About the day » Sunday May 2, 1965Calender converter

• Louiz Carlos Helmer († 1993)
• Geert Frans Degrave, Roeselare († 2008)
• Ineke Kuijt, Scheveningen († 2016)
• Antonia Francisca Maria Noordman, Dalfsen († 1969)
• Adrianus Johannes Petrus Cassiana van Gool, Terheyden († 2020)
• Engelina Grietje Dijker, Den Hoorn (Texel, NH) († 2017)
• Geert Frans Degrave, Roeselare († 2008)
• Josephus Antonius Cornelis Courbois, Nijmegen
• Susana Ranaldi Nogueira, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil († 1985)
• Frederik Steunebrink, Zaandam († 2022)

• Antonie Willem Valstar (76), Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Albert Stegink (82), Hardenberg
• Achiel Braet (83), Waarschoot
• Asa Hawthorne McDonald DNA998o (87), Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, United States
• Anna Catharina Cornelia Ehren (70), Tegelen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Antonetta Johanna Clemens (74), Gilze en Rijen
• Aaltje NIJSTAD (87), Santpoort (Velsen), Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arian Leegwater (75), Venhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Albert Meijer (78)
• Arthur Craig Meeker (79), St James, Stone, Arkansas, Verenigde Staten

• 1962 » Elizabeth Berridge, American actress
• 1962 » Jimmy White, English snooker player
• 1962 » Michael Grandage, English director and producer
• 1965 » Félix José, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1966 » Belinda Stronach, Canadian businesswoman, philanthropist, and politician
• 1966 » Margus Kolga, Estonian diplomat
• 1966 » Uwe Freiler, German footballer
• 1967 » Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player († 1995)
• 1967 » David Rocastle, English footballer († 2001)
• 1967 » Mika Brzezinski, American journalist and author

• 1953 » Wallace Bryant, American archer (b. 1863)
• 1957 » Joseph McCarthy, American captain, lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1908)
• 1963 » Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
• 1979 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Peter
4. Robert
5. Cornelis
6. Ronald
7. Hendrik
8. Willem
9. John
10. Richard
11. Paul
12. Hans
13. Michael
14. Pieter
15. Eric
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Monique
4. Elisabeth
5. Ingrid
6. Anna
7. Cornelia
8. Yvonne
9. Jolanda
10. Petra
11. Catharina
12. Linda
13. Anita
14. Karin
15. Jacqueline
16. Wilhelmina

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 24, 1963 to April 14, 1965 the cabinet Marijnen, with Mr. V.G.M. Marijnen (KVP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from April 14, 1965 to November 22, 1966 the cabinet Cals, with Mr. J.M.L.Th. Cals (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 12.2 million citizens.
• June 22 » The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
• September 9 » The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
• October 21 » Comet Ikeya–Seki approaches perihelion, passing 450,000 kilometers (279,617 miles) from the sun.
• November 14 » Vietnam War: The Battle of Ia Drang begins: The first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.
• November 26 » France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.
• December 21 » International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.

The temperature on May 2, 1965 was between 7.7 °C and 18.5 °C and averaged 12.7 °C. There was 6.6 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. There was 3.3 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east.