Historical figures in 1965

The atlas holds 76 people and 125 moments here, in 1965. The most recorded lives are Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr. and Che Guevara. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Abebe Bikila

    in 1965

    2 moments here

    Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…

  2. Alexei Leonov

    in 1965

    2 moments here

    Soviet and Russian cosmonaut, aviator, artist, and writer. Leonov became the first person to conduct a spacewalk on 18 March 1965 and commanded Soyuz…

  3. Andy Warhol

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    American artist and filmmaker whose work helped define Pop art. Born in Pittsburgh, Warhol studied there before moving to New York in 1949.…

  4. Astrud Gilberto

    in 1965

    2 moments here

    Brazilian-American singer and songwriter best known for her English-language vocals on “The Girl from Ipanema.” Born in Salvador, she grew up in Rio…

  5. Benazir Bhutto

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…

  6. B. J. Habibie

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Indonesian aerospace engineer, technocrat, vice president, and third president of Indonesia.…

  7. Brigitte Bardot

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    French actress, singer, model, and animal-rights activist. Born and raised in Paris, Bardot became an international film star in the 1950s and 1960s…

  8. Carlos Fuentes

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and diplomat. Born in Panama City to a Mexican diplomat, he spent…

  9. Che Guevara

    in 1965

    5 moments here

    Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…

  10. Chien-Shiung Wu

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Chinese-American experimental physicist whose career moved from Jiangsu and eastern China to California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York,…

  11. Dalida

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…

  12. Desmond Tutu

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…

  13. Dorothy Hodgkin

    in 1965

    3 moments here

    English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…

  14. Eisaku Satō

    in 1965

    2 moments here

    Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…

  15. Elizabeth Taylor

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…

  16. Eusébio

    in 1965

    3 moments here

    Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…

  17. Gabriel García Márquez

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…

  18. Gamal Abdel Nasser

    in 1965

    5 moments here

    Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…

  19. Garrincha

    in 1965

    3 moments here

    Manuel Francisco dos Santos, known as Garrincha, was a Brazilian right winger. He spent most of his club career with Botafogo and won the FIFA World…

  20. Hideki Yukawa

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Japanese theoretical physicist and the first Japanese Nobel laureate, awarded the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physics for predicting mesons.…

  21. Howard Florey

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Australian pharmacologist and pathologist who led the Oxford team that developed penicillin into a practical therapeutic drug.…

  22. Jean-Bédel Bokassa

    in 1965

    2 moments here

    Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…

  23. Jiddu Krishnamurti

    in 1965

    1 moment here

    Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…

  24. Jim Morrison

    in 1965

    4 moments here

    James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…

Moments

  1. 1965 Return performance in São Paulo Astrud Gilberto
  2. 1965 Boarding-school pupil during the 1965 war Benazir Bhutto
  3. 1965 Engineering career in Hamburg B. J. Habibie
  4. 1965 Viva Maria! filming at Texcoco Brigitte Bardot
  5. 1965 New York conference Carlos Fuentes
  6. 1965 Clandestine stay in Dar es Salaam Che Guevara
  7. 1965 Congo base camp near Fizi Che Guevara
  8. 1965 Family visit in Hong Kong Chien-Shiung Wu
  9. 1965 Fort-de-France concert Dalida
  10. 1965 Assistant curacy in Bletchingley Desmond Tutu
  11. 1965 Official visit to the United States Eisaku Satō
  12. 1965 Filming The Sandpiper at Big Sur Elizabeth Taylor
  13. 1965 World Cup qualifying hat-trick Eusébio
  14. 1965 Journey toward Acapulco Gabriel García Márquez
  15. 1965 Royal Society visit to Russia Howard Florey
  16. 1965 Meetings in Rome Jiddu Krishnamurti
  17. 1965 Living in Venice Beach Jim Morrison
  18. 1965 UCLA graduation and Venice Beach visit Jim Morrison
  19. 1965 Professor at the University of Warwick John Cornforth
  20. 1965 Eddington Memorial Lecture John Eccles
  21. 1965 First trip to Peru Jorge Luis Borges
  22. 1965 Trip to Chile with Esther Zemborain de Torres Jorge Luis Borges
  23. 1965 Trip to Colombia and Chile Jorge Luis Borges
  24. 1965 Harvard summer seminar Kenzaburō Ōe
  25. 1965 Joined husband in West Pakistan Khaleda Zia
  26. 1965 Organisation of African Unity summit Kwame Nkrumah
  27. 1965 Cross-border rebel operation Laurent-Désiré Kabila
  28. 1965 Defies injunction at Brown Chapel Martin Luther King Jr.
  29. 1965 Moves to Sunset Avenue home Martin Luther King Jr.
  30. 1965 Move back to Los Angeles Maya Angelou
  31. 1965 Return to the United States Maya Angelou
  32. 1965 Singing career in Hawaii Maya Angelou
  33. 1965 Witness to the Watts riots Maya Angelou
  34. 1965 Breakthrough at Cosquín National Folklore Festival Mercedes Sosa
  35. 1965 Meeting Chinese leaders in Beijing Norodom Sihanouk
  36. 1965 Teaching at Cornell University Octavio Paz
  37. 1965 State visit to Iran Olav V
  38. 1965 State visit to Thailand Olav V
  39. 1965 President of the Cannes Film Festival jury Olivia de Havilland
  40. 1965 Interview with Charles de Gaulle Omar Bongo
  41. 1965 Louvre exhibition visit Oscar Niemeyer
  42. 1965 Undergoes surgery in Neuilly Pablo Picasso
  43. 1965 1965 war service in Lahore war zone Pervez Musharraf
  44. 1965 1965 war service in Sialkot war zone Pervez Musharraf
  45. 1965 1965 war service in the Khem Karan sector Pervez Musharraf
  46. 1965 Radcliffe College conversation P. L. Travers
  47. 1965 Edits Ragam P. Ramlee at Merdeka Studio P. Ramlee
  48. 1965 Visit with Mao Zedong Pridi Banomyong
  49. 1965 Leaves Trinity College Rajiv Gandhi
  50. 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches Rosa Parks

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