About the day » Wednesday July 21, 1965Calender converter

• Jan Potze, Onstwedde, Groningen, Netherlands († 1989)
• Henrietta Jane Neville († 1980)
• Erald Jan Schuppers, Borculo († 2004)
• Jerre Willem Anne Westermann, Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 2004)
• Cornelis Johannes Looije, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Wilbertje Janssen, Veulen, Limburg, Nederland († 1966)
• Adrianus Jac. Simon Ruiter, Amsterdam
• Robbert Arjan Bunck, Amsterdam († 2006)
• N.N. Euverman, Hardenberg, Overijssel, Nederland († 1965)
• Yvonne Jeanette Broere, Rotterdam († 2012)

• Bernhard Wilhelm Mittelmann (79), Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Aukje Potgieter (74)
• Barend Verschoor (84), Zwartewaal
• Aafke Harmens Blom (81)
• Bouktje van Weering (59), Bussum
• Alzina Leona McCall (79), Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa
• Anna Maria Reunes (80), Merelbeke
• Antonia van Egmond (90), Leiden
• Bernard Weldon Ellis (44), Elgin, Bastrop, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Austin James Wilson (81), Circleville, Pickaway County, Ohio, United States of America

• 1962 » Victor Adebowale, Baron Adebowale, English businessman
• 1963 » Giant Silva, Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial artist, and wrestler
• 1963 » Kevin Poole, English footballer and manager
• 1964 » Jens Weißflog, German ski jumper and journalist
• 1964 » Ross Kemp, English actor and producer
• 1964 » Steve Collins, Irish boxer and actor
• 1965 » Guðni Bergsson, Icelandic footballer and lawyer
• 1965 » Mike Bordick, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1966 » Arija Bareikis, American actress
• 1966 » Sarah Waters, Welsh author and academic

• 1966 » Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (b. 1884)
• 1967 » Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
• 1967 » Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (b. 1892)
• 1967 » Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1907)
• 1968 » Ruth St. Denis, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1878)
• 1970 » Bob Kalsu, American football player and lieutenant (b. 1945)
• 1970 » Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov, Russian anthropologist and sculptor (b. 1907)
• 1972 » Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1928)
• 1972 » Ralph Craig, American sprinter and sailor (b. 1889)
• 1977 » Lee Miller, American model and photographer (b. 1907)

• 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.
• March 7 » Bloody Sunday: A group of 600 civil rights marchers is brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama.
• March 8 » Thirty-five hundred United States Marines are the first American land combat forces committed during the Vietnam War.
• March 30 » Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
• July 25 » Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.
• September 20 » Following the Battle of Burki, the Indian Army captures Dograi in course of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
• November 27 » Vietnam War: The Pentagon tells U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations are to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam has to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000.

The temperature on July 21, 1965 was between 13.8 °C and 19.8 °C and averaged 16.2 °C. There was 2.6 mm of rain during 3.8 hours. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (10%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.