Year of record

1965

12 verified events recorded in 1965.

12 events From Jan 1, 1965 To Nov 30, 1965 Open in filter view →
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DateEventLanesStatus
1965-11-30Ralph Nader Publishes Unsafe at Any Speed Exposing Auto Industry's Deadly Design Choices
Ralph Nader · General Motors · Ford Motor Company · Chrysler Corporation · +1
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1965-10-03Immigration and Nationality Act Abolishes National Origins Quota System After Defeating Conservative Opposition
President Lyndon B. Johnson · Senator Philip Hart · Representative Emanuel Celler · Senator James Eastland · +2
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1965-09-09HUD Created as Cabinet Department, Inherits FHA Discriminatory Practices
President Lyndon B. Johnson · Robert C. Weaver · National Association of Home Builders · National Association of Real Estate Boards
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1965-09-08Delano Grape Strike Launches UFW Movement, Challenges Agricultural Corporations
United Farm Workers · Cesar Chavez · Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee · Delano Grape Growers
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1965-08-20CIA Begins Phung Hoang/Phoenix Program Neutralization Operations Against Viet Cong Infrastructure
Central Intelligence Agency · William Colby · Robert Komer · MACV-SOG · +2
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1965-08-06Voting Rights Act Signed After Selma Bloody Sunday Defeats Southern Legislative Resistance
President Lyndon B. Johnson · Martin Luther King Jr. · John Lewis · Southern Democratic Senators · +1
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1965-07-30Medicare and Medicaid Signed Into Law After Defeating Decades of AMA Opposition and Reagan Propaganda Campaign
President Lyndon B. Johnson · President Harry S. Truman · American Medical Association · Ronald Reagan · +1
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1965-04-11Elementary and Secondary Education Act Establishes Federal Role in Education Funding
President Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress · National Education Association
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1965-03-11Reverend James Reeb Dies After White Supremacist Attack in Selma, Killers Acquitted by All-White Jury
James Reeb · Elmer Cook · William Stanley Hoggle · Namon O'Neal Hoggle · +1
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1965-03-07Alabama State Troopers Attack Voting Rights Marchers on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Bloody Sunday
John Lewis · Hosea Williams · Alabama State Troopers · Amelia Boynton · +1
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1965-03-01McNamara and Johnson Administration Begin Systematic Deception About Vietnam War Progress Creating "Credibility Gap"
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara · President Lyndon B. Johnson · Senator J. William Fulbright · U.S. Department of Defense
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1965-01-01Bell Helicopter Profits Surge from $150 Million to $2 Billion During Vietnam War - Huey Production Defines "Helicopter War"
Bell Helicopter · U.S. Department of Defense · Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
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