In Montgomery, Alabama, 1,600 civil rights marchers demonstrate at the Courthouse.
In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It is passed by the Senate on May 26, the House on July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson on August 6.
March 19 – The wreck of the SS Georgiana, reputed to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser ever built and owned by the real Rhett Butler, is discovered off the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, by teenage diver E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after she was sunk with a million-dollar cargo while attempting to run past the Union blockade into Charleston.
March 25 – Martin Luther King Jr. and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully end the four-day march from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery.
March 30 – Funeral services are held for Detroit homemaker Viola Liuzzo, who was shot dead by four Klansmen as she drove marchers back to Selma at night after the civil rights march.
April 3 – The world's first space nuclear power reactor, SNAP-10A, is launched by the United States from Vandenberg AFB, California. The reactor operated for 43 days and remains in high Earth orbit.
April 11 – The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: An estimated 51 tornadoes (47 confirmed) hit in 6 Midwestern states, killing between 256 and 271 people and injuring some 1,500 more.
April 25 – Sixteen-year-old sniperMichael Clark kills 3 and wounds others, shooting at cars from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Orcutt, California. Clark kills himself as police rush the hilltop.
April 28 – U.S. troops are sent to the Dominican Republic by President Lyndon B. Johnson, "for the stated purpose of protecting U.S. citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country", thus thwarting the possibility of "another Cuba".
May 22 – The first skateboard championship is held. In addition, several hundred Vietnam War protesters in Berkeley, CA, march to the Draft Board again to burn 19 more cards. Lyndon Johnson is hanged in effigy.
June 16 – A planned anti-war protest at The Pentagon becomes a teach-in, with demonstrators distributing 50,000 leaflets in and around the building.
June 25 – A U.S. Air Force Boeing C135-A bound for Okinawa crashes just after takeoff at MCAS El Toro in Orange County, California, killing all 85 on board.
June 28 – The DeFeo family moves from Brooklyn, New York, to 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville, Long Island, New York. The murder of all but one of the DeFeos nine years later, on November 13, 1974, by the oldest son, Ronald/Ronnie "Butch" DeFeo Jr., and the subsequent claims of a haunting at 112 Ocean Avenue by the Lutz family, would lead to The Amityville Horror franchise of books and movies.
July 28 – Vietnam 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, and to double the number of men drafted per month from 17,000 to 35,000.
August 26 – President Johnson announces an end to the draft deferment for newly married men. Effective at midnight, all men who are not married will remain eligible for the draft regardless of their marital status.
Hurricane Betsy roars ashore near New Orleans, Louisiana with winds of 145 MPH, causing 76 deaths and $1.42 billion in damage. The storm is the first hurricane to cause $1 billion in unadjusted damages, giving it the nickname "Billion Dollar Betsy". It is the last major hurricane to strike New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina 40 years later.
October 16 – Anti-war protests draw 100,000 in 80 U.S. cities and around the world.
October 17 – The New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows, New York, closes. Due to financial losses, some of the projected site park improvements fail to materialize.
October 29 – An 80-kiloton nuclear device is detonated at Amchitka Island, Alaska as part of the Vela Uniform program, code-named Project Long Shot.
October 30
Vietnam War: Near Da Nang, United States Marines repel an intense attack by Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions is found on the body of a 13-year-old Vietnamese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.
November 6 – Freedom Flights begin: Cuba and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States (by 1971 250,000 Cubans take advantage of this program).
Vietnam War: During Operation Hump, medic Lawrence Joel becomes the first African American since the Spanish–American War to receive the United States Medal of Honor.
Northeast Blackout of 1965: Several U.S. states (Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and portions of New Jersey) and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13½ hours.
November 22 – Man of La Mancha opens in a Greenwich Village theatre in New York City and eventually becomes one of the greatest musical hits of all time, winning a Tony Award for its star, Richard Kiley.
Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned major sweep operations to neutralize Viet Cong forces during the next year are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam will have to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.
December 15 – Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 perform the first controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit.
December 17 – The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia; the United States joins the effort.
December 21 – A new, 1-hour German-American production of The Nutcracker, with an international cast that includes Edward Villella in the title role, makes its U.S. TV debut. It is repeated annually by CBS over the next 3 years, but after that, it is virtually forgotten.
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Jenny and Sylvia Likens are left in the care of Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski. Sylvia is found dead and mutilated 3 months later.
Tokyo officially becomes the largest city in the world, taking the lead from New York City.[4]
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September 13 – Jeff Ross, stand-up comedian, writer, and actor[20]
September 17 – Kim Davis, activist and political prisoner
September 18 – Tim Scott, U.S. Senator from South Carolina from 2013
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U S vice president January 1 The ship S S Catala is driven onto the beach in Ocean Shores Washington stranding her January 4 President Lyndon B Johnson proclaims his Great Society during his State of the Union Address 1 January 19 The uncrewed Gemini 2 is launched on a suborbital test of various spacecraft systems January 20 President Lyndon B Johnson begins his full term Hubert Humphrey is sworn in as Vice President of the United States February edit February 3 The 8 7 Mw Rat Islands earthquake affected southwest Alaska with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI Strong causing a tsunami that was destructive at Amchitka February 20 Ranger 8 crashes into the Moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts February 21 Malcolm X is assassinated in Manhattan February 22 A new revised color production of Rodgers and Hammerstein s Cinderella airs on CBS Lesley Ann Warren makes her TV debut in the title role The show becomes an annual tradition March edit March 2 The Sound of Music premieres at the Rivoli Theater in New York City March 7 Bloody Sunday Some 200 Alabama State Troopers clash with 525 civil rights demonstrators in Selma Alabama No one was killed in the clash March 8 Vietnam War Some 3 500 United States Marines arrive in South Vietnam becoming the first American combat troops in Vietnam March 9 The second attempt to march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama under the leadership of Martin Luther King Jr stops at the bridge that was the site of Bloody Sunday to hold a prayer service and return to Selma in obedience to a court restraining order White supremacists beat up white Unitarian Universalist minister James J Reeb later that day in Selma March 11 White Unitarian Universalist minister James J Reeb beaten by White supremacists in Selma Alabama on March 9 following the second march from Selma dies in a hospital in Birmingham Alabama March 15 President Lyndon B Johnson makes his We Shall Overcome speech March 16 Police clash with 600 marchers from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC in Montgomery Alabama March 17 In Montgomery Alabama 1 600 civil rights marchers demonstrate at the Courthouse In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma Alabama President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of 1965 It is passed by the Senate on May 26 the House on July 10 and signed into law by President Johnson on August 6 March 18 A United States federal judge rules that the Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC has the lawful right to march to Montgomery Alabama to petition for redress of grievances March 19 The wreck of the SS Georgiana reputed to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser ever built and owned by the real Rhett Butler is discovered off the Isle of Palms South Carolina by teenage diver E Lee Spence exactly 102 years after she was sunk with a million dollar cargo while attempting to run past the Union blockade into Charleston March 21 Ranger program NASA launches Ranger 9 which is the last in a series of uncrewed lunar space probes Martin Luther King Jr leads 3 200 Civil rights activists in the third march from Selma Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery March 23 Gemini 3 NASA launches the United States first 2 person crew Gus Grissom John Young into Earth orbit March 25 Martin Luther King Jr and 25 000 civil rights activists successfully end the four day march from Selma Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery March 30 Funeral services are held for Detroit homemaker Viola Liuzzo who was shot dead by four Klansmen as she drove marchers back to Selma at night after the civil rights march March The Negro Family The Case For National Action government report issued 2 First African American Playboy Playmate model Jennifer Jackson April edit April 3 The world s first space nuclear power reactor SNAP 10A is launched by the United States from Vandenberg AFB California The reactor operated for 43 days and remains in high Earth orbit April 5 At the 37th Academy Awards George Cukor s My Fair Lady wins 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director for Cukor Rex Harrison wins an Oscar for Best Actor Robert Stevenson s Mary Poppins takes home 5 Oscars out of 13 nominations Julie Andrews wins an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal in the lead role Sherman Brothers receives 2 Oscars including Best Song Chim Chim Cher ee The ceremony is hosted by Bob Hope at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium April 9 In Houston Texas the Harris County Domed Stadium more commonly known as the Astrodome opens Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang appear on the cover of Time The 100th anniversary of the end of the American Civil War is observed April 11 The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965 An estimated 51 tornadoes 47 confirmed hit in 6 Midwestern states killing between 256 and 271 people and injuring some 1 500 more April 14 In Cold Blood killers Richard Hickock and Perry Smith convicted of murdering 4 members of the Herbert Clutter family of Holcomb Kansas are executed by hanging at the Kansas State Penitentiary for Men in Lansing Kansas April 17 The first SDS march against the Vietnam War draws 25 000 protestors to Washington DC April 21 The New York World s Fair in Flushing Meadows reopens April 25 Sixteen year old sniper Michael Clark kills 3 and wounds others shooting at cars from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Orcutt California Clark kills himself as police rush the hilltop April 28 U S troops are sent to the Dominican Republic by President Lyndon B Johnson for the stated purpose of protecting U S citizens and preventing an alleged Communist takeover of the country thus thwarting the possibility of another Cuba April 29 8 The 6 7 Mw Puget Sound earthquake affected western Washington with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII Severe causing seven deaths and 12 5 28 million in financial losses in the Puget Sound region May edit May 5 Forty men burn their draft cards at the University of California Berkeley and a coffin is marched to the Berkeley Draft Board May 6 A tornado outbreak near the Twin Cities in Minnesota kills 13 and injures 683 May 7 The U S Steel freighter SS Cedarville collides with the SS Topdalsfjord and sinks near the Mackinac Bridge killing 25 of those on board Ten are rescued from the Cedarville the 3rd largest lake ship to sink after its sister the SS Carl D Bradley and the SS Edmund Fitzgerald May 21 The largest teach in to date begins at Berkeley California attended by 30 000 May 22 The first skateboard championship is held In addition several hundred Vietnam War protesters in Berkeley CA march to the Draft Board again to burn 19 more cards Lyndon Johnson is hanged in effigy May 31 Scottish racing driver Jim Clark wins the Indianapolis 500 and later wins the Formula One world driving championship in the same year June edit June 1 Florida International University is founded in Miami June 3 Gemini 4 Astronaut Ed White makes the first U S space walk June 16 A planned anti war protest at The Pentagon becomes a teach in with demonstrators distributing 50 000 leaflets in and around the building June 25 A U S Air Force Boeing C135 A bound for Okinawa crashes just after takeoff at MCAS El Toro in Orange County California killing all 85 on board June 28 The DeFeo family moves from Brooklyn New York to 112 Ocean Avenue in Amityville Long Island New York The murder of all but one of the DeFeos nine years later on November 13 1974 by the oldest son Ronald Ronnie Butch DeFeo Jr and the subsequent claims of a haunting at 112 Ocean Avenue by the Lutz family would lead to The Amityville Horror franchise of books and movies July edit July 13 Environmental Science Services Administration created combining Coast amp Geodetic Survey and Weather Bureau Weather Bureau part of Environmental Science Services Administration July 14 U S spacecraft Mariner 4 flies by Mars becoming the first spacecraft to return images from the Red Planet July 20 Rock musician Bob Dylan s influential single Like a Rolling Stone is released by Columbia Records July 25 Electric Dylan controversy Bob Dylan elicits controversy among folk purists by going electric at the Newport Folk Festival July 28 Vietnam 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 and to double the number of men drafted per month from 17 000 to 35 000 July 30 War on Poverty U S President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law establishing Medicare and Medicaid August edit August 6 U S President Lyndon B Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that have been responsible for widespread disfranchisement of African Americans August 9 An explosion at an Arkansas missile plant kills 53 August 11 The Watts Riots begin in Los Angeles California August 13 The rock group Jefferson Airplane debuts at the Matrix in San Francisco California and begins to appear there regularly August 15 The Beatles perform the first stadium concert in the history of rock playing at Shea Stadium in New York City August 18 Vietnam War Operation Starlite 5 500 United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in Quang Ngai Province in the first major American ground battle of the war The Marines were tipped off by a Viet Cong deserter who said that there was an attack planned against the U S base at Chu Lai August 20 Jonathan Myrick Daniels an Episcopal seminarian from Keene New Hampshire is murdered in Hayneville Alabama while working in the American civil rights movement August 21 Gemini 5 Gordon Cooper Pete Conrad is launched on the first 1 week flight as well as the first test of fuel cells for electrical power August 26 President Johnson announces an end to the draft deferment for newly married men Effective at midnight all men who are not married will remain eligible for the draft regardless of their marital status August 28 The first Subway opens in Bridgeport Connecticut August 30 Rock musician Bob Dylan releases his influential album Highway 61 Revisited featuring the song Like a Rolling Stone Casey Stengel announces his retirement after 55 years in baseball September edit September 1 WTWO begins broadcasting in Terre Haute Indiana September 7 Vietnam War In a follow up to August s Operation Starlite United States Marines and South Vietnamese forces initiate Operation Piranha on the Batangan Peninsula 23 miles south of the Chu Lai Marine base September 9 Sandy Koufax pitches a perfect game in a baseball match against the Chicago Cubs The opposing pitcher Bob Hendley allows only 1 run which is unearned Hurricane Betsy roars ashore near New Orleans Louisiana with winds of 145 MPH causing 76 deaths and 1 42 billion in damage The storm is the first hurricane to cause 1 billion in unadjusted damages giving it the nickname Billion Dollar Betsy It is the last major hurricane to strike New Orleans until Hurricane Katrina 40 years later The Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD begins operation September 14 The infamous bad sitcom My Mother The Car premieres on NBC September 18 The first ever Mr Olympia bodybuilding competition is held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City and is won by Larry Scott September 25 The Tom amp Jerry cartoon series makes its world broadcast premiere on CBS September 28 Fidel Castro announces that anyone who wants to can emigrate to the United States October edit nbsp October 28 The Gateway Arch is completed October 3 U S President Lyndon B Johnson signs an immigration bill which abolishes quotas based on national origin October 4 Pope Paul VI visits the United States He appears for a Mass in Yankee Stadium and makes a speech at the United Nations The University of California Irvine opens its doors October 7 Seven Japanese fishing boats are sunk off Guam by super typhoon Carmen 209 are killed October 9 Yale University presents the Vinland map October 10 The first group of Cuban refugees travels to the U S October 14 The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the Minnesota Twins 4 games to 3 to win their 4th World Series Title October 15 Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War The Catholic Worker Movement stages an anti war protest in Manhattan One protestor who carries out a draft card burning David J Miller is arrested the first under the new amendment to the Military Selective Service Act October 16 Anti war protests draw 100 000 in 80 U S cities and around the world October 17 The New York World s Fair at Flushing Meadows New York closes Due to financial losses some of the projected site park improvements fail to materialize October 26 Police discover the body of Sylvia Likens in Indianapolis Indiana October 28 In St Louis Missouri the 630 foot tall parabolic steel Gateway Arch is completed October 29 An 80 kiloton nuclear device is detonated at Amchitka Island Alaska as part of the Vela Uniform program code named Project Long Shot October 30 Vietnam War Near Da Nang United States Marines repel an intense attack by Viet Cong forces killing 56 guerrillas Among the dead a sketch of Marine positions is found on the body of a 13 year old Vietnamese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before In Washington D C a pro Vietnam War march draws 25 000 November edit November 2 Quaker Norman Morrison sets himself on fire outside the Pentagon to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War 3 Liberal Republican John Lindsay is elected mayor of New York City November 6 Freedom Flights begin Cuba and the United States formally agree to start an airlift for Cubans who want to go to the United States by 1971 250 000 Cubans take advantage of this program November 7 The Pillsbury Company s mascot the Pillsbury Doughboy is created November 8 Vietnam War During Operation Hump medic Lawrence Joel becomes the first African American since the Spanish American War to receive the United States Medal of Honor American Airlines Flight 383 crashes on approach to Cincinnati killing 58 of 62 people on board The soap opera Days of Our Lives debuts on NBC November 9 Northeast Blackout of 1965 Several U S states Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island New York and portions of New Jersey and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours Vietnam War In New York City 22 year old Catholic Worker Movement member Roger Allen LaPorte sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building in protest of the war November 14 Vietnam War Battle of the Ia Drang In the Ia Drang Valley of the Central Highlands in Vietnam the first major engagement of the war between regular United States and North Vietnamese forces begins November 15 U S racer Craig Breedlove sets a new land speed record of 600 601 mph on Bonneville Salt Flats November 22 Man of La Mancha opens in a Greenwich Village theatre in New York City and eventually becomes one of the greatest musical hits of all time winning a Tony Award for its star Richard Kiley November 27 Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters picket the White House then march on the Washington Monument Vietnam War The Pentagon tells U S President Lyndon B Johnson that if planned major sweep operations to neutralize Viet Cong forces during the next year are to succeed the number of American troops in Vietnam will have to be increased from 120 000 to 400 000 November 28 Vietnam War In response to U S President Lyndon B Johnson s call for more flags in Vietnam Philippines President elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam November 30 Ralph Nader s book Unsafe at Any Speed The Designed In Dangers of the American Automobile is published December edit December 9 A Charlie Brown Christmas the first Peanuts television special debuts on CBS It becomes a Christmas tradition December 15 Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 perform the first controlled rendezvous in Earth orbit December 17 The British government begins an oil embargo against Rhodesia the United States joins the effort December 21 A new 1 hour German American production of The Nutcracker with an international cast that includes Edward Villella in the title role makes its U S TV debut It is repeated annually by CBS over the next 3 years but after that it is virtually forgotten Undated edit Jenny and Sylvia Likens are left in the care of Indianapolis housewife Gertrude Baniszewski Sylvia is found dead and mutilated 3 months later Tokyo officially becomes the largest city in the world taking the lead from New York City 4 Ongoing edit Cold War 1947 1991 Space Race 1957 1975 Vietnam War U S involvement 1964 1973 Births editJanuary 1 Billiam van Roestenberg political activist former model philanthropist and organic farmer citation needed Terri Sewell African American lawyer and politician 5 John Sullivan real estate agent and politician Andrew Valmon runner and coach January 2 Curt Hagman Mayor of Chino Hills Greg Swindell baseball player and coach January 3 Sharrie Williams blues and gospel singer songwriter January 4 Rick Hearst actor January 5 Ricky Paull Goldin actor January 6 Cynthia Dill lawyer Member of the Maine Senate from the 7th District January 7 Matthew Levatich businessman president of Harley Davidson John Ondrasik Five for Fighting singer songwriter January 8 Maria Pitillo actress January 9 Jamie Callender politician member of the Ohio House of Representatives January 10 Butch Hartman animator writer producer director voice actor and YouTuber January 11 Mark Halperin journalist January 13 Rod Rosenstein officeholder Deputy Attorney General and lawyer Kevin Samuels Internet personality and image consultant died 2022 6 January 17 Jim Holt Arkansas politician American politician Arkansas House of Representatives January 19 J B Pritzker businessman philanthropist politician and the 43rd governor of Illinois January 21 Michele Ruiz entrepreneur January 22 Diane Lane actress January 24 Mike Awesome professional wrestler d 2007 William Derrough investment banker 7 January 26 Kevin McCarthy 55th Speaker of the House January 27 Tim Chambers college baseball coach died 2019 January 28 Robert von Dassanowsky academic writer poet film and cultural historian and producer January 30 Julie McCullough actress January 31 Cindy Ambuehl actress John L Brownlee attorney 8 Peter Sagal NPR host February 2 Cady Huffman actress February 3 Kathleen Kinmont actress producer and screenwriter Maura Tierney actress and producer February 4 Jerome Brown American football player died 1992 Julianne Buescher actress and voice actress February 5 Ken LaCorte executive at Fox News Channel February 6 Jim Christian basketball coach Dana Eskelson television actress February 7 Chris Rock African American comedian and actor February 9 Michael Brandon gay pornographic actor and director Stephin Merritt singer songwriter and multi instrumentalist 9 February 10 David Aldridge writer February 12 Mia Frye dance choregrapher February 13 Andy Buckley actor February 14 Donald DeGrood Roman Catholic bishop February 15 Jon Moritsugu filmmaker 10 February 19 Clark Hunt CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs Jon Fishman drummer February 20 Matt Bartle politician Ron Eldard actor February 21 Shawn Slocum American football coach 11 February 22 Chris Dudley basketball player and politician Dean Karr director and photographer Pat LaFontaine ice hockey player February 23 Kristin Davis actress 12 Michael Dell computer manufacturer 13 February 24 Jane Swift executive former governor of Massachusetts February 26 Tim Armstead Republican politician and jurist from West Virginia March 1 Booker T pro wrestler March 2 Ron Gant news anchor March 3 Tom Brower politician March 4 Stacy Edwards actress March 5 Kathleen Delaney actress March 6 Lora Leigh novelist March 7 E E Knight science fiction writer March 8 Kenny Smith basketball player March 9 Benito Santiago baseball player March 10 Randy Weiner playwright producer and theater and nightclub owner Rod Woodson American football player March 11 Jesse Jackson Jr African American politician Wallace Langham actor Andy Sturmer musician singer songwriter and composer March 12 Steve Finley baseball player March 13 Gigi Rice actress March 14 Kevin Brown baseball player March 15 Carl J Artman politician March 16 Angela Taylor athlete and collegiate coach March 17 George Hinkle American football player March 18 Shannon Grove politician March 19 Joseph D Kucan video game developer Jeff Pidgeon animator and voice actor March 22 Rick Harrison businessman March 24 The Undertaker professional wrestler and actor March 25 Avery Johnson basketball player and coach Sarah Jessica Parker actress March 30 Juliet Landau actress and producer March 31 Steve Bing businessman philanthropist and film producer suicide 2020 William McNamara film actor April 1 Mark Jackson basketball coach April 2 Rodney King convicted criminal and police brutality victim died 2012 April 4 Robert Downey Jr actor and producer April 7 Bill Bellamy actor and comedian April 8 Erika Cosby painter April 12 Tom O Brien actor producer Jonathan Fahn voice actor April 14 Kirk Windstein musician April 16 Jon Cryer actor comedian and television director 14 Martin Lawrence African American actor comedian and producer April 17 William Mapother actor April 23 Tommy DeCarlo singer and songwriter April 25 Eric Avery musician April 28 Karl Logan musician May 3 Mary L Trump psychologist and author May 9 Lisa Colagrossi journalist died 2015 May 13 Tim Chapman bounty hunter Lari White country singer died 2018 May 16 Krist Novoselic rock bassist Nirvana May 19 Maile Flanagan actress May 20 Ted Allen author and television personality Billy Donovan basketball coach May 27 Todd Bridges actor and comedian May 31 DJ Casper musician died 2023 June 2 Jim Knipfel journalist and author June 3 Jeff Blumenkrantz actor and composer Mike Gordon rock singer bass player and director Mike Shula American football coach June 7 Mick Foley pro wrestler June 8 Chris Chavis Tatanka professional wrestler Frank Grillo American actor Kevin Farley American actor Kevin Ritz American baseball pitcher June 10 Scott Graham sportscaster June 11 Pamela Gidley actress and model died 2018 June 16 Andrea M Ghez astronomer recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2020 15 June 21 Michael Dolan theatre and film actor director and educator June 22 Just Ice rapper J J Cohen actor June 23 Sylvia Mathews Burwell government June 24 Chris Barnes child actor June 26 Randy Hembrey Road Racing director June 28 Sonny Strait voice actor and director June 30 Mitch Richmond basketball player Bobby Vitale pornographic actor July 1 Tom Hodges actor and film producer July 4 Horace Grant basketball player Harvey Grant basketball player Jay Crawford sports journalist July 5 Kathryn Erbe actress Eyran Katsenelenbogen Israeli American pianist and educator July 7 Sam Holbrook baseball player and umpire Karen Malina White actress July 8 Lee Tergesen actor Corey Parker actor and coach July 10 Alec Mapa actor comedian and writer July 15 Scott Livingstone baseball player Bobby Gustafson guitarist July 16 Billy Mitchell video game player Daryl Mitchell African American actor Sherri Stoner actress producer and screenwriter July 18 Michael Sharrett actor Jim Bob Duggar real estate agent politician and television personality July 19 Clea Lewis actress and singer Stuart Scott sports reporter and ESPN anchor died 2015 July 20 Anthony Shriver activist July 21 Tom Gulager actor July 22 Shawn Michaels professional wrestler and actor July 24 Brian Blades National Football League wide receiver Kadeem Hardison actor and director Doug Liman director and producer July 25 Illeana Douglas actress and producer 16 July 26 Jimmy Dore comedian August 5 Tammy Murphy politician August 11 Viola Davis African American actress Duane Martin actor Embeth Davidtz American actress nbsp Embeth Davidtz August 13 Deborah Falconer actress August 14 Terry Richardson fashion photographer August 15 Rob Thomas author producer director and screenwriter August 17 David McCormick politician and businessman August 18 Bob Harper personal trainer and author 17 August 19 Kevin Dillon actor Kyra Sedgwick actress August 22 Thaddeus McCotter politician and radio host August 24 Dee Harvey R amp B singer died 2012 Reggie Miller basketball player and commentator August 26 Bobby Duncum Jr American professional wrestler died 2000 August 27 Lynn Shelton filmmaker died 2020 18 Scott Dibble politician and activist LeRoy Homer Jr airline pilot died 2001 September 9 Dan Majerle basketball player Charles Esten actor Constance Marie actress 19 September 11 Paul Heyman wrestling promoter ECW lt ref gt Golianopoulos Thomas November 16 2017 The Biggeslvtfdgbgyhbdgimo m 2017 11 16 16666828 paul heyman wwe brock lesnar life career The Ringer lt ref gt September 13 Jeff Ross stand up comedian writer and actor 20 September 17 Kim Davis activist and political prisoner September 18 Tim Scott U S Senator from South Carolina from 2013 September 28 Scott Fellows animator September 30 Kathleen Madigan comedian Daron Norwood country singer died 2015 October 1 J Paul Oetken judge October 4 John Melendez television announcer Micky Ward boxer October 6 Steve Scalise House majority whip and U S Representative of Louisiana s 1st district 21 October 10 Chris Penn actor died 2006 October 11 Bobby Wayne Woods convicted murderer kidnapper and rapist died 2009 Julianne McNamara artistic gymnast October 13 Bill Odenkirk comedy writer October 18 Curtis Stigers jazz vocalist and saxophonist 22 October 27 Chad Larson American Canadian rock guitarist November 5 Atul Gawande surgeon and writer November 6 Greg Graffin rock singer Bad Religion November 12 Lex Lang voice actor and director November 13 Kurt Marshall model and actor died 1988 November 20 Mike D rapper Beastie Boys 23 November 21 Bill Oberst Jr actor November 22 Wendy Moten singer November 23 Don Frye professional wrestler and mixed martial arts fighter November 25 Tim Armstrong singer songwriter guitarist and producer Cris Carter American football player November 30 Ben Stiller actor screenwriter film director and producer son of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara brother of Amy Stiller and spouse of Christine Taylor December 2 Dan Gauthier actor December 4 Veronica Taylor voice actress December 10 J Mascis rock singer guitarist and drummer December 12 Russell Batiste Jr funk and R amp B drummer died 2023 December 14 Madeline Amy Sweeney flight attendant died 2001 Craig Biggio baseball player Ted Raimi actor producer and writer December 15 Ted Slampyak comic strip cartoonist December 22 Lee Rogers Berger American born explorer and paleoanthropologist December 23 Martin Kratt zoologist and educational nature show host December 30 Heidi Fleiss madam 24 Kelli Maroney actress December 31 Nicholas Sparks author 25 Deaths editJanuary 4 T S Eliot poet essayist publisher playwright literary critic and editor born 1888 January 7 Sarah Edwards Welsh born American actress born 1881 January 12 Lorraine Hansberry African American playwright and writer born 1930 January 14 Jeanette MacDonald actress and singer born 1903 January 20 Alan Freed disc jockey born 1922 February 5 Irving Bacon actor born 1893 February 7 Nance O Neil actress born 1874 February 10 Arthur C Davis admiral born 1893 February 11 Loyal Blaine Aldrich astronomer born 1884 February 13 Jerry Burke musician born 1911 February 15 Nat King Cole singer and musician born 1919 February 19 Forrest Taylor actor born 1883 Tom Wilson actor born 1880 February 21 Malcolm X African American Muslim minister and human rights activist born 1925 February 23 Stan Laurel English actor born 1890 March 6 Margaret Dumont actress born 1882 March 14 Marion Jones Farquhar tennis player born 1879 26 March 17 Quentin Reynolds journalist born 1902 March 23 Mae Murray actress film producer dancer and screenwriter born 1885 March 25 Wolfgang Klemperer Austrian American scientist and engineer born 1893 in Germany March 30 Philip Showalter Hench physician recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1950 born 1896 April 1 Helena Rubinstein Polish and American businesswoman and art collector born 1872 April 10 Linda Darnell actress born 1923 April 24 Louise Dresser actress born 1878 April 27 Edward R Murrow broadcast journalist and war correspondent born 1908 May 1 Spike Jones musician bandleader and conductor born 1911 May 24 Sonny Boy Williamson II blues harmonica player singer and songwriter born 1912 June 2 Nannie Doss serial killer born 1905 June 7 Judy Holliday actress and singer born 1921 June 22 David O Selznick film producer screenwriter and film studio executive born 1902 July 14 Adlai Stevenson II politician born 1900 July 19 Clyde Beatty animal trainer actor zoo owner and circus mogul born 1903 July 24 Constance Bennett actress and producer born 1904 August Robert P Braddicks New York City businessman born 1882 27 August 6 Nancy Carroll actress born 1903 August 8 Shirley Jackson writer born 1916 August 25 Johnny Hayes athlete born 1886 August 31 E E Doc Smith science fiction writer born 1890 September 8 Dorothy Dandridge actress and singer born 1922 September 16 Fred Quimby animation producer and journalist born 1886 September 27 Clara Bow actress born 1905 October 1 Anton Boisen founder of the clinical pastoral education movement born 1876 28 October 2 Nicky Arnstein professional gambler and con artist married to Fanny Brice born 1879 October 3 Zachary Scott actor born 1914 October 11 Dorothea Lange documentary photographer and photojournalist born 1895 October 18 Henry Travers English actor born 1874 October 21 Marie McDonald actress and singer born 1923 October 26 Sylvia Likens murder victim born 1949 November 6 Clarence Williams jazz pianist composer promoter vocalist theatrical producer and publisher November 8 Dorothy Kilgallen columnist journalist and game show panelist born 1913 November 14 Allen B DuMont electronics engineer and inventor born 1901 November 16 Harry Blackstone Sr magician and illusionist born 1885 November 18 Henry A Wallace 33rd vice president of the United States from 1941 to 1945 born 1888 December 5 Mary Dailey baseball player born 1928 Joseph Erlanger physiologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate born 1874 December 9 Branch Rickey baseball player manager and executive born 1881 Dutch Sterrett baseball player born 1889 citation needed December 20 Allen Easter Ericson Weatherford university professor of physical education born 1907 December 28 Lynn Thorndike historian of medieval science and alchemy born 1882 29 See also editList of American films of 1965 Timeline of United States history 1950 1969 References edit On This Day New York Times retrieved 25 August 2016 Coates Ta 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