What is 1965?
{{Year nav|1965}} {{Year in various calendars|1965}} '''1965''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXV]]) was a [[common year starting on Friday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1965th year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations,{{Year article header/year number|1965}}. == Events == [[File:Clapham Junction Sir Winston Churchill's Funeral Train geograph-2675150-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|Funeral train for Sir [[Winston Churchill]]]] * [[January 30]] – state [[funeral]] of Sir [[Winston Churchill]] in [[London]] * [[February 18]] – [[The Gambia]] becomes independent from the [[United Kingdom]] * [[March 7]] &ndash; [[Bloody Sunday (1965)|Bloody Sunday]]: [[Alabama]] State Troopers attack civil rights demonstrators as they attempt to [[Selma to Montgomery marches|march to the state capitol of Montgomery]] * [[May 25]] – [[Muhammad Ali]] knocks out [[Sonny Liston]] in the first round of their championship [[boxing]] rematch * [[June 15]] - [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria, Australia]], coldest day on record -11.7°C at [[Omeo, Victoria|Omeo]]<ref name=rte>{{cite web |url= http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/extreme/records.shtml |title=Rainfall and Temperature Extremes |first= |last= |work=bom.gov.au |year=2011 |access-date=5 August 2011}}</ref> * [[July 16]] – The [[Mont Blanc tunnel]] opens * [[August 9]] – [[Singapore]] proclaims its independence from the [[Malaysia]]n Federation. * [[September 9]] – [[Hurricane Betsy]] is in [[Louisiana]] * [[October 3]] – [[Fidel Castro]] announces that [[Che Guevara]] resigned and left [[Cuba]] * [[November 5]] – [[Martial law]] is announced in [[Rhodesia]] * [[December 9]] – ''A Charlie Brown Christmas'' debuts on [[CBS]]. * [[December 20]] – [[World Food Programme]] is made a permanent agency of the [[United Nations]] * [[The Left Banke]] forms * [[Pete Best]] attempts [[suicide]] == Births == [[File:Bruce Lee - son.jpg|thumb|[[Bruce Lee]] with son [[Brandon Lee]] in 1966]] * [[January 8]] – [[John Catliff]], Canadian footballer * [[February 21]] - [[Steve Lee]