August 1965 in History

Events in History

Aug 6 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act prohibiting voting discrimination against minorities

Aug 7 Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore signs a separation agreement with Malaysia, after 2 years of political union

Aug 9 Singapore separates from the Federation of Malaysia and gains its independence

Aug 10 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 82 km
Aug 11 Watts riots begin in Southeast Los Angeles, lasts 6 days
Aug 12 Dame Elizabeth Lane becomes first female English High Court judge
Aug 12 Race riot in West Side of Chicago
Aug 14 Continental Football League plays 1st games
Aug 19 Auschwitz trials end with 6 life sentences
Aug 19 The Yardbirds launch their first US tour
Aug 21 Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (2 astronauts)
Aug 21 Romania adopts constitution
Aug 21 The Crusher beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ
Aug 28 1st Subway sandwich shop opens in Bridgeport, Connecticut
Aug 29 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5
Aug 30 Section of Allalin glacier wipes out construction site at Mattmark Dam near Saas-Fee, Switzerland
Aug 31 The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy Aircraft makes its first flight.
Aug 31 US Congress establishes Department of Housing & Urban Development

Aug 4 Dennis Lehane, American crime writer (Mystic River), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Aug 4 Fredrik Reinfeldt, Swedish politician
Aug 8 Kate Langbroek, Australian media personality

Aug 26 Mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill (22) weds Karen Friedman in North Carolina; separate in 1989; divorce in 2002

Aug 2 N. Howell Furman, American Chemist whose work on separating uranium contributed to the development of the atomic bomb, dies at 73
Aug 6 Aksel Sandemose, writer, dies
Aug 8 Olga Fastrová, Czech writer and editor (National Policy), dies at 89

Aug 8 American author (Road Through the Wall), dies at 45

Aug 13 Ikeda Hayato, Japanese politician, Prime Minister of Japan (1960-64), dies at 65
Aug 14 Jan van Nijlen, Flemish poet and author (Walk at Dawn), dies at 80
Aug 22 Ellen Church, American 1st female airline stewardess (United flight in 1930 from San Francisco to Cheyenne), dies in a horse riding accident at 60
Aug 23 Jan Antonín Bata, Czech shoe manufacturer (Bata), dies at 67
Aug 27 Edmond of Dooren, Flemish painter, dies at 68