Historical Events in 1965 (Part 4)

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• Nov 29 "Anya" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances
• Nov 29 Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups

• Dec 1 Airlift of refugees from Cuba to US began
• Dec 1 South Africa's government says children of white fathers are white
• Dec 3 The Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
• Dec 3 USSR launches Luna 8; it crashes on the Moon
• Dec 3 "Rubber Soul", the sixth studio album by the Beatles, is released in the United Kingdom
• Dec 4 "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 performances
• Dec 4 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Connecticut, 4 die
• Dec 4 2nd NY Knicks game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)

• Dec 4 San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000
• Dec 6 2 trucks crashed into a crowd of dancers in Sotouboua Togo, kills 125
• Dec 6 Pakistan's Islamic Ideology Advisory Committee recommends that Islamic Studies be made a compulsory subject for Muslim students from primary to graduate level.

• Dec 8 Abe Burrows' "Cactus Flower" premieres in NYC


• Dec 8 Nikolai Podgorny succeeds Mikojan as president of USSR
• Dec 8 Pope Paul VI signs 2nd Vatican council

• Dec 9 Nikolai Podgorny replaces Anastas Mikoyan as president of Soviet Praesidium
• Dec 10 "Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 3 performances
• Dec 10 Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia
• Dec 10 Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
• Dec 11 "Anya" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 16 performances
• Dec 11 "Yearling" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 3 performances
• Dec 12 The Beatles' last concert in Great Britain (Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales)
• Dec 12 Doug Walters makes maiden Test ton in 1st Test, goes on to 155

• Dec 12 Vivian Beaumont Theater opens at 65th St & Amsterdam Ave NYC
• Dec 13 Algerian president Boumedienne visits Moscow
• Dec 14 "La Grusse Valise" opens at 54th St Theater NYC for 7 performances
• Dec 15 3rd cyclone of year kills 15,000 at the mouths of the Ganges River in Bangladesh
• Dec 15 D Heneker & J Taylor's musical "Charlie Girl" premieres in London
• Dec 15 Gemini 6 launched; makes 1st rendezvous in space (with Gemini 7)
• Dec 15 Queen Juliana opens Zeeland Bridge to Oosterschelde


• Dec 15 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th Commissioner of Baseball
• Dec 16 Gemini 6 returns to Earth
• Dec 16 Pioneer 6 launched into solar orbit
• Dec 16 Taufa'ahau Tupou IV becomes King of Tonga

• Dec 17 British government proclaims ends oil-embargo against Rhodesia
• Dec 17 David Levy begins his search for comets
• Dec 17 Dutch government shuts Limburgs coal mine
• Dec 17 Largest newspaper-Sunday NY Times at 946 pages (50 cents)
• Dec 18 "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances
• Dec 18 Frank Borman and Jim Lovell Splash down in Atlantic after two week Gemini VII mission
• Dec 18 Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates

• Dec 22 Belgian government shuts 6 coal mines

• Dec 22 Great Britain sets national maximum road speed at 70 miles per hour
• Dec 22 Radio Mil (Domincan Republic) transmitter blown up
• Dec 25 The Yemeni Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation is founded in Taiz

• Dec 26 "Funny Girl" based on the life of Fanny Brice, with Barbra Streisand closes on Broadway
• Dec 26 AFL Championship, Balboa Stadium San Diego: Buffalo Bills beat San Diego Chargers 23-0; repeat previous year's win over SD

• Dec 28 Ballon d'Or: Benfica striker Eusébio wins award for best European football player; first Portuguese national to win, and still only Benfica player
• Dec 28 Davis Cup Men's Tennis, Sydney: John Newcombe & Tony Roche beat José Luis Arilla & Manuel Santana of Spain 6-3, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 to give Australia unassailable 3-0 lead; ends 4-1

• Dec 29 CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year

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