March 1965
The following events occurred in March 1965:
March 1, 1965 (Monday)
March 2, 1965 (Tuesday)
March 3, 1965 (Wednesday)
March 4, 1965 (Thursday)
- An angry mob assembles at the U.S. embassy in Moscow to protest the bombing of North Vietnam. They are driven away by police on horseback and soldiers.[5][6]
- Born: Khaled Hosseini, US-Afghan novelist, in Kabul, Afghanistan
March 5, 1965 (Friday)
March 6, 1965 (Saturday)
- In the South_ Australian state election, the incumbent Liberal and Country League, led by Thomas Playford IV, which had been in power since 1938, is defeated by the Australian Labor Party led by Frank Walsh.[9]
- The Rolling Stones members Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, and Bill Wyman are fined five pounds each for urinating on the wall of a London petrol station, after finding the toilet out of order.
- Chinese students protest at Soviet embassy in Beijing, criticizing the U.S.S.R.'s use of force in breaking up the March 4 demonstration in Moscow.[5][10]
- Died: Margaret Dumont, US actress, 82
March 7, 1965 (Sunday)
- Bloody Sunday: Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama.
- Israeli spy, Wolfgang Lotz, is captured in Egypt.
- Changes to the Liturgy of the Roman Catholic Mass are introduced throughout Ireland, with mass being said in the vernacular for the first time.
- Died: Louise Mountbatten, 75, Queen of Sweden and second wife of King Gustaf VI Adolf
March 8, 1965 (Monday)
March 9, 1965 (Tuesday)
- The second attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, under the leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr., stops at the bridge that was the site of Bloody Sunday, to hold a prayer service and return to Selma, in obedience to a court restraining order. White supremacists beat up white Unitarian Universalist minister James J. Reeb later that day in Selma.
March 10, 1965 (Wednesday)
March 11, 1965 (Thursday)
- The Liberian-registered ship SS Master Elias is stranded on Burias Island, Philippines. It is refloated 15 March and towed to Manila, where it is sold for scrapping.[12]
- Born: Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British designer and television presenter, in Kensington, London
- Died: White Unitarian Universalist minister James Reeb, 38, of head injuries received in a beating by White supremacists in Selma, Alabama, following the second march from Selma two days earlier.[13]
- The third Test of New Zealand's 1964-65 cricket tour of India opens at the Brabourne Stadium, Bombay.[14]
March 13, 1965 (Saturday)
- President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson makes his "We Shall Overcome" speech.[20]
- South Africa announces policy of strict segregation at sports events.[5][21]
March 17, 1965 (Wednesday)
March 18, 1965 (Thursday)
- Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov, leaving his spacecraft Voskhod 2 for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to walk in space.
- A United States federal judge rules that the Southern Christian Leadership Conference has the lawful right to march to Montgomery, Alabama, to petition for 'redress of grievances'.
- A general election begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the results are not known until the end of April.
- Northern Ireland's Minister for Agriculture, Harry West, attends a meeting with his Southern counterpart, Charles Haughey, in Dublin.
- Died: King Farouk I of Egypt, 45, of unknown causes, after a characteristically heavy meal[23]
- The wreck of the SS Georgiana, reputed to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser ever built and owned by the real Rhett Butler, is discovered off the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, by teenage diver E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after she was sunk with a million dollar cargo while attempting to run past the Union blockade into Charleston.
- The Belgian ship MV Roland L collides with the Swedish ship MV Santos, at Antwerp, and sinks. it is raised on 26 March, repaired and later returned to service.[24]
- Indonesian President Sukarno announces nationalization of foreign oil companies Stanvac, Caltex, and Shell.[5][25]
March 20, 1965 (Saturday)
- Nicolae Ceauşescu becomes the first secretary of the Romanian Communist Party.
- In Ceylon's parliamentary election, the United National Party, led by Dudley Senanayake, obtains enough votes to enable it to govern as a National Front with the support of the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (Federal Party).[26]
- A declaration by King Hassan II limiting access to higher education in Morocco triggers several mass protests, which are violently repressed.[27]
March 24, 1965 (Wednesday)
- A "teach-in" on the Vietnam War takes place at the University of Michigan.
- Born: "The Undertaker", US professional wrestler, as Mark William Calaway, in Houston, Texas
March 25, 1965 (Thursday)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully end the 4-day march from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery. King gives a speech commonly titled "How Long, Not Long".
- Died: Detroit homemaker Viola Liuzzo, 39, shot dead by 4 Klansmen as she drives marchers back to Selma at night after the civil rights march.
March 27, 1965 (Saturday)
- Norwegian tanker SS Nora collides with the Liberian ship MV Otto N. Miller in the English Channel. Both ships catch fire and there is a large oil spill.[31]
- West German cargo ship MV Katharina Kolkmann collides with the UK ship SS Ganne and sinks in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Folkestone, Kent, with the loss of one of its fifteen crew.[33]
- Funeral services are held for Viola Liuzzo, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic church in Detroit. Many prominent members of both the civil rights movement and government are present, including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; NAACP executive director Roy Wilkins; Congress on Racial Equality national leader James Farmer; Michigan lieutenant governor William G. Milliken; Teamsters president Jimmy Hoffa; and United Auto Workers president Walter Reuther.
- The second ODECA charter, signed on 12 December 1962, becomes effective.
March 31, 1965 (Wednesday)
Date unknown
References
- ↑ White, Des (1986). "1965". In Howard, Graham. The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix. Gordon, NSW: R & T Publishing. pp. 302–309. ISBN 0-9588464-0-5.
- ↑ Botswana: The 1965 Pre-Independence General Election EISA
- ↑ Charles O. Chikeka, Africa and the European Economic Community, 1957–1992; Lewison, NY: E. Mellen Press, 1993; p. 103.
- ↑ The Pentagon Papers: As Published by the New York Times; New York: July 1971; p. 383.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "The Month in Review", Current History, May 1965.
- ↑ Henry Tanner, "Russian Soldiers Rout 2,000 in Riot at U.S. Embassy: Mob Led by Asian Students Pelts Building in Protest Over Vietnam Raids", New York Times, March 5, 1965.
- ↑ "Edward R. Murrow, Broadcaster And Ex-Chief of U.S.I.A., Dies", New York Times, April 28, 1965.
- ↑ Dupuy, Trevor N. The Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, New York, 1992
- ↑ State and federal election results in Australia since 1890
- ↑ "Students in Peking Protest Outside Russian Embassy", New York Times (Reuters), March 7, 1965.
- ↑ "Conscientious Objector Granted More Latitude", Milwaukee Journal, March 9, 1965.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "On This Day: Mass Moments". Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ↑ Cricinfo: New Zealand tour of India, 1964/65. Accessed 18 October 2013
- ↑ "Malcolm X Aide Dead in Boston: Body of Leon Ameer Found in Hotel Room by Maid", New York Times, March 14, 1965.
- ↑ Muriel Dobbin, "Wallace Advised to Declare Support For Rights", Baltimore Sun, March 14, 1965.
- ↑ Wolfgang Lotz. (1972). The Champagne Spy - Israel's Master Spy Tells his Story. St. Martin's Press.
- ↑ John W. Finney, "Israel Permits U.S. to Inspect Atomic Reactor: Aim Is to Give Assurance of Peaceful Intentions—No Weapon-Making Found", New York Times, March 14, 1965.
- ↑ History of French Local Elections
- ↑ Lyndon B. Johnson (March 15, 1965). "We Shall Overcome".
- ↑ "South Africans Widen Race Curb: Rule Out Mixed Audiences at Sports and Theaters", New York Times, March 16, 1965.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Charles Francis Howlett, "Alice Herz", in: Spencer C. Tucker (May 20, 2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. pp. 483–84. ISBN 978-1-85109-961-0. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Egypt: A Tale of Two Autocrats". TIME Magazine. 26 March 1965.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Jakarta Grabs 3 U.S., Dutch Oil Companies", Chicago Tribune, March 20, 1965.
- ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
- ↑ Robin Bidwell, "Casablanca Riots, Dictionary of Modern Arab History; Routledge 1998/2010, p. 110.
- ↑ Full results
- ↑ Nightingale, Benedict (1965-03-27). "review: The Homecoming at Cardiff". The Guardian. p. 6.
- ↑ "Egypt Offers 2,000-Yr.-Old Temple to U.S.: It's Dismantled, Ready for Shipment"; Chicago Tribune, March 27, 1965.
- ↑ "Navy Sink the Oil Patch" The Times (London). Monday, 29 March 1965. (56282), col C-D, p. 10.
- ↑ Rudolph, T.; Coldewey (W.G.). "Implications of Earthquakes on the Stability of Tailings Dams" (PDF). Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ↑ "German Ship Sinks in Channel" The Times (London). Tuesday, 30 March 1965. (56283), col E, p. 5.
- ↑ Lee Rainwater & William Yancey, The Moynihan Report and the Politics of Controversy; M.I.T. Press, 1967; p. 26. "From December through March, then, Moynihan and his staff put together the document and in the process worked out a strategy of placement and presentation. At the same time, he laid the groundwork for the reception of the report by speaking from time to time to those he wished in the end to persuade. In March, the document was formally cleared by Secretary of Labor Wirtz and one hundred nicely printed and bound copies run off in the basement of the Department of Labor."