What happened in 1965

“(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction”

The Rolling Stones · 4 weeks at #1 in 1965

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1. Jan 2I Feel FineThe Beatles2 wks
2. Jan 16Come See About MeThe Supremes1 wk
3. Jan 23DowntownPetula Clark2 wks
4. Feb 6You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'The Righteous Brothers2 wks
5. Feb 20This Diamond RingGary Lewis And The Playboys2 wks
6. Mar 6My GirlThe Temptations1 wk
7. Mar 13Eight Days A WeekThe Beatles2 wks
8. Mar 27Stop! In The Name Of LoveThe Supremes2 wks
9. Apr 10I'm Telling You NowFreddie And The Dreamers2 wks
10. Apr 24Game Of LoveWayne Fontana & The Mindbenders1 wk
11. May 1Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely DaughterHerman's Hermits3 wks
12. May 22Ticket To RideThe Beatles1 wk
13. May 29Help Me, RhondaThe Beach Boys2 wks
14. Jun 12Back In My Arms AgainThe Supremes1 wk
15. Jun 19I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)Four Tops2 wks
16. Jun 26Mr. Tambourine ManThe Byrds1 wk
17. Jul 10(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones4 wks
18. Aug 7I'm Henry VIII, I AmHerman's Hermits1 wk
19. Aug 14I Got You BabeSonny & Cher3 wks
20. Sep 4Help!The Beatles3 wks
21. Sep 25Eve Of DestructionBarry McGuire1 wk
22. Oct 2Hang On SloopyThe McCoys1 wk
23. Oct 9YesterdayThe Beatles4 wks
24. Nov 6Get Off Of My CloudThe Rolling Stones2 wks
25. Nov 20I Hear A SymphonyThe Supremes2 wks
26. Dec 4Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)The Byrds3 wks
27. Dec 25Over And OverThe Dave Clark Five1 wk

Dates are the first chart week at #1 in 1965; weeks count only those in 1965.Find the #1 song on your birthday →

1. Feb 18The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
2. Feb 21American Black nationalist Malcolm X was assassinated while giving a speech in New York City's Audubon Ballroom.
3. Mar 2The Sound of Music was released in American theatres; it became the highest-grossing film until 1971.
4. Mar 2Vietnam War: The American and South Vietnamese air forces began Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam that eventually became the most intense air–ground battle waged during the Cold War period.
5. Mar 8Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang.
6. Mar 15President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells the U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act.
7. Apr 5My Fair Lady wins Best Picture at the 37th Academy Awards.
8. May 27Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam.
9. Jul 28Vietnam War: U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson announces his order to increase the number of United States troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
10. Aug 6U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.
11. Sep 21The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.
12. Oct 4Pope Paul VI begins the first papal visit to the Americas.
13. Nov 27Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
14. Nov 28Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.

Event summaries from Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Each links to its article.

• U.S. President

  Lyndon B. Johnson

• UK Prime Minister

  Harold Wilson

• Prime Minister of Canada

  Lester B. Pearson

• President of France

  Charles de Gaulle

• German Chancellor

  Ludwig Erhard

• Prime Minister of Japan

  Eisaku Satō

• Soviet leader

  Leonid Brezhnev

Everyone who held the office at some point in 1965, from Wikidata.

A selection of the best-documented titles on Wikidata, by first release year; not a box-office ranking.

• Diane LaneAmerican actress · Jan 22
• Kevin McCarthyAmerican politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives · Jan 26
• Maura TierneyAmerican actress and producer · Feb 3
• Chris RockAmerican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter · Feb 7
• Michael DellAmerican businessman · Feb 23
• Sarah Jessica ParkerAmerican actress, producer, and designer · Mar 25
• Rodney KingAmerican victim of police brutality (died 2012) · Apr 2
• Robert Downey Jr.American actor, producer, and screenwriter. · Apr 4
• Jon CryerAmerican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter · Apr 16
• Martin LawrenceGerman-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter · Apr 16

From Wikipedia’s “On this day”, CC BY-SA 4.0.