Year of record

1965

12 verified events recorded in 1965.

12 events From Jan 1, 1965 To Nov 30, 1965 Open in filter view →
DateEventLanesStatus
1965-11-30Ralph Nader Publishes Unsafe at Any Speed Exposing Auto Industry's Deadly Design Choices 3 src
General Motors · Ford Motor Company
 confirmed
1965-10-03Immigration and Nationality Act Abolishes National Origins Quota System After Defeating Conservative Opposition 3 src
Lyndon B. Johnson · Emanuel Celler
 confirmed
1965-09-09HUD Created as Cabinet Department, Inherits FHA Discriminatory Practices 3 src
Lyndon B. Johnson
confirmed
1965-09-08Delano Grape Strike Launches UFW Movement, Challenges Agricultural Corporations 3 src
United Farm Workers
confirmed
1965-08-20CIA Begins Phung Hoang/Phoenix Program Neutralization Operations Against Viet Cong Infrastructure 3 src
Central Intelligence Agency · William Colby
confirmed
1965-08-06Voting Rights Act Signed After Selma Bloody Sunday Defeats Southern Legislative Resistance 6 src
Lyndon B. Johnson · Martin Luther King Jr. · John Lewis · Richard Russell
 confirmed
1965-07-30Medicare and Medicaid Signed Into Law After Defeating Decades of AMA Opposition and Reagan Propaganda Campaign 4 src
Lyndon B. Johnson · Harry S. Truman · American Medical Association · Ronald Reagan
 confirmed
1965-04-11Elementary and Secondary Education Act Establishes Federal Role in Education Funding 3 src
Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Congress
confirmed
1965-03-11Reverend James Reeb Dies After White Supremacist Attack in Selma, Killers Acquitted by All-White Jury 3 src
Lyndon B. Johnson
confirmed
1965-03-07Alabama State Troopers Attack Voting Rights Marchers on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Bloody Sunday 3 src
John Lewis · Lyndon B. Johnson
confirmed
1965-03-01McNamara and Johnson Administration Begin Systematic Deception About Vietnam War Progress Creating "Credibility Gap" 3 src
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara · Lyndon B. Johnson · U.S. Department of Defense
 confirmed
1965-01-01Bell Helicopter Profits Surge from $150 Million to $2 Billion During Vietnam War - Huey Production Defines "Helicopter War" 2 src
U.S. Department of Defense
 confirmed