What Happened In January 1965 In History

Historical Events for January, 1965

• 4th » President of the United States called United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his "Great Society" during his State of the Union address.
• 9th » The Mirzapur Cadet College formally opens for academic activities in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
• 26th » Hindi becomes the official language of India.
• 28th » The current design of the Flag of Canada is chosen by an act of Parliament of Canada named Parliament.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1965

• 1st » John Sullivan (Oklahoma) or John Sullivan, American politician
• 1st » Andrew Valmon, American runner
• 2nd » Greg Swindell, American baseball player
• 4th » Yvan Attal, French actor and director
• 4th » Guy Forget, French tennis player
• 4th » Beth Gibbons, English singer-songwriter (Portishead (band) known as Portishead)
• 4th » Rick Hearst, American actor
• 4th » Craig Revel Horwood, Australian-English dancer, choreographer, and director
• 4th » Julia Ormond, English actress
• 4th » Rob Wilson, English politician
• 5th » Vinnie Jones, English footballer and actor
• 6th » Muhammed al-Ahari, American educator, author, and scholar
• 6th » Bjørn Lomborg, Danish author and academic
• 7th » Five for Fighting, American singer-songwriter
• 8th » Michelle Forbes, American actress
• 8th » Maria Pitillo, American actress
• 9th » Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer
• 9th » Darren Bennett (football player) or Darren Bennett, Australian-American football player
• 9th » Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player
• 9th » Iain Dowie, English-Irish footballer and manager
• 9th » Eric Erlandson, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Hole (band) e.g Hole, RRIICCEE, and Rodney & the Tube Tops)
• 9th » Farah Khan, Indian actress, director, and choreographer
• 9th » Andrei Nazarov (athlete) or Andrei Nazarov, Estonian decathlete and coach
• 9th » Joely Richardson, English actress
• 10th » Wally Bell, American baseball umpire (d. 2013)
• 10th » Butch Hartman, American animator, voice actor, and singer
• 11th » Mascarita Sagrada, Mexican wrestler
• 11th » Roland Scholten, Dutch darts Player
• 11th » Aleksey Zhukov, Russian footballer and coach
• 12th » Alexandra Wentworth, American actress and producer
• 12th » Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (White Zombie (band) called White Zombie)
• 14th » Shamil Basayev, Chechen rebel (d. 2006)
• 14th » Marc Delissen, Dutch field hockey player
• 14th » Bob Essensa, Canadian ice hockey player
• 14th » Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, English chef and critic
• 14th » Ellis Paul, American singer-songwriter
• 14th » Slick Rick, British-American rapper
• 15th » Maurizio Fondriest, Italian cyclist
• 15th » Bernard Hopkins, American boxer
• 15th » Adam Jones (musician) Adam Jones, American guitarist and songwriter (Tool (band) Tool and Electric Sheep (band) Electric Sheep)
• 15th » James Nesbitt, Irish actor
• 16th » Maxine Jones, American singer (En Vogue)
• 16th » Jill Sobule, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 17th » Nikos Nioplias, Greek footballer
• 17th » Sylvain Turgeon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 20th » Colin Calderwood, Scottish footballer
• 20th » Warren Joyce, English footballer
• 20th » Greg Kriesel, American bass player (The Offspring)
• 20th » John Michael Montgomery, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 20th » Heather Small, English singer-songwriter and actress (Hot House (British band) called Hot House and M People)
• 20th » Sophie, Countess of Wessex
• 20th » Anton Weissenbacher, Romanian footballer
• 21st » Jam Master Jay, American rapper and DJ (Run–D.M.C.) (d. 2002)
• 22nd » DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ, producer, and actor (DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince)
• 22nd » Diane Lane, American actress
• 22nd » Brian McCardie, Scottish actor
• 22nd » Andrew Roachford, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Mike + The Mechanics)
• 22nd » Chintara Sukapatana, Thai actress
• 23rd » Thomas Adler, German footballer
• 23rd » Louie Clemente, American drummer (Testament (band) e.g Testament)
• 24th » Mike Awesome, American wrestler (d. 2007)
• 24th » Pagonis Vakalopoulos, Greek footballer
• 25th » Mark Jordon, English actor, director, and producer
• 25th » Esa Tikkanen, Finnish ice hockey player
• 26th » Thomas Östros, Swedish politician
• 26th » Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast
• 27th » Alan Cumming, Scottish-American actor, singer, director, and producer
• 27th » Mike Newell (footballer) called Mike Newell, English footballer and manager
• 27th » Ignacio Noé, Argentinian illustrator
• 28th » Lynda Boyd, Canadian actress
• 29th » Dominik Hašek, Czech ice hockey player
• 29th » Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis player and coach
• 30th » Julie McCullough, American model and actress
• 31st » Giorgos Gasparis, Greek basketball player and coach

Famous Deaths for January 1965

• 1st » Emma Asson, Estonian politician (b. 1889)
• 4th » T. S. Eliot, American-English poet, playwright, and critic Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
• 10th » Frederick Fleet, English crewman on the RMS Titanic (b. 1887)
• 12th » Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
• 14th » Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
• 19th » Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
• 20th » Alan Freed, American radio host (b. 1922)
• 21st » Gwynne Evans, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1880)
• 24th » Winston Churchill, English colonel and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
• 28th » Tich Freeman, English cricketer (b. 1888)
• 28th » Maxime Weygand, Belgian-French general (b. 1867)

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