- January 17
- Martin Luther King Jr opens campaign in Chicago, Illinois. [1]
- US Air Force B-52 carrying four unarmed hydrogen bombs crashes on Spanish coast at Palomares, seven die. [1]
- January 29
- Snow storm in north-east US kills 165. [1]
- January 30
- -19 degrees F (-28 degrees C) in Corinth, Mississippi (state record). [1]
- -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C) in New Market, Alabama (state record). [1]
- February 3
- First operational weather satellite, ESSA-1, launched (US). [1]
- February 24
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- February 26
- The launch of AS-201 marks the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket. [5]
- March 3
- Tornado hits Jackson, Mississippi; 3 minutes after first sighting, 57 die. [1]
- March 5
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- March 7
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- March 8
- The US Mint releases first copper-nickel clad 1965-dated dimes, and silver-copper-nickel clad half dollar coins into circulation. [388.128] [709.36]
- March 10
- North Vietnamese capture US Green Beret Camp at Ashau Valley. [1]
- March 12
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- March 15
- 8th Grammy Awards: "Taste of Honey", Tom Jones, Frank Sintra, and Barbra Streisand. [1]
- Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles, California. [1]
- March 16
- Gemini 8 launched with Armstrong and Scott; aborted after 6.5 orbits. [1]
- March 17
- US submarine locates missing H-bomb in Mediterranean. [1]
- March 21
- US Supreme Court reverses Massachusetts' ruling that film Fanny Hill is obscene. [1]
- March 24
- US Selective Service announces college deferments based on performance. [1]
- March 25
- US Supreme court rules "poll tax" unconstitutional. [1]
- March 27
- Anti-Vietnam war demonstrations in US, Europe and Australia. [1]
- March 30
- The US Mint releases first 1965-dated copper-nickel clad Roosevelt dimes to circulation. [485.38]
- March 31
- 25,000 anti-war demonstrators march in New York City, New York. [1]
- April 4
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- April 7
- US recovers lost H-bomb from Mediterranean floor. [1]
- April 12
- First B-52 bombing on North Vietnam. [1]
- April 28
- 38th Academy Awards - The Sound of Music, Julie Christie and Lee Marvin win. [1]
- May 1
- US troops shooting targets in Cambodia. [1]
- May 13
- US Federal education funding is denied to 12 school districts in the South because of violations of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. [1]
- May 16
- American National Welfare Rights Organization begins. [1]
- May 22
- In Los Angeles, California, the 18th Annual Emmy Awards are presented, hosted by Danny Kaye and Bill Cosby.
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Bill Cosby for I Spy
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama: Cliff Robertson for "The Game" of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Dick Van Dyke for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series: Barbara Stanwyck for The Big Valley
- Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama: Simone Signoret for episode "A Small Rebellion" of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series: Mary Tyler Moore for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Drama: James Daly for "Eagle in a Cage" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Don Knotts for episode "The Return of Barney Fife" of Andy Griffith Show
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama: Lee Grant for Peyton Place
- Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy: Alice Pearce for Bewitched
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy: William Asher for Bewitched
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety or Music: Alan Handley for The Julie Andrews Show
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Drama: Sydney Pollack for The Game of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy: Bill Persky and Sam Denoff for episode "Coast To Coast Big Mouth" of The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety: Hal Goldman, Al Gordon, and Sheldon Keller for An Evening with Carol Channing
- Outstanding Writing Achievement in Drama: Millard Lampell for "Eagle in a Cage" of Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Individual Achievements in Film Editing: Marvin Coil, Everett Douglas, and Ellsworth Hoagland for Bonanza
- Individual Achievements in Music - Composition: Laurence Rosenthal for "Michelangelo: The Last Giant"
- Outstanding Musical Program: Dwight Hemion for Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music
- Outstanding Dramatic Series: Alan A. Armer for The Fugitive
- Special Classification of Individual Achievements: Art Carney for episode "The Adoption" of The Jackie Gleason Show, and Burr Tillstrom for the "Berlin Wall" of That Was the Week That Was
- Outstanding Children's Program: Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez for A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Outstanding Dramatic Program: David Susskind and Daniel Melnick for The Ages of Man
- Outstanding Variety Special: Bob Hope for the "Christmas Special" of Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- Achievements in Daytime Programming - Programs: Dan Gallagher for Camera Three and Don Meier for Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
- Outstanding Comedy Series: Carl Reiner for The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Outstanding Variety Series: Bob Finkel for The Andy Williams Show
- Achievements in Educational Television - Individuals: Julia Child for The French Chef
- Trustees Award: Edward R. Murrow.
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- May 24
- Mame opens at Winter Garden Theater in New York City for 1508 performances. [1]
- May 26
- Buddhist sets self on fire at US consulate in Hué South-Vietnam. [1]
- May 28
- The "It's a Small World" attraction opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland. [6]
- May 30
- 300 US airplanes bomb North Vietnam. [1]
- US launches Surveyor 1 to the Moon. [1]
- June 1
- 2,400 persons attend White House Conference on Civil Rights. [1]
- June 3
- Gemini 9 launched; 7th US two-man flight (Stafford and Cernan). [1]
- June 13
- The US Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. The adopted text: "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you." [1] [129]
- June 29
- US bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities. [1]
- July 1
- Construction crews in San Francisco begin tearing up Market Steet to build BART. [1]
- Medicare goes into effect in the USA. [1]
- July 3
- Race riots in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. [1]
- July 4
- US President Lyndon Johnson signs Freedom of Information Act. [1] [5]
- July 5
- National Guard mobilizes in Omaha, Nebraska after third night of rioting. [1]
- Saturn I rocket launched at Cape Kennedy. [1]
- July 10
- Orbiter 1 launched to Moon. [1]
- July 12
- 26.70 cm (10.51 inches) of rainfall in Sandusky, Ohio (state record). [1]
- Race riot in Chicago, Illinois, USA. [1]
- US Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver price. [1]
- July 17
- July 18
- Gemini X is launched. [1] [5]
- July 19
- Governor James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland, Ohio due to race riot. [1]
- July 21
- Gemini X returns to Earth. [1]
- July 24
- The New Orleans Square area opens at Disneyland. It cost US$18 million, and occupies three acres. Walt Disney and the mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, dedicate the area. [6]
- July 31
- Alabamans burn products of The Beatles due to John Lennon's "bigger than Jesus" remark. [1]
- August 1
- Charles Whitman climbs University of Texas tower and shoots 12 dead. [1]
- August 5
- Martin Luther King Jr stoned during Chicago march. [1]
- August 7
- Race riot in Lansing, Michigan, USA. [1]
- August 10
- First lunar orbiter launched by US. [1]
- US Treasury Department announces it will print no more $2 notes. (New notes are printed for the 1976 US Bicentennial.) [518.70]
- Daylight meteor seen from Utah to Canada. Only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again. [1]
- August 12
- The General Services Administration turns the New Orleans Mint over to the state of Louisiana. [518.70]
- August 14
- First US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon. [1]
- August 17
- Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit. [1]
- August 23
- Lunar Orbiter 1 takes first photograph of Earth from Moon. [1]
- August 27
- Race riot in Waukegan, Illinois, USA. [1]
- August 29
- The Beatles' give their last public concert, Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California. [1]
- September 1
- Ralph Baer begins developing an idea for game playing using a standard home television monitor, writing a four-page description of his idea. Within days, he has produced schematic drawings of a two-player block chase game. [9]
- September 6
- Race riot in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. [1]
- September 8
- Star Trek TV show premieres on NBC-TV. [1]
- September 12
- Gemini XI is launched, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for the Apollo lunar missions). [1] [5]
- September 16
- Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center. [1]
- September 20
- US Surveyor B launched toward Moon; crashes September 23. [1]
- October 15
- US President Lyndon Johnson signs a bill creating Department of Transportation. [1]
- October 26
- First Pacific communications satellite launched, Intelsat 2. [1]
- October 29
- National Organization of Women founded. [1]
- November 6
- First entire lineup televised in color (NBC). [1]
- November 7
- Lunar Orbiter 2 launched by US. [1]
- November 8
- Movie actor Ronald Reagan elected governor of California. [1]
- US President Lyndon Johnson signs anti-trust immunity to AFL-NFL merger. [1]
- November 11
- Gemini XII launched on 4-day flight. [1]
- November 15
- Gemini XII returns to Earth. [1]
- November 18
- US Roman Catholic bishops do away with rule against eating meat on Fridays. [1]
- November 24
- 400 die of respiratory failure and heart attack in killer New York City smog. [1]
- November 27
- Billionaire Howard Hughes arrives in Las Vegas and enters the Desert Inn, occupying the entire 9th floor of the St. Andrews Tower. [187.409] [386.73]
- December 8
- US and USSR sign treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space. [1]
- December 13
- First US bombing of Hanoi, Vietnam. [1]
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- December 15
- At 9:30 AM in St. Joseph's Hospital, Walt Disney dies of acute circulatory collapse, caused by lung cancer, at age 65. He had won more than 950 honors and citations worldwide, including 31 Oscars and seven Emmys. [6]
- December 20
- US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- December 24
- US Air Force CL-44 military charter crashes near Binh Thai, Vietnam killing 129. [1]
- December 28
- Thirteen die in a train crash in Everett, Massachusetts, USA. [1]
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