What Happened In April 1965 In History

Historical Events for April, 1965

• 4th » The first model of the new Saab Viggen fighter aircraft is unveiled.
• 6th » Launch of Intelsat I named Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.
• 6th » The British Government announces the cancellation of the BAC TSR-2 e.g TSR-2 aircraft project.
• 9th » Astrodome opens. First indoor baseball game is played.
• 11th » The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
• 25th » Teenage sniper Highway 101 Snipe attack -1965 or Michael Andrew Clark kills three and wounds six others shooting from a hilltop along Highway 101 just south of Santa Maria, California.
• 26th » A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
• 28th » 1965 United States occupation of the Dominican Republic named United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establishment of a Communist dictatorship" and to evacuate United States Army na

Famous Birthdays on April in 1965

• 1st » Tomas Alfredson, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1st » Mark Jackson (basketball) e.g Mark Jackson, American basketball player and coach
• 1st » Robert Steadman, English composer
• 1st » Simona Ventura, Italian television host
• 2nd » Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Julie Anne Haddock, American actress
• 3rd » Nazia Hassan, Pakistani singer (d. 2000)
• 4th » Vinny Burns, English guitarist and producer (Dare (band) called Dare, Ten (band) known as Ten, and Ultravox)
• 4th » Robert Downey, Jr., American actor, singer, producer, and screenwriter
• 4th » Sean Wilson (actor) e.g Sean Wilson, English actor
• 5th » Cris Carpenter, American baseball player
• 5th » Aykut Kocaman, Turkish footballer and manager
• 6th » Black Francis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pixies and Grand Duchy (band) named Grand Duchy)
• 6th » Sterling Sharpe, American football player
• 6th » Lieve Slegers, Belgian runner
• 7th » Bill Bellamy, American comedian and actor
• 7th » Nenad Vučinić, Serbian-New Zealand basketball player and coach
• 7th » Alison Lapper, English painter and photographer
• 8th » Steven Blaney, Canadian politician
• 8th » Michael Jones (rugby union) or Michael Jones, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 9th » Jay Wesley Neill, American murderer (d. 2002)
• 9th » Mark Pellegrino, American actor
• 9th » Paulina Porizkova, Czech-American model and actress
• 9th » Jeff Zucker, American businessman
• 10th » Tim Alexander, American drummer (Primus (band) called Primus and Major Lingo)
• 11th » Lynn Ferguson, Scottish actress
• 11th » Mason Reese, American actor
• 12th » Kim Bodnia, Danish actor
• 12th » Chi Onwurah, English politician
• 12th » Mihai Stoica, Romanian footballer and manager
• 13th » Patricio Pouchulu, Argentinian architect and educator
• 14th » Tom Dey, American director and producer
• 14th » Alexandre Jardin, French author
• 14th » Kirk Windstein, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crowbar (American band) e.g Crowbar, Down (band) or Down, Valume Nob, and Kingdom of Sorrow)
• 15th » Linda Perry, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (4 Non Blondes)
• 16th » Yves-François Blanchet, Canadian politician
• 16th » Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 16th » Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 16th » Michael Wong (actor) known as Michael Wong, American-Hong Kong actor and director
• 17th » William Mapother, American actor
• 18th » Steven Stayner, American kidnap victim (d. 1989)
• 18th » Rob Stenders, Dutch radio host
• 19th » Natalie Dessay, French soprano
• 19th » Suge Knight, American record producer, co-founded Death Row Records
• 20th » Adrián Fernández, Mexican race car driver
• 20th » Kostis Chatzidakis, Greek politician
• 20th » April March, American singer-songwriter and animator
• 21st » Ed Belfour, Canadian ice hockey player
• 21st » Karen Foster, American model and actress
• 21st » Gary Grant, American basketball player
• 21st » Thomas Helmer, German footballer
• 21st » Fiona Kelleghan, American academic and critic
• 21st » Teri Sue Wood, American illustrator
• 22nd » Lauri Hendler, American actress
• 22nd » Peter Zezel, Canadian ice hockey and soccer player (d. 2009)
• 23rd » Tommy DeCarlo, American singer-songwriter (Boston (band) known as Boston)
• 24th » Son Chang-min, South Korean actor
• 24th » Jeff Jackson (ice hockey b. 1965) called Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 25th » Mark Bryant (basketball) e.g Mark Bryant, American basketball player
• 25th » Simon Fowler, English singer and guitarist (Ocean Colour Scene and Merrymouth (band) or Merrymouth)
• 25th » John Henson (puppeteer) e.g John Henson, American puppeteer and voice actor (d. 2014)
• 26th » Susannah Harker, English actress
• 26th » Kevin James (actor) called Kevin James, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Anna Chancellor, English actress
• 28th » Jennifer Rardin, American author (d. 2010)
• 29th » Peter Rauhofer, Austrian DJ and producer (d. 2013)
• 29th » Larisa Turchinskaya, Russian heptathlete
• 30th » Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
• 30th » Steven Klein (photographer) called Steven Klein, American photographer
• 30th » Adrian Pasdar, American actor and director

Famous Deaths for April 1965

• 1st » Helena Rubinstein, Polish-American businesswoman (b. 1870)
• 7th » Roger Leger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1919)
• 8th » Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 10th » Lloyd Casner, American race car driver (b. 1928)
• 10th » Linda Darnell, American actress (b. 1923)
• 14th » Richard Hickock, American murderer (b. 1933)
• 14th » Perry Smith (murderer) known as Perry Smith, American murderer (b. 1928)
• 18th » Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican engineer (b. 1917)
• 21st » Edward Victor Appleton, English physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
• 23rd » George Adamski, Polish-American ufologist and author (b. 1891)
• 24th » Louise Dresser, American actress (b. 1878)
• 27th » Edward R. Murrow, American journalist (b. 1908)

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