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| The 1964/1965 New York World's Fair continued
to make news in 1965, but the news wasn't good. Magazines and
newspapers devoted stories of the Exposition's financial difficulties
along with constant criticism of the Fair and its management. |
The year was 1965
A look at the
news ...  The Astrodome
opens in Houston, United Nations International Children's
Emergency Fund (UNICEF) is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize ...
in January, President Johnson outlines plans for a "Great
Society" in his second State of the Union message to Congress;
84 are killed when an Eastern Air Lines DC-7B plunges into the
Atlantic 11 minutes after take-off from Kennedy International
in New York ... in February, four are arrested in New York in
a plot to destroy three US National Monuments -- Statue of Liberty,
Liberty Bell, Washington Monument; Malcolm X is assassinated
... in March, 25,000 demonstrators, led by Dr. Martin Luther
King, march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama ... in April, the
Palm Sunday tornadoes snake across Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Indiana, Ohio and Michigan leaving 271 dead in their wake ...
in May, The Subject was Roses and Fiddler on the Roof
win the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Musical;
first strikes on North Vietnamese air bases by US planes; Early
Bird communications satellite relays live television between
Europe and North America for the first time ... in June, Major
Edward White takes a 20-minute Space Walk outside his Gemini
4 spacecraft; State Department says President Johnson has authorized
US Commanders in Vietnam to commit American ground forces to
combat if the South Vietnamese army requests their aid ... in
July, citing "mounting aggression" by the Communists,
President Johnson announces troop strength would be increased
from 75,000 to 125,000 men in Vietnam; President Johnson signs
the Medicare-Social Security bill; silver is eliminated in dimes
and quarters ... in August, one of the most serious riots in
US history breaks out in the Watts section of Los Angeles; Gemini
5 completes a 8-day 120-orbit mission; President Johnson signs
the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ... in September, India and Pakistan
go to war over Kashmir; President Johnson creates the National
Foundation for the Arts; hurricane Betsy lashes Florida
and Louisiana leaving 60 dead... in October,  Pope Paul VI arrives in New York to address
the UN and visits the Vatican Pavilion at the New York World's
Fair; attempt to dock two vehicles together in space is called
off after a catastrophic failure of the Agena target rocket
minutes after lift-off ... in November, a massive power blackout
hits the northeast and leaves 30 million people in an 80,000
square mile area without power for up to 14 hours; a United Air
Lines Boeing 727 bursts into flames after the gear collapse in
a hard landing at Salt Lake City killing 41 of the 89 aboard;
cruise liner Yarmouth Castle burns off the Bahamas leaving
84 dead, 464 rescued ... in December,  Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 successfully
rendezvous in space; First Daughter Luci Johnson is engaged to
Patrick Nugent. |
What we saw at
the movies ... The Ipcress File ...  The Sound of Music ... The Greatest
Story Ever Told ... Cat Ballou ... Von Ryann's Express ... The
Agony and the Ecstasy ... Help! ... The Sandpiper ... How to
Stuff a Wild Bikini ... That Darned Cat ... The Spy who Came
in From the Cold ... Thunderball |
| What we watched
on television ... The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ... The Wild, Wild West
... Get Smart ... I Spy ... Honey West ... Green Acres ... Hogan's
Heroes |
| What we listened
to on our transistor radios ...
Downtown - Petula Clark ... You've Lost that Lovin' Feelin'
- Righteous Brothers ... This Diamond Ring - Gary
Lewis & The Playboys ... My Girl - Temptations
... Stop! In the Name of Love - Supremes ... Mrs. Brown
You've Got a Lovely Daughter - Herman's Hermits ... Help
Me, Rhonda - Beach Boys ... I Can't Help Myself - Four
Tops ... Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds ... (I Can't Get
No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones ... I'm Henry VIII,
I Am - Herman's Hermits ... I Got You Babe - Sonny
& Cher ... Eve of Destruction - Barry McGuire ...
Yesterday - The Beatles ... Get Off of My Cloud - Rolling
Stones ... I Hear a Symphony - Supremes ... Turn! Turn!
Turn! - Byrds ... Over and Over - Dave Clark Five
... Ticket to Ride - The Beatles ... I'm Telling You Now
- Freddie & The Dreamers ... Game of Love - Wayne
Fontana & The Mindbenders |
We said Good
Bye to ... Magician Harry Blackstone, 80, November 16 ...
Motion Picture Actress Clara Bow, 60, September 27 ... British
Statesman Sir Winston Churchill, 90, January 24 ...  Singer Nat King Cole, 45, February 15 ...
Actress Dorothy Dandridge, 60, September 8 ... Poet T.S. Elliot,
76, January 4, British aviation pioneer Sir Geoffrey de Haviland,
82, May 21, exiled Egyptian monarch King Farouk, 45, March 18
... former Supreme Court associate justice Felix Frankfurter,
82, February 22 ... Playwright Lorriane Hansberry, 34, January
12 ... Actress Judy Holliday, 42, June 7 ... NFL founder Curly
Lambeau, 67, June 1 ... Playwright Somerset Maugham, 91, December
16 ... Actress Jeanette MacDonald, 57, January 14 ... Black Nationalist
Leader Malcolm X, 39, February 21 ... Broadcaster Edward R. Murrow,
57, April 27 ... First woman Cabinet Officer Francis Perkins,
83, May 14 ... Beauty expert Helena Rubenstein, 94, April 1 ...
Physician Albert Schweitzer, 90, September 4 ... Motion Picture
Producer David O. Selznick, 63, June 22 ... Statesman Adlai Stevenson,
65, July 14 |
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