is abolished for murder.^[4]
- The Race Relations Act outlaws public racial discrimination.^[4]
11 November - In Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white minority regime of Ian Smith unilaterally declares independence.^[12]
13 November - The word "fuck" is spoken for the first time on British television by the theatre critic Kenneth Tynan.^[6]
20 November - The UN Security Council recommends that all states stop trading with Rhodesia.
29 November - Mary Whitehouse founds the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association.^[6]
3 December - The first British aid flight arrives in Lusaka; Zambia had asked for British help against Rhodesia.
15 December - Tanzania and Guinea sever diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom.
17 December - The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia; the United States joins the effort.
22 December - A 70 mph speed limit is imposed on British roads.^[6]
24 December - A meteorite shower falls on Barwell, Leicestershire.^[6]
27 December - The British oil platform Sea Gem collapses in the North Sea.^[13]
30 December - President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia announces that Zambia and the United Kingdom have agreed to a deadline before which the Rhodesian white government should be ousted.