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Fashion
The suit was a fashionable all purpose elegant ensemble and it was often enhanced with a matching or toning three quarter or full length coat. Collars were frequently trimmed with beaver lamb or mink and cuffs were often deep and plush. In addition to trimming ladies suits and coats, mink was often used to make mink jewellery brooches. Fur was also used on dress hemlines too. -
Wanda Beach Murders
2 children were discovered murdered at Wanda Beach, Sydney. The victims, both aged 15, were best friends and neighbors. . It remains one of the most infamous unsolved Australian murder cases. Several people claim that this was when "Australia lost its innocence". -
Sir Winston Churchill
State funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place with the largest assembly of statesmen in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. -
Freedom Rides
Charles Perkins sets out on his Freedom Rides. Its aim was to campaign, in the country towns of New South Wales, against racial discrimination that was rife in these insular communities. -
Malcolm X
Malcolm X is assassinated in Manhattan. -
Royal Australian Mint is opened
Prince Philip opens the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra -
Bloody Sunday
Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators in Selma, Alabama. -
Vietnam War
Some 3,500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam. -
Indo-Pak War begins
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins. War fought over a territory called Kashmir. -
SNAP 10A launched
The world's first space nuclear power reactor, SNAP-10A, is launched by the United States from Vandenberg AFB, California. The reactor operates for 43 days and remains in high earth orbit. -
ALP defeated in NSW state elections
the Australian Labor Party (ALP) is defeated in the NSW state election after 24 years in government and the Liberal Party, led by Robin Askin takes power (May 1) -
Vietnam War and Australia
The first contingent of Australian combat troops arrives in South Vietnam. The 1st RAR is deployed in Vietnam and takes part in "Operation Hump". -
The Watts Riots begin
The term Watts Riots of 1965 refers to a large-scale race riot which lasted 6 days in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, in August 1965. By the time the riot subsided, 34 people had been killed, 1,032 injured, and 3,952 arrested. -
The Tom & Jerry Show
The Tom & Jerry cartoon series makes its world broadcast premiere on CBS. -
Gemini 6 and Gemini 7
Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 perform the first controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit.
