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President: Lyndon B Johnson, Vice
President: Hubert H. Humphrey |
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The population of the United States
is 193,526,000 |
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National Debt is 322.3 Billion
(+6.2 billion) |
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Unemployment is 5.2% |
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Life Expectancy: 70.2 years |
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Family median income = $6,900 (up
$300. from 1962) |
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Cost of a first-class stamp is
$0.05 |
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Academy Award : My Fair Lady (click to buy)
 (Best
Picture) |
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Grammy Award : The Girl From Ipanema (click to
buy)  (Best Song);
Hello, Dolly! (click to buy)
 (Best
Album) |
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Pulitzer Prize : The Keepers of the House (click to
buy) 
(Fiction) |
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Sir Winston Churchill is laid in
state at St Paul's Cathedral, his funeral has the largest
assembly of statesmen in the world |
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Bloody Sunday and the March from
Selma to Montgomery, AL witnessed more violence against civil
rights activists in Alabama |
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President Johnson gets the Voting
Rights Act of 1965 passed quickly in response to the violent
events in Selma, AL |
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Indonesia and Pakistan go to war
over border disputes |
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In Houston, Texas, the Harris
County Domed Stadium is opened (later renamed the Astrodome) |
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President Johnson's doubles the
number of young men who are drafted and doubles troop strength in
Vietnam |
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President Johnson signs a law
penalizing the burning of draft cards with up to 5 years in
prison and a $1,000 fine |
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Hurricane Betsy roars ashore near
New Orleans, LA causing $1.42 billion in damage and killing
76 |
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The Tom & Jerry cartoon series
debuts on CBS television |
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Pope Paul VI visits the United
States and holds a Mass at Yankee Stadium |
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Fidel Castro opens up emigration to
the US |
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Freedom Flights begin, Castro
agrees to allow an airlift for Cubans who want to emigrate to the
U.S. (by 1971 250,000 Cubans take advantage of this program) |
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The Pillsbury Doughboy, is created,
it later becomes an American icon |
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Tokyo officially becomes the
largest city in the world, taking the lead from New York
City |
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France withdraws from NATO |
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Racially charged riots in the Watts
section of Los Angeles, CA claim 34 lives with over 1000
injured |
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Two U.S. scientist discover cosmic
background radiation which confirms the "Big Bang"
theory |
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The U.S. Mint switches to
"clad" or sandwich coins to conserve silver by
eliminating its use in dollars, half-dollars, quarters, and
dimes |
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The New York blackout affects 30
million people in seven states and Ontario and lasts for 13
hours |
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Alberto VO5 Hairspray is introduced
by Alberto-Culver a Canadian Company |
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Television debuts included:
Hogans
Heroes, Green Acres, I Deam of Jeannie, My Mother the Car,
I Spy, and Get
Smart (click show title for more info) |
Pop History
/ 1965
