Documenttype BS Overlijden ErfgoedinstellingStadsarchief Rotterdam Plaats instellingRotterdam CollectiegebiedZuid-Holland Archief999-09 Registratienummer1965A2 Aktenummer1221 PaginaA2-106 Registratiedatum1965 AkteplaatsRotterdam CollectieNadere toegang op het overlijdensregister van de gemeente Rotterdam, 1965
January 31 » Czechoslav Trade Union Association is founded in Prague.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
July 11 » Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
August 2 » Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
November 1 » The first Library of Congress building opens its doors to the public; the library had previously been housed in the Congressional Reading Room in the U.S. Capitol.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death May 5, 1965
The temperature on May 5, 1965 was between 9.4 °C and 14.0 °C and averaged 10.9 °C. There was 3.0 mm of rain during 2.2 hours. There was 4.2 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west. Source: KNMI
February 9 » The United States Marine Corps sends a MIM-23 Hawk missile battalion to South Vietnam, the first American troops in-country without an official advisory or training mission.
May 18 » Israeli spy Eli Cohen is hanged in Damascus, Syria.
August 1 » Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.
August 6 » US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
September 30 » In Indonesia, a coup by the 30 September Movement is crushed, leading to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed.
November 8 » The British Indian Ocean Territory is created, consisting of Chagos Archipelago, Aldabra, Farquhar and Des Roches islands.
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