What Happened in October 1965

Historical Events

Event of Interest

Oct 2 Pope Paul VI named MR Perey bishop's helper of New Orleans

Baseball Record

Oct 3 Cubs lose season finale 6-3 to Pirates; Ernie Banks-Don Kessinger combine to tie MLB record of 3 triple plays in a season

Oct 3 Dual Melbourne Cup winning Australian jockey Pat Glennon rides French colt Sea Bird to victory in the Prix de l'Arc De Triomphe to claim an impressive double after the thoroughbred's English Derby win

Sports History

Oct 3 Whitey Ford notches win #232 in season ending 11-5 victory v Boston Red Sox; becomes Yankees' winningest pitcher

Pickwick

Oct 4 Cyril Ornadel and Leslie Bricusse's musical "Pickwick", based on Charles Dickens' novel "The Pickwick Papers', featuring Harry Secombe and Charlotte Rae, opens at 46th St Theater, NYC; runs for 56 performances

Oct 4 Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Catholic Pope to leave Italy since 1809, and 1st to visit Western Hemisphere, spending 14 hours in NYC to address the UN, meet with US President Lyndon Johnson, visit the World's Fair and St. Patrick's Cathedral, and celebrate mass at Yankee Stadium [1]
Oct 4 USSR launches Luna 7; crash lands on Moon
Oct 5 Chuck Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
Oct 5 Dick McInnes from Henderson, Kentucky stays aloft almost 12 hours in a kite pulled by a speedboat along the Ohio River

I Hear a Symphony

Oct 6 The Supremes release single "I Hear a Symphony"

Oct 6 William Goodhart's "Generation" premieres in NYC
Oct 7 50 mph gust helps Robert Mitera ace 447-yd 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebr to score world's longest straight hole-in-one
Oct 7 Charles Linster does 6,006 consecutive push-ups
Oct 8 Muslims in Jakarta set fire to PKI headquarters
Oct 8 Post Office Tower opens in London, then the tallest building in England
Oct 8 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Oct 9 Beatles' "Yesterday" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks

Ryder Cup

Oct 9 Ryder Cup, Royal Birkdale GC: US beats Great Britain 19½-12½; Byron Nelson non-playing American captain; Harry Weetman GB skipper

Oct 10 "Drat! - The Cat!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 8 performances
Oct 10 "Vinland Map" is introduced by Yale University as being the first known map of America, drawn about 1440
Oct 10 The Supremes appear on the "The Ed Sullivan Show"

World Series

Oct 14 Baseball World Series: LA Dodgers edge Minnesota Twins, 2-0 in Game 7 at Metropolitan Stadium; Dodgers 3rd title since move to LA; MVP: LA pitcher Sandy Koufax

Oct 14 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 80 km
Oct 15 WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting
Oct 16 "Drat! - The Cat!" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 8 performances

On A Clear Day You Can See Forever

Oct 17 Burton Lane and Alan Jay Lerner's musical "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", starring Barbara Harris and John Cullum, opens at he Mark Hellinger Theatre, NYC; runs for 280 performances

Oct 17 WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting

NHL All-Star Game

Oct 20 19th NHL All-Star Game, Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC: All-Stars beat Montreal Canadiens, 5-2; MVP: Henri Richard, Montreal, C

Oct 20 Beatles receive a gold record for the single "Yesterday"
Oct 20 Mass arrests of communists in Indonesia
Oct 21 Comet Ikeya-Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers from the sun.
Oct 21 KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 21 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Robert B Woodward
Oct 21 Vivian Beaumont Theater (NYC) opens

Music History

Oct 24 Benjamin Britten's "Voices for Today" premieres

F1 World Champion

Oct 24 Jim Clark in a Lotus is forced to retire from season-ending Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez with engine trouble; American Richie Ginther is race winner and Clark claims his second F1 World Drivers Championship

Get Off of My Cloud

Oct 25 The Rolling Stones release music single "Get Off of My Cloud"

Oct 26 Queen Elizabeth decorates The Beatles with medals making them members Order of the British Empire (MBE) at Buckingham Palace
Oct 26 Sylvia Likens tortured by teen girl gang
Oct 27 WCFT-TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (CBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 28 Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri
Oct 28 Pope Paul VI proclaims Jews not collectively guilty for crucifixion
Oct 29 The Who release single "My Generation" in UK
Oct 29 US performs underground nuclear test at Amchitka Island Aleutians

Film & TV History

Oct 30 British model Jean Shrimpton causes a sensation at Derby Day at the Melbourne races wearing a white shift dress (four inches above the knee)

Oct 30 Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia

Events in 1965

Famous Birthdays

Oct 1 Chris Reason, Australian journalist
Oct 1 Cindy Margolis, American model and actress, born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 1 Cliff Ronning, Canadian NHL center (1,137 NHL games; Vancouver Canucks, Nashville Predators), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Oct 1 Mia Mottley, Barbadian politician, Prime Minister of Barbados (2018-), born in Barbados
Oct 1 Ted King, American Actor
Oct 2 Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player and coach (Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Andy Murray, Simona Halep), born in Adelaide, South Australia
Oct 2 Francesca Dellera [Cervellera], actress (Capriccio), born in Rome, Italy
Oct 2 Jill Powell, American actress (Marcy-As The World Turns), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Oct 2 Tom Moody, Australian cricket all-rounder, coach and broadcaster (8 Tests @ 32.57, 76 ODIs; coach Sri Lanka, WA, IPL), born in Adelaide South Australia
Oct 4 "Stuttering John" Melendez, interviewer (Howard Stern Show)
Oct 4 Micky Ward, American boxer (WBU light welterweight champion 2000; famous Arturo Gatti fight trilogy), born in Lowell, Massachusetts
Oct 4 Orlin Norrris, American boxer (WBA cruiserweight champion 1993-95), born in Lubbock, Texas
Oct 4 [Fred] "Skip" Heller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mario Lemieux (58 years old)

Oct 5 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame center, team owner (3-time NHL MVP, Pittsburgh Penguins owner), born in Montreal, Quebec

Patrick Roy (58 years old)

Oct 5 Canadian Hockey Hall of Fame goalie (4-time Stanley Cup, 3-time Vezina Trophy winner), born in Québec City, Québec

Oct 5 Richey Reneberg, American tennis player (1995 Australian doubles), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Oct 5 Trace Armstrong, American football defensive end (Pro Bowl 2000 Miami Dolphins), born in Bethesda, Maryland
Oct 6 Jim "Razor" Sharp, American rodeo rider (Las Vegas 1988), Kermit, Texas
Oct 6 Ruben Sierra, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, outfielder (NY Yankees)
Oct 7 Juul Ellerman, Dutch soccer player (PSV, FC Twente), born in Dordrecht, Netherlands
Oct 8 Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor (Father Ted), born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland
Oct 8 C. J. Ramone [Christopher Ward], American rock bassist, and vocalist (The Ramones, 1989-95 - "Scattergun"), born in Queens, New York
Oct 8 Martin Mayhew, American NFL cornerback (Tampa Bay Bucs), born in Daytona Beach, California

Matt Biondi (58 years old)

Oct 8 American swimmer (8 Olympic gold-84, 88, 92), born in Moraga, California

Oct 10 Chris Penn, American actor (The Wild Life), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
Oct 10 Rebecca Pidgeon, British-American actress, singer and songwriter, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Oct 10 Steve Scalise, American politician (Representative-R-Louisiana 2008-), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Oct 10 Toshi, Japanese singer (X Japan), born in Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
Oct 11 Alexander Hacke, German musician (Einstürzende Neubauten), born in Berlin
Oct 11 Chris Spielman, American NFL linebacker (Detroit Lions, Buffalo Bills), born in Canton, Ohio
Oct 11 Julianne McNamara, American gymnast (Olympic gold, uneven bars 1984), born in Flushing, New York
Oct 11 Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor (Young Indiana Jones, Powder), born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Oct 12 Chris Chandler, American NFL quarterback (Houston Oilers, Atlanta Falcons), born in Everett, Washington
Oct 12 Hirokazu Yasuhara, Japanese video game designer (Sonic the Hedgehog), born in Japan
Oct 12 J. J. Daigneault, Canadian NHL defenseman (Pitts Penguins), born in Montreal, Quebec
Oct 12 Scott O'Grady, American Air Force fighter pilot, born in Brooklyn, New York
Oct 13 Charlie Jones, British session bass player, songwriter, and record producer (Robert Plant), born in Bristol, England [some sources cite 1963]
Oct 13 Johan Museeuw, Belgian road racing cyclist, born in Varsenare, Belgium
Oct 13 Syarhyey Hyerasimets, Belarusian soccer midfielder (25 caps; Shakhter Donetsk, Dinamo Minsk) and manager (Okzhetpes, Piter Saint Petersburg), born in Kyiv, Ukraine (d. 2021)
Oct 14 Constantine Koukias, Tasmanian composer and opera director, born in Hobart, Australia
Oct 14 Jüri Jaanson, Estonian rower (World Championship, 1990), born in Pärnu, Estonian SSR, USSR (now Estonia)
Oct 14 Karyn White, American soul and R&B singer-songwriter ("Superwoman"; "Romantic"), born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 14 Steve Coogan, English comedian, screenwriter, and actor (Spitting Image; Alan Partridge; The Trip; Stan & Ollie), born in Middleton, Lancashire, England
Oct 15 Daniel Held, American 10k runner, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Oct 16 German Titov, NHL center (Calgary Flames, Olympic silver 1998), born in Moscow, Russia
Oct 16 Tom Tolbert, American sports broadcaster (KNBR SF-'The Razor & Mr. T'; NBC, ESPN, ABC) and basketball forward (GS Warriors, Orlando Magic, LA Clippers), born in Long Beach, California
Oct 17 Connie Ann Hearn, actress (New Kind of Family), born in Anchorage, Alaska
Oct 17 Pinnaduwage Aravinda De Silva, cricket (Sri Lanka's greatest batsman)
Oct 18 Curtis Stigers, American jazz vocalist and saxophonist ("I Wonder Why"), born in Bloise, Idaho
Oct 19 Brad Daugherty, American basketball center (5 x NBA All-Star; Cleveland Cavaliers), NASCAR team owner (JTG Daugherty Racing, winner Daytona 500 2023) and broadcaster (ESPN, NBC, CBS), born in Black Mountain, North Carolina
Oct 19 Frankie Paul [Paul Blake], Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2017)
Oct 19 Todd Park Mohr, American musician (Big Head Todd and the Monsters), born in Denver, Colorado
Oct 20 Chad Hennings, American NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys), born in Elberon, Iowa
Oct 20 Mikhail Shtalenkov, Russian NHL goalie (Team Russia, Anaheim Mighty Ducks), born in Moscow, Russia
Oct 20 Norman Blake, Scottish musician (Teenage Fanclub), born in Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
Oct 20 William Zabka, American actor (The Karate Kid), born in New York City
Oct 21 Jon Andoni Goikoetxea, Spanish soccer midfielder (36 caps Spain, 5 Basque Country; CA Osasuna, FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao), born in Pamplona, Spain
Oct 22 John Wesley Harding [Wesley Stace], British singer-songwriter ("Here Comes The Groom"), and novelist (Wonderkid), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England
Oct 23 Al Leiter, American pitcher (Florida Marlins, NY Mets), born in Toms River, New Jersey
Oct 23 Augusten Burroughs [Christopher Richter Robison], American writer (Running with Scissors), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Oct 24 Donald Frank, American NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings), born in Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Oct 24 Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician, born in Essen, Ruhr, West Germany
Oct 24 Vernice Smith, American NFL guard (Phoenix Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins, St Louis Rams), born in Orlando, Florida
Oct 25 2 Cold Scorpio [Charles Bernard Scaggs], American professional wrestler, born in Denver, Colorado
Oct 25 Steve Decker, American baseball catcher (SF Giants), born in Rock Island, Illinois
Oct 25 Warren Ayres, Australian cricketer (Victorian right-handed batsman since 1987-88), born in Melbourne, Australia
Oct 25 Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor (Life in a Fishbowl)
Oct 26 Aaron Kwok Fu-Shing, Hong Kong singer, born in Hong Kong
Oct 26 Gil Heredia, American MLB pitcher (Texas Rangers), born in Nogales, Arizona
Oct 26 Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer, born in Ottawa, Canada
Oct 26 Ken Rutherford, New Zealand cricketer (NZ Test batsman and latterly capt), born in Dunedin, New Zealand
Oct 26 Kim Cooper, Australian softball 3rd baseman and shortstop (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Parramatta, Australia
Oct 26 Mark McLoughlin, Canadian CFL placekicker (CFL All Star 1994, 96, 99; Grey Cup 1992, 98, 2001; Calgary Stampeders), born in Liverpool, England
Oct 26 Sakari Oramo, Finnish conductor (City of Birmingham Symphony, 1998-2008; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, 2008-21; BBC Symphony, 2013-23), born in Helsinki, Finland
Oct 26 Wayne Martin, American NFL defensive tackle (New Orleans Saints), born in Forrest City, Arkansas
Oct 28 Charles David Denler, American composer, born in Hartford, Connecticut
Oct 28 Eric Floyd, NFL guard (Arizona Cardinals)
Oct 28 Jami Gertz, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies), born in Chicago, Illinois
Oct 28 Luigi Miraglia, Italian Latinist
Oct 28 Mark Carrier, NFL wide receiver (Carolina Panthers)
Oct 29 Peter Timmons, Canadian alt-rock-folk drummer (Cowboy Junkies - "Sweet Jane"), born in Montreal, Quebec
Oct 29 Steven Sweet, American heavy metal artist (Warrant - "Cherry Pie"), born in Wadsworth, Ohio
Oct 30 Charnele Brown, American actress (Kim-A Different World), born in East Hampton, New York
Oct 30 Gavin Rossdale, British rock singer-songwriter (Bush - "Sixteen Stone") and actor, born in London, England
Oct 31 Rob Rackstraw, British voice actor, born in Sunderland, England

Born in 1965

Famous Weddings

Stephen Jay Gould

Oct 3 American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould (23) weds American artist Deborah Lee; divorce in 1995

Phyllis Diller

Oct 7 Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller (48) weds actor Warde Donovan

Oct 16 American singer Leslie Uggams (32) weds her childhood friend and later manager Grahame Pratt in NYC

Famous Deaths

Oct 1 Edward E "Doc" Smith, American sci-fi writer (Subspace encounter), dies at 75
Oct 1 Gareth Hughes, Welsh actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71
Oct 3 Zachary Scott, American actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce), dies from a malignant brain tumor at 51
Oct 5 Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, Swedish composer, dies at 79
Oct 6 Georges Vandertongerloo, Belgium sculptor and painter (De Stijl Group, L'art et Son Avenir), dies at 78
Oct 11 Dorothea Lange, American documentary photographer, dies at 70
Oct 11 Walther Stampfli, Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council, dies at 80
Oct 13 Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist (1948 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering effects of DDT), dies at 66
Oct 15 Carl Hoff, American orchestra leader (Music Hall), dies at 60
Oct 17 Bart King, American cricket pioneer (North America's greatest all-rounder; helped develop art of swing bowling), dies at 91
Oct 18 Frank Hutchens, composer, dies at 73
Oct 18 Henry Travers [Travers John Heagerty], British stage and screen character actor (It's A Wonderful Life; Mrs. Miniver; Bells of St Mary), dies of arteriosclerosis at 91
Oct 21 Bill Black, American bandleader and bassist who worked with Elvis, dies of a brain tumor at 39
Oct 21 Marie McDonald, American singer and actress known as "The Body Beautiful" (Promises Promises), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 42
Oct 22 Dipa Nusantara Aidit, Indonesian communist leader of PKI (1951-65), murdered at 42
Oct 22 Earl Cooper, American auto racer (AAA National Championship 1913, 15, 17; Indianapolis 500 1924 runner-up), dies at 78

Oct 22 Paul Tillich, German-American theologist (Courage To Be), dies at 79
Oct 26 Hans Knappertsbusch, German conductor (Bavarian State Opera, 1922-36), dies at 77
Oct 26 Sylvia Likens, American torture victim (b. 1949)
Oct 27 Edythe Wright, American big band era singer (Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, 1935-39), dies of pancreatic cancer at 51
Oct 27 Leo van Puyfielde, Belgian art historian and museum curator (worked with Monuments Men during WWII to recover looted artifacts), dies at 83
Oct 28 Ben Barka, Moroccan opposition leader, kidnapped & murdered in Paris
Oct 28 Earl Bostic, American jazz alto saxophonist ("Flamingo"; "Temptation"), dies at 52
Oct 29 Bill McKechnie, American Baseball HOF manager (World Series 1925 Pittsburgh Pirates, 1940 Cincinnati Reds) and coach (World Series 1948 Cleveland Indians), dies at 79
Oct 29 Mehdi Am Barka, Moroccan socialist leader, murdered in Paris
Oct 31 Rita Johnson, American actress (Honolulu, All Mine to Give), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 53

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