1965 Houston Astros season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1965 Houston Cougars football team
The 1965 Houston Cougars football team was an American football team that represented the University of Houston as an independent during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In its fourth season under head coach Bill Yeoman, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record. Cotton Guerrant was the team captain. The team played its home games at the Astrodome in Houston


1965 Houston Oilers season
The 1965 Houston Oilers season was the 6th season for the Houston Oilers as a professional AFL franchise; The team matched their previous output of 4–10 and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Oilers moved their home games from Jeppensen Stadium to Rice Stadium.


1965 Houston Oilers season
The 1965 Oilers surrendered 5.29 rushing yards per carry, the most in American Football League history, and 8th-most in the history of professional football.


1965 Houston Oilers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1965 Hove by-election
The Hove by-election, 1965 was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Hove held on 22 July 1965.


1965 Hove by-election, Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Conservative MP Anthony Marlowe. Marlowe had had a heart attack in June 1965. He had been MP here since winning the seat in 1950.


1965 Hove by-election, Election history
Hove had been won by the Conservatives at every election since 1950 when the seat was created. The result at the last General election was as follows;


1965 Hove by-election, Result
It was won by the Conservatives' Martin Maddan. There was a 6.2% swing against the Conservatives;


1965 Hove by-election, Aftermath
Moxon contested Brighton Kemptown in 1970 Sidcup, against Prime Minister Edward Heath, before moving to Jamaica. Marsh did not stand again.


1965 Howard Bulldogs football team
The 1965 Howard Bulldogs football team represented Howard College (now Samford University) as an independent during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Led by head coach Bubba Scott Howard played their home games at Seibert Stadium.


1965 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1965 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Humboldt State competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC).


1965 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1965 Lumberjacks were led by head coach Phil Sarboe in his 15th and last year at the helm. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4, 2–3 FWC). The Lumberjacks were outscored by their opponents 128–131 for the season.


1965 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
Phil Sarboe's tenure at Humboldt State was the most successful in school history. He is the only coach to win over 100 games at Humboldt State, finishing 104–37–5 (.729). His winning percentage is the highest in school history, and his teams had 13 winning seasons and only one losing season. The Lumberjacks won or shared the conference championship in five of his 15 seasons (1952, 1956, 1960, 1961, & 1963).


1965 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1966 NFL Draft.


1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup
The 1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup was held in Pescara, Italy, on October 9–10, 1965. The event was also known as Lugano Trophy.


1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Results, Team
The team rankings, named Lugano Trophy, combined the 20km and 50km events team results.


1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Participation
The participation of 42 athletes from 7 countries is reported.


1965 IAAF World Race Walking Cup, Qualifying Rounds
From 1961 to 1985 there were qualifying rounds with the winners proceeding to the final. This year, United Kingdom, Hungary, and Sweden proceeded directly to the final.


1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
The 1965 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships were held in Spittal an der Drau, Austria under the auspices of International Canoe Federation for the second time in a row after hosting the event previously in 1963. It was the 9th edition. It also marked some changes in which the folding kayak events were replaced by standard kayaks for the men's and women's events. Additionally, the mixed C2 team event returned for the first time since 1957.


1965 Ice Hockey World Championships
The 1965 Ice Hockey World Championships took place in Hakametsä, Tampere, Finland, 3–15 March. Eight teams took part, each playing each other once. The Soviets became world champions for the fifth time, winning all of their games. This also counted as their ninth European title, with the Czechs finishing second and the Swedes third. For the third straight year Canada finished fourth. The tournament employed new tie-breaking rules, which some believed were supposed to be in place for the Innsbruck Olympics. To decide medals priority would be given to the team who won the head-to-head game, unless they tied, or more than two teams were tied. In those two cases goal differential would be used, but only the goal differential between the top four teams.


1965 Ice Hockey World Championships
Fifteen nations played in two groups, with qualification games used to establish the tier for closely ranked teams. From now on, the last place team in group 'A' would be relegated, with the group 'B' champion being promoted to replace them. Poland went undefeated to earn promotion, defeating the Swiss, and tying the West Germans.


1965 Ice Hockey World Championships
The event was the first Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by Finland, and was organized by Harry Lindblad, president of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association.


1965 Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championship Group B (Turku, Rauma, and Pori, Finland)
Poland earned promotion to the 1966 Group A.  Romania joined France and Italy in the following year's qualification for Group B.


1965 Ice Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, European championships final standings
The final standings of the European championships according to IIHF:


1965 Icelandic Cup
The 1965 Icelandic Cup was the sixth edition of the National Football Cup.


1965 Icelandic Cup
It took place between 31 July 1964 and 31 October 1964, with the final played at Melavöllur in Reykjavik. The cup was important, as winners qualified for the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (if a club won both the league and the cup, the defeated finalists would take their place in the Cup Winners' Cup). Teams from the Úrvalsdeild karla (1st division) did not enter until the quarter finals. In prior rounds, teams from the 2. Deild (2nd division), as well as reserve teams, played in one-legged matches. In case of a draw, the match was replayed.


1965 Icelandic Cup
For the first time in 5 years (since the creation of the tournament), KR Reykjavik were eliminated when they entered, in the quarter finals. Valur Reykjavik won the Cup, beating IA Akranes 5 - 3 in the final.


1965 Idaho Vandals football team
The 1965 Idaho Vandals football team represented the University of Idaho in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The Vandals were led by first-year head coach Steve Musseau and played in the Big Sky Conference for the first time; they played the previous six seasons as an independent in the NCAA University Division. Home games were played on campus at Neale Stadium in Moscow, with one home game in Boise at old Bronco Stadium at Boise Junior College.


1965 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
Led on the field by quarterback John Foruria and fullback Ray McDonald, both juniors, the Vandals were 5–5 overall and 3–1 in conference play. Idaho won the Battle of the Palouse with neighbor Washington State for the second straight year, this time by a score of 17–13 at Rogers Field in Pullman. It was the first time Idaho logged consecutive wins over the Cougars in forty years. The Vandals lost close games to the other three  Northwest teams of the AAWU (Pac-8).


1965 Idaho Vandals football team, Season
The other two quarterbacks were Jerry Ahlin and Joe Rodriguez, who both started games in 1965.


1965 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
Seven Vandals were selected to the all-conference team: fullback Ray McDonald, guard Dave Triplett, center Steve Buratto, defensive end Tom Stephens, defensive tackle Dick Arndt, linebacker Jerry Campbell, and defensive back Bill Scott.


1965 Idaho Vandals football team, All-conference
On the second team were tackle Joe Dobson, guard Steve Ulrich, running back Tim Lavens, defensive end Ray Miller, middle guard John Boisen, linebacker LaVerle Pratt, and defensive back Jerry Ahlin. Honorable mention were defensive tackle John Daniel, defensive back Byron Strickland, tight end John Whitney, wide receivers Joe Chapman and Rich Toney, and tackle Gary Fitzpatrick.


1965 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
Four Vandals were selected in the 1966 NFL Draft, which lasted twenty rounds (305 selections).


1965 Idaho Vandals football team, NFL Draft
Four Vandal juniors were selected in the 1967 NFL/AFL Draft, the first common draft, which lasted seventeen rounds (445 selections).


1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1965 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth season under head coach Pete Elliott, the Illini compiled a 6–4 (4–3 against Big Ten Conference opponents), outscored opponents 235 to 118, and finished fifth in the Big Ten. Fullback Jim Grabowski was selected as the team's most valuable player, received the team's most valuable player award, and was a consensus pick for the 1965 College Football All-America Team.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition
The 1965 Indian Everest Expedition reached the summit of Mount Everest on 20 May 1965. It was the first successful scaling of the mountain by an Indian climbing expedition.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition
After the first conquest of Mount Everest in 1953 by the New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, Indian military forces made several attempts to conquer the summit. The first expedition by the Indian Army, which was led by Brigadier Gyan Singh in 1960, failed. Climbers Colonel Narendra Kumar, Sonam Gyatso, and Sherpa Nawang Gombu reached 28,300 feet (8,600 m), just 700 feet (210 m) from the summit, but had to turn back due to extremely bad weather. The second expedition by the Indian Army, led by Major John Diaz in 1962, also failed. Captain Mohan Singh Kohli, Sonam Gyatso, and Hari Dang got to almost 400 feet (120 m) below the summit at 28,600 feet (8,700 m), but also had to give up due to bad weather. Mohan Singh Kohli was a member of both these expeditions.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Preparation
In 1965, the third Indian expedition, which was led by Mohan Singh Kohli and his deputy Colonel Narendra "Bull" Kumar, included 21 core members of the expedition, and around 50 climbing sherpas. The mission was sponsored by the Indian Mountaineering foundation. The team started their journey from New Delhi on 21 February and reached on Jaynagar railway station in Bihar, the Indo-Nepal border on 24 February. They arranged for 25 tons of materials for the mission from various cities of India, including food, cloths, sleeping tents, oxygen cylinders and mountaineering equipment.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Preparation
All materials were carried from Jaynagar railway station to base camp by 800 porters including women. The initial attempt was at the end of April and due to bad weather they came back to base camp and wait two weeks for better weather. Towards the end of May, Mount Everest was scaled in four successive attempts and put nine climbers on to the summit, setting a world record which India held for 17 years.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Reaching the summit
India became the fourth country to scale Mount Everest. On 20 May 1965, Lt Col Avatar. S. Cheema and Nawang Gombu Sherpa reached the summit of Mount Everest, becoming the first Indians to do so. This was the second time that Nawang Gombu Sherpa had climbed Mount Everest. The first was with an American expedition in 1963. He became the first person to climb the mountain twice.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Reaching the summit
Two days later, on 22 May, Sonam Gyatso and Sonam Wangyal reached the summit and C. P. Vohra, Ang Kami Sherpa reached it on 24 May.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Reaching the summit
On 29 May, 12 years to the day from the first ascent of Mount Everest,  Major H. P. S. Ahluwalia, H. C. S. Rawat, Phu Dorjee Sherpa reached the summit. This was the first time three climbers had stood on the summit together.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Reaching the summit
In all, eleven people were scheduled to climb the mountain in five attempts, but Captain HV Bahuguna and Major BP Singh were forced to retreat due to physical difficulties.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Reception and honours
Mohan Singh Kohli is best known as leader of the Indian Everest Expedition 1965. The achievement electrified the nation; people danced in the streets. Nine climbers reached the summit, creating a world record that India held for 17 years. On return of the team from Nepal to India, Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri headed the reception at the airport.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Reception and honours
The entire team were given an Arjuna Award. Three members, including the team leader, were awarded the Padma Bhushan and the leader and eight team members were given the Padma Shree.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Reception and honours
Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri paid tribute saying: “The record of Commander Kohli’s expedition will find special mention in history. It was a masterpiece of planning, organisation, teamwork, individual effort and leadership”. Lal Bahadur Shastri also described the 1965 success as one of India's six major achievements after independence.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Reception and honours
A full-length film on the expedition with music by Shankar Jaikishan was released all over India and abroad. The story of the achievement was serialized in several national newspapers and magazines. Mohan Singh Kohli and other members of the team were felicitated at Brussels, Paris, Geneva and Rome. Tenzing Norgay accompanied Captain Kohli to several countries. In India, Chief Ministers of almost all the states invited the team to their capitals and honoured them at state and civic receptions.


1965 Indian Everest Expedition, Sherpas
About 50 Sherpas participated in the mission. Many of them had previously participated in other Everest missions. One of the sherpas, Phu Dorjee Sherpa, reached the summit.


1965 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 1965, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.


1965 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Elections, Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1965. They are members for the term 1965-1971 and retire in year 1971, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.


1965 Indian Rajya Sabha elections, Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 1965.


1965 Indiana Hoosiers football team
The 1965 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Seventeenth Street Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.


1965 Indianapolis 500
The 49th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Monday, May 31, 1965.


1965 Indianapolis 500
The five-year-old "British Invasion" finally broke through as Jim Clark and Colin Chapman triumphed in dominating fashion with the first rear-engined Indy-winning car, a Lotus 38 powered by Ford. With only six of the 33 cars in the field having front engines, it was the first 500 in history to have a majority of cars as rear-engined machines.


1965 Indianapolis 500
Clark, of Scotland, started from the front row, and led 190 laps, the most since Bill Vukovich (195) in 1953. He became the first non-American winner of the Indianapolis 500 since 1916. Clark would go on to win the 1965 World Championship (which Indianapolis was not part of any longer). He is the only driver in history to win the Indy 500 and Formula One World Championship in the same year. Clark actually chose to skip Monaco to compete at Indy.


1965 Indianapolis 500
ABC Sports covered the race for the first time on Wide World of Sports. Charlie Brockman anchored the broadcast along with Rodger Ward.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Rule changes
Following the tragic 1964 race, this race was run relatively clean with no major accidents. Contrary to some popular belief, gasoline was not banned for the 1965 race. Instead, USAC officials crafted several calculated rule changes to effectively encourage teams to use methanol in order to be competitive. In addition, a new minimum car weight of 1,250 pounds was also established.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Rule changes
For 1965, all cars were required to make a minimum of two pit stops. A pit stop was generally defined as coming to a complete stop in the respective pit box, and hooking up the fueling mechanism. Tire changes were not specifically required, and some cars in fact changed zero tires all day. On-board fuel tank capacity was reduced to 75 gallons, which also included requirements that they contain rubber bladders inside, and were required to be behind the driver on the left side of each car. Crossover tubes were no longer allowed ahead of the driver as well. Pressurized fueling rigs were also outlawed. All fueling rigs from 1965 onward had to be gravity feed, a rule that still is in effect as of 2020.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Rule changes
Conventional "pump" gasoline registered better fuel mileage than methanol, and could go a longer distance before needing to refuel. The methanol-powered engines had worse fuel mileage, but were expected to produce more horsepower and effectively race faster. Since cars were required to make a minimum of two fuel stops, the advantage to using gasoline (i.e., fewer pit stops and better resulting track position) was diminished, or outright lost.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Rule changes
While most teams switched to methanol, the Agajanian team decided to utilize a methanol/gasoline blend. Chief mechanic Johnny Pulson and driver Parnelli Jones determined that they were effectively down on power, finished second, and attributed the fuel blend as what cost them a chance to win the race.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Rule changes, Time trials
One other major change was implemented for time trials. The evening before pole day time trials, a new blind draw was to be used to establish the qualifying order. Prior to 1965, no draw was used, and the qualifying order was a "first-come, first-served" line-up, queued down the pit lane and usually stretching into the garage area. Some teams would even claim their spots in line the night before. The unorganized scramble to roll the cars into a queue had often led to heated exchanges, collisions, and unfair situations.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Rule changes, Time trials
Each entry would still be allowed up to three attempts to qualify. Once the original qualifying draw order had been exhausted, if there was still time left in the day, the track was open for qualifying on a first-come, first-served basis. A proposal to charge cars with an attempt if they got to the front of the line but elected not to go out, or went out and did not take the green flag to start the run, was rejected.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Background
After suffering a terrible crash in January at the Motor Trend 500 at Riverside, A. J. Foyt was back behind the wheel in time for the 500. Foyt had suffered a broken back, crushed sternum, and a concussion after he lost his brakes, hit an embankment, and flipped violently in a stock car.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Background
There would be considerable turnaround in the starting lineup, with eleven rookies making the race, the most since 1951 (12). The rookie class of 1965 was historically notable, including such drivers as Mario Andretti, Al Unser Sr., Gordon Johncock, Joe Leonard, and George Snider.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Practice
The track opened for practice on Saturday May 1. On Monday May 3, Jim Clark turned a lap of 150.779 mph, the first driver over 150 mph for the month. On Tuesday May 4, chief steward Harlan Fengler lifted the speed limits, and A. J. Foyt upped his practice speed to 155 mph.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Practice
On Wednesday May 5, A. J. Foyt's Lotus-Ford wrecked on the backstretch when a magnesium hub carrier snapped. The next day, all of the Lotus-Fords and Lola cars were parked by USAC for a few days until tests and improvements could be made to the magnesium parts. Thursday's practice was cut short due to rain.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Practice
On Monday May 10, after adequate improvements, the Lotus-Fords were authorized to return to the track. Both Foyt and Clark turned laps over 158 mph. Foyt and Clark continued to top the speed charts during the week, and on Thursday, Foyt blistered the track with a new unofficial track record of 161.146 mph.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Practice
On the day before pole day, Ebb Rose spun in turn one in front of Bobby Unser, collecting him in the crash. Unser was driving the brand new four-wheel drive Novi car entered by Andy Granatelli. Unser's car t-boned Rose's car, and spun wildly into the outside wall. Rose was not hurt. Unser was sent to the hospital for x-rays, but was not seriously injured.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 15
Pole day was a record-setting day, as drivers officially broke the 160 mph barrier. Rookie Mario Andretti was one of the first drivers to set the pace, putting in a lap of 159.406 mph, and a four-lap average of 158.849 mph. Later, Jim Clark in the Lotus 38, became the first driver to break the 160 mph barrier. His first two laps of 160.772 mph and 160.973 mph set one-lap records. His record four-lap average of 160.729 mph tentatively put him on the pole.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 15
Defending race winner A. J. Foyt ended up as the fastest of the day, with three laps in the 161 mph range. His first lap of 161.958 mph established the new one-lap track record. His record four-lap average of 161.233 secured the pole position, his first pole at Indy.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Pole Day – Saturday May 15
A day after his crash during practice, Bobby Unser got in a year-old Novi back up car to qualify 8th. Nineteen cars qualified on pole day.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Second day – Sunday May 16
Strong winds kept most cars off the track. Only two drivers (Don Branson and Arnie Knepper) qualified. At the end of the first weekend of time trials, the field was filled to 21 cars.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Third day – Saturday May 22
Jim Hurtubise, who was seriously burned in a crash at Milwaukee in 1964, completed his comeback by qualifying a Novi at 156.860 mph (252.442 km/h), the fastest of eleven qualifiers that day.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Third day – Saturday May 22
Two drivers crashed during the day, Rodger Ward and Lloyd Ruby. Ruby wrecked his already-qualified machine, but Ward was still struggling to get up to speed. Masten Gregory and Al Unser both blew engines, but were able to keep the cars off the wall.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Third day – Saturday May 22
Bobby Johns, a NASCAR regular, skipped the World 600 and entered as a teammate to Jim Clark in another Lotus. He qualified for 22nd position, third fastest of the afternoon.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Third day – Saturday May 22
At the end of the day, there was only one spot left open in the field.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump day – Sunday May 23
Former winner Rodger Ward failed to qualify. He suffered a crash and three blown engines during the month. He got onto the track in the final 15 minutes, but his qualifying attempt was too slow to make the field.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Time trials, Bump day – Sunday May 23
Bob Mathouser was the final driver in Indy history to attempt to qualify in a front-wheel drive machine, but the engine blew and he did not make the field.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap
The Wood Brothers from the NASCAR Grand National circuit, were invited by Ford Motor Company to work the pit stops for Team Lotus (drivers Jim Clark and Bobby Johns). Their arrival at the Speedway was quickly recognized and much reported. They were well known for their rapid pit stop work in NASCAR, and their presence immediately created a stir in the garage area. It took them only a short time to acclimatize to the open wheel championship cars' equipment.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap
Their contributions to the victory, however, have been considered overstated in some cases. Historians agree that Clark's Lotus-Ford was capable of winning the race handily without the added help of the Wood Brothers. In fact, the only work done on the cars was routine refueling, as they did not need to change tires during the race. Clark made only two stops all day, and the quickness of the refueling process was largely attributed to a specially-designed gravity fueling rig with a venturi tube. One of the things they did ahead of time was to "break in" the new fueling hose nozzles by simply working them in and out of the coupling for a period of time.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
A. J. Foyt started on the pole, but Jim Clark led the first lap. Jim Hurtubise dropped out with a broken transmission on the first lap. Foyt took the lead on lap two, and at first glance, the early laps appeared as if they were going to develop into a duel. However, Clark re-took the lead on lap 3, and pulled away.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
Heavy attrition saw 17 cars drop out with engine or mechanical trouble before reaching the halfway point.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
Lloyd Ruby spun, but was able to continue. He went to the pits for new tires, but the heavily flat-spotted tires required a minute and a half to change.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, First half
Clark led until lap 65, giving up the lead for a pit stop. A. J. Foyt led from lap 66-74. On lap 75, Clark regained the lead of the race.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Second half
Jim Clark still led at the halfway point, and would not relinquish the lead for the remainder of the race. Early contender A. J. Foyt dropped out after 115 laps with a broken gearbox.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Second half
The lone accident of the day involved Bud Tingelstad, who lost a wheel and spun into the outside wall in turn three.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Second half
Scotland's Jim Clark became the first non-American winner of the Indianapolis 500 since 1916. Clark led three times for a total of 190 laps. Only eleven cars were running at the finish. Second place Parnelli Jones ran out of fuel on the final lap, and pushed his car back to the pits.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Second half
Rookie Mario Andretti, who ran no lower than 6th all afternoon, came home third, and won the Rookie of the Year award. Despite rapidly becoming obsolete, two front-engined roadsters still finished in the top ten. Rookie Gordon Johncock finished 5th, and Eddie Johnson came home 10th. Johncock was locked in a duel with Al Miller in the late stages of the race.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Race recap, Second half
The race was slowed by only three yellow lights for a total of 13 minutes.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The race was carried live on the IMS Radio Network. Sid Collins served as chief announcer for the 14th year, and 18th year overall with the crew. Fred Agabashian served as "driver expert," and Rodger Ward (who failed to qualify), joined the pre-race coverage briefly to offer commentary. The four and a half hour broadcast opened with a 30-minute pre-race segment.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
The broadcast was carried by over 800 affiliates and was heard by an estimated 100 million listeners worldwide. The broadcast was carried by Armed Forces Network, as well as Radio New York Worldwide. Foreign translation rebroadcasts in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian were heard in Central and South America and elsewhere.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
After visiting the broadcast booth in 1964 for an interview, Donald Davidson returned, joining the crew full-time as race historian. Also new for 1965 was Ron Carrell, who reported from the backstretch. Other guests that visited the booth included Gus Grissom, Senator Birch Bayh, Assistant Postmaster General Tyler Able, Wally Parks, Peter DePaolo, J. C. Agajanian, 500 Festival Chairperson Margaret Clark and 500 Festival Queen Suzanne Devine Sams.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Absent from the crew was nine-year veteran Jack Shapiro, who died the previous summer at the age of 37.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Radio
Turn 1: Bill FroshTurn 2: Howdy BellBackstretch: Ron CarrellTurn 3: Mike AhernTurn 4: Jim Shelton


1965 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The race was shown live on MCA closed-circuit television in approximately 180 theaters and venues across the United States. Charlie Brockman served as anchor.


1965 Indianapolis 500, Broadcasting, Television
The following weekend on June 5, the race was carried in the United States on ABC's Wide World of Sports. It was ABC's first exclusive network coverage of the Indianapolis 500 on race day. Charlie Brockman anchored the telecast, as he did during the closed-circuit broadcast. The Wide World of Sports broadcast was an edited tape of the closed-circuit broadcast, and driver Rodger Ward served as analyst. Ward sat out the 1965 race, having failed to qualify, but returned in 1966.


1965 Individual Long Track European Championship
The 1965 Individual Long Track European Championship was the ninth edition of the Long Track European Championship. The final was held on 12 September 1965 in Seinäjoki, Finland.


1965 Individual Speedway World Championship
The 1965 Individual Speedway World Championship was the 20th edition of the official World Championship to determine the world champion rider.


1965 Individual Speedway World Championship
Björn Knutsson won the world title scoring 14 points out of a possible 15 in the final at Wembley with Russian Igor Plekhanov defeating four times champion Ove Fundin in the silver medal run-off.


1965 Individual Speedway World Championship, Second Round, Continental Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1965 Individual Speedway World Championship, Third Round, British & Commonwealth Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1965 Individual Speedway World Championship, Third Round, European Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1965 Individual Speedway World Championship, World Final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance •  t - exclusion for touching the tapes •  x - other exclusion •  e - retired or mechanical failure •  f - fell •  ns - non-starter •  nc - non-classify


1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final
The 1965 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final was the final of the seventh Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the second of two that were not played over two legs. It was played on 23 June 1965 between Ferencváros of Hungary and Juventus of Italy. Ferencváros won the tie 1–0. Juve, with a lower physical level than their Hungarian opponents as a result of the demanding season in Serie A, played the match without two of its best players, Sivori and Salvadore.


1965 Intercontinental Cup
The 1965 Intercontinental Cup was an association football tie held over two legs in September 1965 between the winners of the 1964–65 European Cup Inter Milan and Independiente, winners of the 1965 Copa Libertadores, premier competitions in European and South American club football. This was a rematch of the previous year's edition.


1965 Intercontinental Cup
The first leg was held on 8 September 1965 at San Siro, home of Inter, who won the match 3–0, with goals from Joaquín Peiró and Sandro Mazzola. La Doble Visera hosted the return leg 7 days later on 15 September 1965, and ended in a goalless draw. Inter thus won the Intercontinental Cup for the second year in a row.


1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race
The 1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race was a six-hour endurance race for touring cars held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 21 November 1965. The race, which was open to cars classified in Group 1 of international Appendix J, was the second in a sequence of races which would evolve into the Sandown 500. The race was won by Frank Gardner and  Kevin Bartlett driving an Alfa Romeo TI Super entered by Alec Mildren Racing.


1965 International 6 Hour Touring Car Race, Results
39 cars started the race  and 29 finished. Names of drivers who were entered in the car but did not drive during the race are shown within brackets.


1965 International Cross Country Championships
The 1965 International Cross Country Championships was held in Ostend, Belgium, at the Hippodrome Wellington on March 20, 1965. The competition saw first appearances of athletes from Algeria, New Zealand and West Germany. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.


1965 International Cross Country Championships
Complete results for men, junior men, medallists,  and the results of British athletes were published.


1965 International Cross Country Championships, Participation
An unofficial count yields the participation of 174 athletes from 15 countries.


1965 International Soccer League, Championship
Polonia Bytom defeated New York Americans 3–0 and 2–1, on goal aggregate.


1965 International Soccer League, American Challenge Cup
Polonia Bytom defeated FK Dukla Prague, 2–0 and 1–1, on goal aggregate.


1965 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1965 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1965 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Jerry Burns's fifth and final year as head coach.


1965 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 1965 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach Clay Stapleton, the Cyclones compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–3–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 178 to 147. They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.


1965 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The regular starting lineup on offense consisted of left end Eppie Barney, left tackle John Chism, left guard Dennis Storey, right guard Rick Burchett, right tackle Larry Brazon, right end George Maurer, quarterback Tim Van Galder, halfbacks Les Webster and Tom Busch, and fullback Tony Baker.


1965 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The regular starting lineup on defense consisted of defensive ends Dennis Esselmann and Ernie Kennedy, defensive tackles Wayne Lueders and Sam Ramenofsky, defensive guards Bob Evans and Frank Belichick, linebackers Jim Wipert and Ron Halda, cornerbacks Doug Robinson and Larry Carwell, and safety Cal Lewis.


1965 Iowa State Cyclones football team
Dick Kasperek and Jimmy Wipert were the team captains. Three Iowa State players were selected as first-team all-conference players: Eppie Barney, Ron Halda, and Dick Kasperek.


1965 Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup
The 1965 Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup was the 4th edition of the Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup, and the first since the competition's name was changed from Iraq Central FA Altruism Cup to Iraq Central FA Perseverance Cup. The match was contested between the winners and runners-up of the 1964–65 edition of the Iraq Central FA League, Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab and Aliyat Al-Shorta respectively. Maslahat Naqil Al-Rukab won the game 1–0 with an extra-time goal by Qais Hameed to win the cup for the first time in their history and the first time in the history of the teams that were later merged to form Amanat Baghdad.


1965 Irish Greyhound Derby
The 1965 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during July and August with the final being held at Harold's Cross Stadium in Dublin on 7 August 1965.


1965 Irish Greyhound Derby
The winner Ballyowen Chief won £2,000 and was trained by Gay McKenna and owned by Lillie McKenna.


1965 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Gay McKenna finally won the Irish Derby with Ballyowen Chief a greyhound he trained for his wife Lillie. The McKenna family had gone close in the past with Gay’s father Joe finishing runner up back in 1934. With the prize money for the Irish Derby now at a record £2,000, Gay McKenna kept Ballyowen Chief in his own kennel following the request from his owner Martin Kelly to find a buyer for the greyhound. McKenna's wife Lillie bought the dog and entered him for the Derby.


1965 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
The competition had started with Monalee King being made ante-post favourite followed by Lovely Chieftain, Clomoney Grand, Ballyowen Chief and Bauhus in a lineup that included 1964 English Greyhound Derby champion Hack Up Chieftain. Hack Up Chieftain available at 20-1 ante post, went fastest in the opening round recording 29.28, just half a length outside of the track record. Ballyowen Chief won in 29.32 and Irish Laurels champion Tanyard Heather in 29.40. Other winners were Clomoney Grand (29.45) and Wise Acre (29.46).


1965 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Hack Up Chieftain, went from strength to strength winning well in the second round beating Ballyowen Chief by five lengths in 29.28. Monalee King and Clomoney Grand were both eliminated but Val's Prince and Always Proud won their heats.


1965 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In the semi-finals Hack Up Chieftain won again beating Tanyard Heather. Vals Prince defeated Fraoc in the second semi-final decider and the last one was won by Dorado from Ballyowen Chief.


1965 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In the final Ballyowen Chief ran a superb race to catch early leader Tanyard Heather and the former eased to a three length victory, Hack up Chieftain was unlucky after finding trouble and ran on strongly for third place.


1965 Irish general election
The 1965 Irish general election was held on 7 April 1965. The newly elected members of the 18th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 21 April when the new Taoiseach and government were appointed.


1965 Irish general election
The general election took place in 42 parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 144 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann.


1965 Irish general election, Campaign
The general election of 1965 was caused by the ruling Fianna Fáil party's failure to gain a seat in a by-election. The success of Eileen Desmond of the Labour Party in Cork Mid in holding a seat previously held by her husband Dan Desmond, led to an unacceptable mathematical situation with regard to the government's majority. The Taoiseach, Seán Lemass immediately dissolved the Dáil and the campaign began in earnest.


1965 Irish general election, Campaign
Fianna Fáil ran its campaign on its record in government. Over the last number of years the economy had seen a huge improvement and the party played up on its record in government. The party also played up heavily on the personality of the party leader with the slogan "Let Lemass Lead On". Fine Gael put forward a comprehensive manifesto, which included the establishment of a government department concerned with economic planning. However, the older, conservative members of the party did not warm to the new turn the party was taking.


1965 Irish general election, Television and radio
This was the first Irish General Election to be covered on television by state broadcaster RTÉ, which had formed on 31 December 1961. Election Newsroom was broadcast live on Telefís Éireann from their Donnybrook studios in Dublin, presented by John O'Donoghue with analysis provided by John Healy (Irish Times), John O'Sullivan (The Cork Examiner), Garret FitzGerald and Professor Basil Chubb. Cameras were present in four count centres: Bolton Street (Dublin), Wexford, Cork and Monaghan. The GPO provided direct links as results were announced. Raidió Éireann provided special coverage from 3 pm on the day of the count due to the coverage on Telefís Éireann. It was a new approach to election coverage on the state's radio service, which began broadcasting in 1926.


1965 Irish general election, Result
The general election gave Fianna Fáil an extra two seats, and with it an overall majority in the Dáil. Seán Lemass continued as Taoiseach. James Dillon resigned as leader of Fine Gael immediately after the result was announced.


1965 Isle of Man TT
The 1965 Isle of Man TT motorcycle races were contested in six categories over the Snaefell Mountain Course. The Senior TT was won by Mike Hailwood on an MV Agusta.


1965 Israel Super Cup
The 1965 Israel Super Cup was the 3rd Israel Super Cup, an annual Israeli football match played between the winners of the previous season's Top Division and Israel State Cup. As the match was not set by the Israel Football Association, it was considered an unofficial cup. The cup for this edition was donated by Ramat Gan Municipality.


1965 Israel Super Cup, The first match
The match finished 2–2 after 90 minutes, and was marred by a pitch invasion during the match half-time, with a considerable number of fans staying around the pitch during the second half, occasionally disrupting the match. In the match itself, Maccabi took the a 2–0 by the 48th minute and Hakoah equalized by scoring twice within the last 15 minutes of the match.


1965 Israel Super Cup, The second match
A replay wasn't set immediately, and was delayed as league matches started. Eventually, a friendly match was arrange for 30 April 1966, since the league went on a break as the national team played a friendly match and the Under-19 national team competed in the 1966 AFC Youth Championship. Only 800 spectators attended the match, which ended in a 1–1 draw.


1965 Israeli legislative election
Elections for the sixth Knesset were held in Israel on 2 November 1965. Voter turnout was 85.9%.


1965 Israeli legislative election, Background
Prior to the elections, two major alliances were formed; Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda united to form the Alignment, whilst Herut and the Liberal Party had formed the Gahal alliance towards the end of the previous Knesset session. However, both Mapai and the Liberal Party had been hit by breakaway factions, the Ben-Gurion led Rafi and the Independent Liberals (largely composed of former Progressive Party members) respectively.


1965 Israeli legislative election, Background
The communist Maki had also experienced a split earlier in the year, with most of its Arab members and some Jewish members breaking away to establish Rakah.


1965 Israeli legislative election, Background
A new Mapai-affiliated Arab party, Cooperation and Brotherhood was formed to contest the election, whilst the Arab Socialist List was prevented from running by the Central Elections Committee due to its links with the banned al-Ard organisation. Peace activist Abie Nathan entered a party list, Nes.


1965 Israeli legislative election, Parliament factions
The table below lists the parliamentary factions represented in the 6th Knesset.


1965 Israeli legislative election, Aftermath
The sixth Knesset started with Levi Eshkol's Alignment forming the thirteenth government on 12 January 1966. His coalition included the National Religious Party, Mapam, the Independent Liberals, Poalei Agudat Yisrael, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood, and had eighteen ministers. Kadish Luz of the Alignment retained his position as Knesset Speaker. At the end of August, 1966 the new Knesset at Givat Ram in Jerusalem was opened. When the Six-Day War broke out on 5 June 1967, Gahal and Rafi joined the coalition to form a national unity government with 21 ministers. The government was ended by Eshkol's death on 26 February 1969.


1965 Israeli legislative election, Aftermath
Golda Meir of the Alignment formed the fourteenth government, also a national unity government, on 17 March 1969. The coalition partners were Gahal, the National Religious Party, the Independent Liberals, Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood.


1965 Israeli legislative election, Aftermath
In 1968 Rafi, Mapai and Ahdut HaAvoda merged into the Labor Party in 1968, although David Ben-Gurion (Rafi) became an independent. In 1969 the Labor Party formed an alliance with Mapam also named the Alignment. The new Alignment held 63 seats, the only time a single faction has ever held a majority in the Knesset.


1965 Israeli legislative election, Aftermath
Other affiliation changes during the Knesset term included Yizhar Harari leaving the Independent Liberals to join the Alignment, four MKs breaking away from Gahal to establish the Free Centre and Progress and Development and Cooperation and Brotherhood merging to form Cooperation and Development (which then broke up into the two original parties, the Druze Party and Jewish-Arab Brotherhood, each with a single seat).


1965 Italian Athletics Championships
The 1965 Italian Athletics Championships was the 55th edition of the Italian Athletics Championships and were held in Rome (track & field events).


1965 Italian Grand Prix
The 1965 Italian Grand Prix (formally the XXXVI Gran Premio d'Italia) was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 12 September 1965. It was race 8 of 10 in both the 1965 World Championship of Drivers and the 1965 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. The race was won by Jackie Stewart who took his first Grand Prix victory, whilst driving for the BRM team.


1965 Italian Grand Prix
His teammate - Graham Hill - finished second after a closely contested race between both the pair and pole-sitter and Jim Clark, who driving for the Lotus-Climax team, had secured the 1965 Drivers' Championship at the previous race. His fuel-pump failure with a handful of laps to go, and also the preceding retirement of Ferrari driver John Surtees, ensured that Dan Gurney of the Brabham-Climax team picked up the final position on the podium.


1965 Italian Grand Prix, Race report
Jim Clark duelled for the lead through the first two-thirds of the race with Graham Hill, Jackie Stewart and John Surtees (who dropped out with clutch problems), until lap 64 when his fuel pump failed. Stewart took up the lead and it was expected that he would move over to give his team leader the victory. The enthusiastic crowd were waiting for the BRM cars to come over the line in formation.


1965 Italian Grand Prix, Race report
However, on the approach to the Parabolica on the last time, Hill moved over too far and bounced across the grass, struggling to maintain grip on the mud and gravel. Stewart therefore claimed his first win in a BRM 1–2 from Hill. Dan Gurney took the final podium place and Lorenzo Bandini, Bruce McLaren and Richard Attwood completed the placings. The race featured 42 lead changes between four drivers (all British), the most ever in a Formula One motor race.


1965 Ivorian general election
General elections were held in Ivory Coast on 7 November 1965 to elect a President and National Assembly. At the time the country was a one-party state with the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast – African Democratic Rally (PDCI-RDA) as the sole legal party. Its leader Félix Houphouët-Boigny was elected president unopposed, whilst the PDCI-RDA won all 85 seats in the National Assembly. Voter turnout was 99.6%.


1965 Japan Series
The 1965 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1965 season. It was the 16th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.


1965 Japan Series, Matchups, Game 1
Saturday, October 30, 1965 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture


1965 Japan Soccer League
The 1965 season in Japanese football saw the formation of the Japan Soccer League, the first national league in Japan for football clubs. Eight teams took part in the championship, playing on a home and away basis. Toyo Industries were crowned the first ever champions, whilst Nagoya Mutual Bank came bottom and entered and end of season promotion/relegation match to stay in the top flight. They won this, 6–3 on aggregate against Nippon Kokan.


1965 Japan Soccer League, Teams
Eight clubs entered the first ever edition of the Japan Soccer League; Furukawa Electric, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Motors, Nagoya Mutual Bank, Toyo Industries, Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Yanmar Diesel and Yawata Steel


1965 Japanese House of Councillors election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 4 July 1965, electing half the seats in the House. The Liberal Democratic Party won the most seats.


1965 KFK competitions (Ukraine)
The 1965 KFK competitions in Ukraine were part of the 1965 Soviet KFK competitions that were conducted in the Soviet Union. It was the first season of KFK in Ukraine. The winner eventually qualified to the 1966 Soviet Second League.


1965 KFK competitions (Ukraine), Promotion
None of KFK teams were promoted to the 1966 Ukrainian Class B.


1965 KFK competitions (Ukraine), Promotion
However, to the Class B were promoted following teams that did not participate in the KFK competitions:


1965 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand
The 1965 Kangaroo Tour of New Zealand was a mid-season tour of New Zealand by the Australia national rugby league team. The Australians played eight matches on tour, including two tests against the New Zealand national rugby league team. The tour began on 9 June and finished on 28 June.


1965 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand, Leadership
Ian Walsh was both the captain and the coach of the touring side. Walsh appeared in seven of the eight matches. Reg Gasnier captained the Australian team in the one match in which Walsh did not appear, against Canterbury. The team was co-managed by Arnold Stehr (Manly, NSW) and Des Green (Ipswich, Qld).


1965 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand, Touring squad
The Rugby League News published details of the touring team including the players' ages and weights. A  was published at the conclusion of the tour. Match details - listing surnames of both teams and the point scorers - were included in E.E. Christensen's Official Rugby League Yearbook, as was a summary of the players' point-scoring. Cavanagh, Gleeson and Wellington were selected from Queensland clubs. Beath, Buman and Pannowitz were selected from clubs in New South Wales Country areas. The balance of the squad were playing for Sydney based clubs during the 1965 season.


1965 Kangaroo tour of New Zealand, Tour
The Australians played eight matches on the tour, winning all of the matches except for the second test against New Zealand.


1965 Kansas City Athletics season
The 1965 Kansas City Athletics season was the eleventh for the franchise in Kansas City and the 65th in its overall history. It involved the A's finishing tenth in the American League with a record of 59 wins and 103 losses, 43 games behind the American League Champion Minnesota Twins. The paid attendance for the season was 528,344, the lowest in the major leagues (and the lowest ever by the A's in Kansas City). The club won 59 games, their worst showing since the A's moved to Kansas City.


1965 Kansas City Athletics season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents
NOTE: The Los Angeles Angels changed their name to California Angels on September 2, 1965, with the season in progress.


1965 Kansas City Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1965 Kansas City Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1965 Kansas City Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 Kansas City Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 Kansas City Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1965 Kansas City Chiefs season
The  1965 Kansas City Chiefs season was the 6th season for the Kansas City Chiefs as a professional AFL franchise; they finished with a 7–5–2 record and missed the AFL playoffs.


1965 Kansas City Chiefs season
For the 1965 season, the Chiefs were caught in the middle of the AFL and NFL's bidding wars for college talent. Kansas City made running back Gale Sayers from the University of Kansas their first-round draft pick, but Sayers eventually signed with the Chicago Bears, who had also drafted him with their first pick in the NFL's draft.


1965 Kansas City Chiefs season
The Chiefs lost Mack Lee Hill late in the 1965 season when he suffered torn ligaments in his right knee in the next-to-last regular-season game of the year at Buffalo on December 12. Following what was expected to be a routine surgery on December 14 at Menorah Hospital in Kansas City, Hill died from what was termed "a sudden and massive embolism." Hunt called Hill's death "the worst shock possible." Just days after Hill's unexpected death, the mourning Chiefs defeated the Denver Broncos on December 19 to finish the year with a 7–5–2 record.


1965 Kansas City Chiefs season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1965 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1965 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the Big Eight Conference during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jack Mitchell, the Jayhawks compiled a 2–8 record (2–5 against conference opponents), tied for sixth in the Big Eight Conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 215 to 119. They played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.


1965 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The team's statistical leaders included Dan Miller with 356 rushing yards, Sims Stokes with 271 receiving yards and Bill Fenton with 500 passing yards. Greg Roth and Mike Shinn were the team captains.


1965 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1965 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The team's head football coach was Doug Weaver. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. 1965 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 0–10, and a 0–7 record in Big Eight Conference play. The Wildcats score only 43 points while giving up 296. The finished eight in the Big Eight.


1965 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 1965 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University  in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Leo Strang, the Golden Flashes compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against MAC opponents), finished in fourth place in the MAC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 144 to 114.


1965 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The team's statistical leaders included Bill Asbury with 998 rushing yards, Ron Mollric with 407 passing yards, and Billy Blunt with 337 receiving yards. Four Kent State players were selected as first-team All-MAC players: halfback Bill Asbury, offensive tackle Jon Brooks, defensive back Pat Gucciardo, and offensive guard Ed Musbach.


1965 Kentucky Derby
The 1965 Kentucky Derby was the 91st running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 1, 1965.


1965 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1965 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the Southeastern Conference during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. The Wildcats scored 202 points while allowing 160 points, finishing 6-4 overall, 3-3 in the SEC.


1965 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Season
Rick Norton and Sam Ball were chosen as team captains.


1965 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Season
Kentucky opened with a 7-0 win at Missouri. Missouri finished the season ranked #6 in the nation, with a record of 8-2-1. Kentucky entered Week 2 of the season ranked #10 in the country.


1965 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Season
The second game was a 16-7 win against Ole Miss. Kentucky advanced to a #6 ranking in the AP poll.


1965 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Season
A loss at Auburn (23-18) was followed by a 26-24 win against Florida State. A 31-21 loss at LSU was followed by a 28-10 win over Georgia and a 28-8 victory over West Virginia. Kentucky then was ranked again in the AP poll, at #10.


1965 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Season
Next was a 34-0 win over Vanderbilt. Kentucky retained its #10 ranking in the AP poll.


1965 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Season
At that point Kentucky was offered a bid to the Gator Bowl but turned it down, hoping for a better bowl invitation. However, star quarterback Rick Norton suffered a broken leg in the next game, which ended up being a 38-21 loss at Houston, and a 19-3 loss to Tennessee left the Wildcats with a 6-4 record and no bowl game.


1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
The Kerala Legislative Assembly election of 1965 was held to elect members to the third Niyamasabha. Communist Party of India (Marxist), which was the splinter faction of Communist Party of India, emerged as the largest party in the assembly with 40 seats, followed by Indian National Congress with 36. However no single party could form a ministry commanding majority and hence this election is considered abortive. On March 25, President's rule was invoked for the fourth time.


1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Background
Both the Indian National Congress and the Communist Party of India went through big changes during the period that preceded the elections in 1965. Congress was split and a new state party Kerala Congress was formed.


1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Background
Communist Party of India also went through a split during this time, forming CPI(M).


1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Constituencies
There were 133 constituencies in total, out of which 120 were General Category, 11 Scheduled Castes, and 2 Scheduled Tribe seats.


1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Political parties
Three national parties - Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) and three state level parties Kerala Congress, Indian Union Muslim League and Samyukta Socialist Party took part in the elections.


1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
No party or group was able to form a government due to the fractured nature of results. The result was the dissolution of the assembly again, and the state was again under President's Rule.


1965 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1965 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 71st staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board. The championship began on 4 July 1965 and ended on 29 August 1965.


1965 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 29 August 1965, Mooncoin won the championship after a 2-08 to 1-08 defeat of Bennettsbridge in the final. It was their 12th championship title overall and their first title since 1936. It remains their last championship triumph.


1965 Kokomo tornado
During the evening of April 11, 1965, an intense, destructive and long-lived tornado, rated F4 struck Kokomo, Indiana, and adjacent areas. The tornado was responsible for 17 deaths and 560 injuries. The tornado was part of a larger weather system that had produced several other tornadoes across the Great Plains over the course of April 11 and 12.


1965 Kokomo tornado
The tornado touched down just northwest of Russiaville at 7:34 p.m. CDT (19:46 UTC), and stayed on the ground for 43 minutes over a 44-mile (71 km) path, crossing through a heavily populated section of Kokomo. The tornado was 800 yards wide at its peak.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Meteorological synopsis
On April 9, 1965, a prominent central upper trough moved eastward toward the Central United States, with a lead upper low pivoting over the Dakotas and Upper Midwest region. A Southern stream shortwave trough and a moderately strong polar jet moved east-northeastward over the southern Rockies to the southern Great Plains and Ozarks area, with severe thunderstorms forming during the peak hours of heating. With the influence of moderately strong cyclonic flow aloft, the air mass was expected to become unstable across much of the southern Great Plains, Ozarks and middle Mississippi Valley by the afternoon.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Meteorological synopsis
Evidence of an unstable air mass included temperatures in the low to mid 80s °F (27–30 °C), dewpoints that ranged in the upper 60s °F (20 °C) to lower 70s °F (20–22 °C), and CAPE values ranging from 3500–5000 J/kg. Deep-layer wind shear speeds of 40 to 50 knots (46 to 58 mph) would enhance storm organization and intensity. These ingredients were present ahead of a cold front extending from a surface low in the eastern Dakotas, southwestward and western Missouri, and ahead of a dry line extending from southwest Iowa southward into western north and west-central Illinois.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Meteorological synopsis
Outflow remnants from the previous night and early day convection across the Ozarks and middle Mississippi Valley were a factor in severe weather development with the most aggressive heating and destabilization on the western edge of this activity across the southern Great Plains and just ahead of a cold front. The National Weather Service office in Norman, Oklahoma, had warned as early as April 8 that there was a possibility of severe weather on April 11.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Meteorological synopsis
The most intense severe weather activity was expected across the southern Great Plains, specifically, during the afternoon hours on that Monday. The degree of wind shear, moisture and instability within the warm sector favored the development of supercells. Very large hail and tornadoes were expected with the supercells, with the possibility of a few strong tornadoes. The National Weather Service issued a tornado watch at 1:10 p.m. Central Daylight Time (CDT) early that afternoon for the Mississippi, Ohio, and Great Lakes Region, northwestern Iowa and portions of Wisconsin.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Storm development and track
The thunderstorm that eventually produced the tornado developed, around 6:30 p.m. CDT, across northern Tippecanoe County. Its rapid intensification resulted in the National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office in Norman issuing a severe thunderstorm warning for northern Tippecanoe, Howard County, northern Clinton, ) at 7:14 p.m. CDT. The thunderstorm quickly attained supercell characteristics, with rotation at the mid-levels of the storm's cloud structure becoming apparent even before it was officially classified as severe, due to the sufficient amounts of wind shear present over central Indiana


1965 Kokomo tornado, Storm development and track
Due to the expected intensity of the storms, which were expected to be equal – if not, stronger – in severity to the supercells that produced the five tornadoes in the expected area of greatest tornadic threat the day prior. At 7:30 p.m. CDT, as rotation in the supercell was increasing at the cloud base, a tornado warning was issued for far northeastern Grant, Howard, and Clinton counties, as the storm approached Russiaville.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Storm development and track
The tornado touched down at 7:32 p.m. CDT in northeastern Clinton county. Initially a narrow, cone-shaped tornado, it first caused F1 damage to a home and some trees before rapidly intensifying. As the  tornado entered Alto, several homes were destroyed, two of which were leveled at F4 intensity. At this point, the tornado began to grow rapidly in size, evolving into a large, wedge-shaped structure; slight ground scouring began in this area. Several homes in a subdivision further to the northeast sustained F3 damage. By 7:44 p.m. CDT, the supercell also produced straight-line winds of 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) for at least one mile surrounding the tornadic circulation.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Storm development and track
The tornado maintained F3 intensity as it crossed the into the southern part of Kokomo. The tornado then continued in Kokomo, roughly following Lincoln St. At that point, it began to grow rapidly in width, and a second brief area of F4 damage was noted near South May Avenue, where several homes were leveled, and one was swept away from its foundation (this home was determined to have been nailed, rather than bolted to its foundation). A vehicle frame, engine block, and various other vehicle parts were found tangled within a grove of completely debarked trees in this area.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Storm development and track
As the tornado began to cross Greentown, a traffic jam had occurred for a stretch of several miles along Washington Avenue. The tornado weakened briefly to an F3 before re-intensifying to F4 intensity near Forman Drive, flattening several homes as it moved through mostly rural areas south of Southwest 31. As the tornado struck a Chrysler plant, the east and west sides of the wall were leveled.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Storm development and track
The tornado maintained its intensity as it struck the Orr Family Farm and the Celestial Acres horse training area, where up to 100 horses were reported killed, some being tossed into and tangled in downed power lines or thrown on top of nearby buildings; several horses that survived the tornado suffered severe injuries, with some being impaled by tree limbs or boards. Every building at the Delco area sustained F4 damage, along with a nearby strip mall.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Storm development and track
A 10-ton propane tank on the Orr Farm property was picked up and thrown more than a half-mile through the air by the tornado. The tornado continued east, heavily scouring an open field before intensifying even further and slamming into Greentown, which was completely destroyed at F5 intensity. (though a 2014 study published by the American Meteorological Society revealed evidence of poor construction at the town, and the F5  rating at that location was downgraded to F4) Two 12,000-gallon water tanks that were also swept off the Orr Family Farm grounds were thrown into this area.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Storm development and track
As the tornado was approaching Marion, the tornado weakened to F3 intensity and destroyed parts of the north side of town. The tornado then weakened as it stayed over an open field and finally lifted in the air at 8:17 P.M.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Impact
The Indiana Department of Emergency Management reported that 17 people were killed (with another death indirectly attributed to the tornado). An estimated 1,150 homes were destroyed, resulting in an estimated $250 million in damages. The number of injured was 560. Entire subdivisions were obliterated, and houses were flattened in a large swath of the city. The majority of a neighborhood just west of the Moore Medical Center was destroyed. Witnesses said the tornado more closely resembled "a giant black wall of destruction" than a typical twister.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Impact
The Maple Crest School was heavily damaged, but no one present in the building was injured by the tornado. Part of US 31 was shut down due to debris that had been thrown onto the freeway. On April 12, Kokomo still did not have running water. There were more than 15,500 power outages related to the tornado. More than 100 people were rescued from areas that sustained significant damage from the tornado.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Impact, Casualties
Within the first two days, it was reported that between 437 and 440 people had been injured, with the tally later increasing to over 560. The final count of injuries was later adjusted upwards to 562.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Impact, Casualties
On the morning of April 12, the medical examiner's office incorrectly stated that 25 bodies of tornado victims had been received. This number was up from the earlier report of 22 bodies that were incorrectly stated as having been received.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Impact, Casualties
Upon the office's discovery that some victims were mistakenly counted twice due to communication errors made by Kokomo rescue response units that the bodies were admitted to area funeral homes (nearly all of the deceased were actually transported to the examiner's office in Kokomo), the actual number was revised downward and later confirmed at 17 tornado victims and one indirect victim; six of the fatalities directly resulting from the tornado occurred in a block of homes.


1965 Kokomo tornado, Aftermath
On April 12, cleanup began on the city. They began working on restoring water and electricity to residents. After that, they began cleanup. Many residents began rebuilding after their properties were cleaned. Total estimates the damage to have surpassed 250 million dollars. This was the deadliest tornado in Howard County.


1965 Korean National Semi-Professional Football League
The 1965 National Semi-Professional Football League (Korean: 1965년 전국실업축구연맹전) was the second season of the Korea Semi-Professional Football League. The 1965 season was divided into spring league and autumn league. Spring league was held from 4 April to 23 May 1965.


1965 LFF Lyga
The 1965 LFF Lyga was the 44th season of the LFF Lyga football competition in Lithuania. It was contested by 16 teams, and Inkaras Kaunas won the championship.


1965 LPGA Championship
The 1965 LPGA Championship was the eleventh LPGA Championship, held September 23–26 at Stardust Country Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.


1965 LPGA Championship
Sandra Haynie, age 22, won the first of her two LPGA Championship titles, one stroke ahead of runner-up Clifford Ann Creed. In her fifth season on tour, it was the seventh win for Haynie and the first of her four career major victories. Defending champion Mary Mills was twelve strokes back, in a tie for seventh.


1965 LPGA Championship
It was the fifth of six consecutive LPGA Championships at Stardust, which opened four years earlier. After several ownership and name changes, it became Las Vegas National Golf Club in 1998.


1965 LPGA Tour
The 1965 LPGA Tour was the 16th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from March 18 to November 28. The season consisted of 30 official money events. Kathy Whitworth won the most tournaments, eight. She also led the money list with earnings of $28,658.


1965 LPGA Tour
There were two first-time winners in 1965: Susie Maxwell and Jo Ann Prentice.


1965 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1965 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1965 LSU Tigers football team
The 1965 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season.


1965 LSU Tigers football team
Back-to-back losses to Ole Miss and Alabama by a combined 54-7 put LSU's bowl hopes in peril, but wins vs. Mississippi State and Tulane prompted the Cotton Bowl to extend a bid to the 7-3 Tigers. The bowl's faith in LSU was rewarded when the Tigers stunned No. 2 Arkansas 14–7 to stop the Razorbacks' winning streak at 22 and deny Arkansas a second consecutive national championship.


1965 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
Destruction from Hurricane Betsy on September 10 put the season opener vs. Texas A&M in jeopardy. Repairs to the light towers, scoreboard and press box were made in time for the game to proceed as planned eight days later.


1965 LSU Tigers football team, Schedule
LSU defeated rival Tulane by a 62-0 tally for the third time in eight seasons (1958 and 1961) in the Green Wave's final football game as a member of the Southeastern Conference. It was also LSU's third consecutive shutout of Tulane at Baton Rouge.


1965 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1965 La Flèche Wallonne was the 29th edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 29 April 1965. The race started in Liège and finished in Marcinelle. The race was won by Roberto Poggiali of the Ignis team.


1965 Lady Wigram Trophy
The 1965 Lady Wigram Trophy was a motor race held at the Wigram Airfield Circuit on 23 January 1965. It was the fourteenth Lady Wigram Trophy to be held and was won by Jim Clark driving the Lotus 32B in what was the fastest race in the history of the Lady Wigram Trophy.


1965 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report
Through light rain, the practice times on Friday morning were relatively slow, with Jim Clark setting the benchmark in the low 1:30's. However, in the qualifying trails later that day, conditions improved allowing for faster times. Clark posted the fastest lap of a 1:26.0, which was significantly faster than that of second-placed Jim Palmer who set a time of 1:28.6.


1965 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report
The qualifying process for the Trophy race was through two preliminary races, where the race times would determine the grid. In the first heat, Bruce McLaren took the win and subsequently pole position for the race with a race time of 16 minutes and 11.2 seconds. Clark won the second heat, with a time that put him in second place for the Trophy race.


1965 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report
Clark launched off the line, into what would be a demanding lead. On lap four, Rex Flowers retired from the race due to a burst oil pipe as well as a collapsed piston. It only took Clark six laps to begin lapping backmarkers and by this stage, his lead over McLaren was up to a comfortable five seconds. By lap 26, only four cars had not been lapped - Clark (the leader), McLaren, Gardner and Palmer.


1965 Lady Wigram Trophy, Report
Phil Hill retired on that lap as a result of a broken half-shaft and by this stage, Abernethy was laps away from retiring himself due to persistent overheating issues with his Cooper. Two more drivers would fail to finish the race - Riley due to a broken universal and Lawrence after he ran out of fuel. Clark almost joined the casualty list after experiencing oil pressure problems laps away from the conclusion of the race. This meant that Clark had to lift and nurse the car home, allowing McLaren to claw back the gap. By this stage however, the gap was far too big. Clark took the win in dominant fashion, a much better result for Clark than his last Lady Wigram Trophy outing where he stalled the car after having spun off in the wet conditions.


1965 Lafayette Leopards baseball team
The 1965 Lafayette Leopards baseball team represented Lafayette College in the 1965 NCAA University Division baseball season. The Leopards played their home games at Fisher Field. The team was coached by Charlie Gelbert in his 20th year at Lafayette.


1965 Lafayette Leopards baseball team
The Leopards won the District II Playoff to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Connecticut Huskies.


1965 Lafayette Leopards football team
The 1965 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Lafayette finished last in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and was one of three co-champions in the Middle Three Conference.


1965 Lafayette Leopards football team
In their third year under head coach Kenneth Bunn, the Leopards compiled a 3–7 record. Thomas Rosenberg, Joseph Smodish and Gabriel Washo were the team captains.


1965 Lafayette Leopards football team
In conference play, Lafayette's 1–5 record against MAC University Division opponents represented the worst winning percentage in the seven-team circuit; Lehigh finished slightly ahead in the standings with a 1–3 record. All three teams in the Middle Three recorded one win and one loss against league rivals, splitting the championship three ways. Lafayette lost to Lehigh but beat Rutgers.


1965 Lafayette Leopards football team
Lafayette played its home games at Fisher Field on College Hill in Easton, Pennsylvania.


1965 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team
The 1965 Lamar Tech Cardinals football team represented the Lamar State College of Technology in the 1965 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Cardinal Stadium now named Provost Umphrey Stadium in Beaumont, Texas. The team finished the season with a 6–4 overall record and won the conference championship with a 3–1 conference record.


1965 Laotian coups
The 1965 Laotian coups were two separate and simultaneous coups that struck the Kingdom of Laos in January 1965. General Phoumi Nosavan, a participant in four prior coups, had been deprived of troop command as a result; nevertheless, he managed to come up with troops for another try at overthrowing the Royal Lao Government. Simultaneously, Colonel Bounleut Saycocie independently mounted his own coup; after a short term takeover of Vientiane's radio station and infrastructure, he and his coup troops would rejoin the government forces sent to attack them. General Kouprasith Abhay, the military region commander, suppressed both coups.


1965 Laotian coups
After re-acquiring Bounleut's troops, Kouprasith turned on the national police force and its commander, Siho Lamphouthacoul, as he felt they were untrustworthy and likely to join Phoumi's coup. The police force was defeated and disbanded. The troops Phoumi counted on never reached Vientiane; they were defeated and dispersed. By 4 February 1965, both coups were defeated. A purge of suspected dissident officers from the Lao officer corps followed.


1965 Laotian coups
An insurrection was threatened in Thakhek on 26 March 1965, but was quelled bloodlessly. The mutinous units' officers' ranks were purged of insurgents, who exiled themselves to nearby Thailand. Three weeks later, Phoumi's defeated coup troops once again threatened to stage a coup. Kouprasith sent a regiment to overcome this battalion. About two-thirds of its troops deserted; its commanding officer was executed. Both Phoumi and Siho ended their careers in exile in Thailand.


1965 Laotian coups, Overview
French colonial policy in their Protectorate of Laos was based on a minimal French administration imposed upon the local culture. The French apparat in Laos was the smallest in French Indochina. In 1907, the French decided that two or three years education would suffice for the average Laotian citizen. Only a scanty lowland Lao urban elite received a better education, usually at Vientiane's Pavie Lycee by French instructors. By the time the Kingdom of Laos became independent, there were too few Lao with civil administrative training to run the government.


1965 Laotian coups, Overview
The French-run military did no better. Only an estimated five percent of Lao soldiers had three or more years of education; 90 percent were illiterate. Colonial policy was to have French officers command the Lao army units; a few Lao officers would be entrusted with the command of a company. These Lao junior officers came from the urban elite. In the wake of the departure of French officers in 1954 after Lao independence, these few junior officers suddenly rose in rank and responsibilities, becoming field grade officers. Lao sergeants and corporals were promoted to company commands as officers.


1965 Laotian coups, Overview
At the top of the rank structure, generals were commissioned into the army from civilian life, with no military experience. From the beginning, the Royal Lao Army was not allegiant to either the Lao constitution, or to the RLA. Instead, Lao troops showed loyalty toward whichever senior Lao officer they already knew. It was an army utterly without esprit de corps .


1965 Laotian coups, Background
On 25 December 1959, Captain Kong Le and his paratroopers bloodlessly seized the Royal Lao Government in Vientiane, and installed General Phoumi Nosavan in power. Kong Le displaced Phoumi with a coup on 10 August 1960, only to have control of Laos revert to Phoumi in the Battle of Vientiane on 16 December 1960.


1965 Laotian coups, Background
On 18 April 1964, Phoumi would be surprised by another coup, staged by Siho Lamphouthacoul and his Directorate of National Coordination police. Phoumi was sidelined throughout this coup. Nevertheless, after the coup was quashed, Phoumi lost his Defense Minister's post in the RLG, as well as any troops to command. However, Phoumi still had access to a training battalion stationed outside Vientiane; on 4 August 1964, he ordered them into an attempted coup. This putsch was quelled by troops commanded by Kouprasith Abhay, and the training battalion disbanded.


1965 Laotian coups, Phoumi's coup
On 20 January 1965, an electrical malfunction caused a disastrous chain reaction accident that destroyed nine T-28 Trojan bombers at Wattay Airfield outside Vientiane. Taking advantage of the distractions caused by such a serious loss to the government, on 27 January 1965, Phoumi managed to inveigle the dispatch of Military Region 2 troops south from the Plain of Jars to counter a purported attack on Vientiane by the local troops of Military Region 5. The contingent moving from MR 2 consisted of Battalion Volontaires 22 (Battalion of Volunteers 22), as well as two companies of Battalion Infanterie 13 (Battalion of Infantry 13) moving in from Paksan.


1965 Laotian coups, Bounleut's coup
On 31 January 1965, Colonel Bounleut Saycocie also decided on a coup. While unaware of Phoumi's efforts, Bounleut led three companies from the Groupement Mobile 17 (Mobile Group 17) regiment as they occupied Vientiane's radio station and other critical points. The coup was largely bloodless. Five announcements were aired on the radio station. There were now two separate coups being staged independently and simultaneously.


1965 Laotian coups, Bounleut's coup
Unfortunately for Bounleut, U.S. Ambassador William H. Sullivan had the radio station taken off the air. Sullivan had convinced a drunken Australian technician to sever the station's connection to its antenna to quiet it. Bounleut's ploy of broadcasting phony news of support for his coup was foiled.


1965 Laotian coups, Reaction to the coups
It was MR 5 commander Kouprasith's duty to crush the coups. He turned out the remaining companies of GM 17, garbed them with identifying orange scarves, and sent them out to quell the insurrection. Bounleut and his coup force promptly donned orange scarves and rejoined their regiment. Elsewhere, on 1 February 1965, police were posted on guard at Phone Kheng prison.


1965 Laotian coups, Reaction to the coups
Meanwhile, Phoumi was in his house in Vientiane, awaiting his promised troops. He also hoped that his protege Siho would bring his DNC police to his aid. However, Siho abstained from any action other than the posted guards. Elsewhere, the inbound troops for Phoumi's coup were still en route from Paksan to Vientiane. Though the companies from BI 13 turned back, BV 22 pressed on to attack the docks on the Mekong River outside of Vientiane before withdrawing some 47 kilometers to a defensive position.


1965 Laotian coups, Reaction to the coups
At 1300 hours on 3 February 1965, Kouprasith's artillery blasted Phone Kheng. His armored force moved in. By sundown, the commando company of police belonging to Bataillon Special 33 (Special Battalion 33) fled the flaming jail. They changed out of their uniforms and melted into the populace. From there, the anti-coup forces went 22 kilometers out of town to surround the DNC headquarters. With the exception of one escapee company, DNC Bataillon Special 11 (Special Battalion 11) and DNC Bataillon Special 99 (Special Battalion 99) were arrested without incident.


1965 Laotian coups, Reaction to the coups
Siho now ordered his two remaining companies of police commandos to ambush Route 151 in and around Ban Nava. After Kouprasith's Bataillon Volontaires 52 (Volunteer Battalion 52) failed to dislodge the DNC troops, he called for air strikes on the police. General Thao Ma, who headed the Royal Lao Air Force, managed to deflect the request. Kouprasith then commandeered an RLAF L-20 Beaver, mounted a .50 caliber machine gun in its door, and directed it to attack the DNC ambush. Though inaccurate, the improvised air strike terrified the police into surrender to troops of Bataillon Volontaires 53 (Volunteer Battalion 53) and GM 17.


1965 Laotian coups, Reaction to the coups
With that done, Kouprasith turned to Phoumi's coup forces. He attacked them with artillery fire and an air raid from the Beaver. BV 22 dispersed north from Paksan. By 4 February, the DNC police were temporarily locked in a cigarette factory, then disbanded. Phoumi's villa was looted. Phoumi and Siho fled into exile in Thailand.


1965 Laotian coups, Settling accounts
Two Phoumi loyalist generals were purged from command. Also, the major general who had forwarded the MR 2 troops was jailed for a year, and his command passed to General Vang Pao on 28 February 1965.


1965 Laotian coups, Settling accounts
On 26 March, radio broadcasts from troops in Thakhek denounced the Vientiane government. Two regiments and two battalions were stationed there. On the 28th, the Royal Lao Army General Staff sent two regiments and a battalion southward to counter the perceived threat. The potential dissidents quietly acquiesced in a purge of their officers' ranks, with most of the officers exiling themselves across the Thai border.


1965 Laotian coups, Settling accounts
Towards the end of April, there was another threat to the RLG. BV 22 was still lurking near Paksan; they had been joined by Bataillon Regional 290 (Regional Battalion 290). Once again, GM 17 was called upon to crush dissent. BR 290 surrendered; its commander fled to Thailand. The commander of BV 22 was executed while trying to surrender. BV 22 suffered massive desertions, as 360 of its men fled, leaving only 153 soldiers in the battalion. A garrison was selected from GM 17 and posted in Paksan.


1965 Laotian coups, Aftermath
Phoumi and Siho fled into exile in Thailand. It was the end of both generals' careers. Kouprasith Abhay maintained his grip on Military Region 5 and the capital of Laos. Ouane Rattikone remained Chief of Staff for the Royal Lao Army. Subordinates were dispatched to Savannakhet to take charge of any RLA units that might still be loyal to Phoumi.


1965 Laotian coups, Aftermath
As the elite families settled scores behind the scenes, some of the best junior officers in the RLA were jailed, murdered, or otherwise purged, further weakening the Lao military.


1965 Laotian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 18 July 1965 to elect members of the National Assembly, the lower chamber of Parliament. The elections were boycotted by the Lao Patriotic Front, and saw the Southern Bloc emerge as the largest party with 15 of the 59 seats. However, only 22,000 citizens were allowed to vote, with the franchise restricted to politicians, civil servants, army officers, police and local government officers.


1965 Latvian SSR Higher League
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1965 Latvian SSR Higher League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and ASK won the championship.


1965 Leeds City Council election
The municipal elections for Leeds were held on Thursday 13 May 1965, with one third of the council and an extra vacancy in Allerton to be elected.


1965 Leeds City Council election
Building upon the previous year, the Conservatives fully reversed the downward trend they'd been on since 1960. With a whopping 10.2% swing their way, they defeated the Labour Party in a manner not seen since 1951, with Labour's share reduced to the thirties - surpassing even their record low then.


1965 Leeds City Council election
The Conservatives six gains were largely a regaining of Labour's 1963 gains, with the notable exceptions of Beeston, which they already held, and Kirkstall - a first for the ward, which had been monolithically Labour since the boundary changes in 1951.


1965 Leeds City Council election
The Conservatives also recovered Roundhay from Labour who gained it in a by-election in 1963.


1965 Leeds City Council election
Elsewhere, the Liberals continued their decline from the 1962 highs, now at near enough where they were pre-spike. In contrast, the Communists, having steadily raised their candidates in each election since the mid-1950s were now fielding a record of 12, achieving party records in both vote and share. Turnout fell again by just over two percent on last year's figure to 34.5%.


1965 Leeds City Council election, Election result
The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1965 Lehigh Engineers football team
The 1965 Lehigh Engineers football team was an American football team that represented Lehigh University during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. Lehigh finished second-to-last in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, and was one of three co-champions in the Middle Three Conference.


1965 Lehigh Engineers football team
In their first year under head coach Fred Dunlap, the Engineers compiled a 1–8 record. Robert Draucher and Harold Yeich were the team captains.


1965 Lehigh Engineers football team
In conference play, Lehigh's 1–3 record against opponents in the MAC University Division represented the sixth-best winning percentage in the seven-team circuit, ahead of Lafayette's 1–5. All three teams in the Middle Three recorded one win and one loss against league rivals, splitting the championship three ways. Lehigh beat Lafayette, its only win of the year, but lost to Rutgers.


1965 Lehigh Engineers football team
Lehigh played its home games at Taylor Stadium on the university campus in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1965 Leyton by-election
The Leyton by-election, 1965 was a parliamentary by-election held on 21 January 1965 for the British House of Commons constituency of Leyton in east London.


1965 Leyton by-election
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's long-serving Labour Member of Parliament (MP), Reginald Sorensen, was made a life peer on 15 December 1964. An MP for over thirty years, his elevation to the peerage was intended to create a vacancy in a safe seat for the Foreign Secretary, Patrick Gordon Walker, who had been defeated in a shock result in the 1964 general election in his Smethwick constituency.


1965 Leyton by-election
The result of the contest was not as planned: the Conservative Party candidate, Ronald Buxton, won with a majority of 205 votes, a swing from Labour of 8.7%. Gordon-Walker regained the seat for Labour at the 1966 general election.


1965 Liberty Bowl
The 1965 Liberty Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game between the Auburn Tigers and the Ole Miss Rebels, both of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Played on December 18, 1965, it was the seventh edition of the Liberty Bowl and was won by Ole Miss, 13–7.


1965 Liberty Bowl, Background
The Rebels had finished 4th in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), a rise from the prior year's 7th-place finish. This was the Rebels' 9th straight bowl appearance. As for the Tigers, they finished 2nd in the SEC after tying Tennessee in the beginning of the season and losing to Alabama in the Iron Bowl. This was the first Liberty Bowl played in Memphis, Tennessee, after five editions in Philadelphia and one edition in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The bowl has been played at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (originally known as Memphis Memorial Stadium) ever since.


1965 Liberty Bowl, Game summary
Jimmy Keyes gave the Rebels a 3-0 lead on his 42 yard field goal in the second quarter. With 6:58, Tom Bryan rushed for a touchdown from 44 yards out to make it 7-3 Auburn. Doug Cunningham caught a six yard touchdown pass from Jody Graves to make it 10-7 Rebels in the third quarter. Keyes made it 13-7 on his 30 yard field goal in the following quarter. Auburn had one last chance, reaching the Ole Miss 9. With 33 seconds later, Alex Bowden was sacked on 4th down, clinching the victory for the Rebels. In a losing effort, Tom Bryan rushed for 111 yards on 19 carries.


1965 Liberty Bowl, Aftermath
Ole Miss reached three more bowl games before the end of the decade. Auburn did not return to a bowl game again until the 1968 Sun Bowl. They later faced Ole Miss in the 1971 Gator Bowl (January).


1965 Libyan general election
Early general elections were held in Libya to elect the House of Representatives on 8 May 1965, following the dissolution of parliament by King Idris after the 1964 elections. As political parties were banned, all candidates ran as independents. In order to ensure the victory of pro-government candidates, ballot boxes were tampered with by police.


1965 Liechtenstein family grants referendum
A referendum on family grants was held in Liechtenstein on 27 June 1965. Voters were asked whether they agreed with an initiative to amend the law on the grants. The proposal was approved by 63.4% of voters.


1965 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto
The 1965 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto was the 2nd edition of the Spanish premier women's basketball championship. It took place from 24 January to 11 April 1965. Ten teams took part in the championship and CREFF Madrid won its second title. No teams were relegated, but Indo Barcelona renounced at the end of the season. Estudiantes Vigo and Mataró Molfort's were promoted from Segunda División.


1965 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
The 1965 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship was the 71st staging of the Limerick Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Limerick County Board.


1965 Limerick Senior Hurling Championship
On 24 October 1965, Patrickswell won the championship after a 2-16 to 0-04 defeat of St. Kieran's in the final. It was their first ever championship title.


1965 Little League World Series
The 1965 Little League World Series took place from August 24 through August 28 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Windsor Locks Little League of Windsor Locks, Connecticut, defeated Stoney Creek Little League of Stoney Creek, Ontario, in the championship game of the 19th Little League World Series. As of 2019, this remains Canada's only championship game appearance.


1965 Liverpool City Council election
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 13 May 1965.


1965 Liverpool City Council election, Ward results
The Councillors seeking re-election at this election were elected in 1962 for a three-year term, therefore comparisons are made with the 1962 election results.


1965 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
The 1965 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 51st edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 2 May 1965. The race started and finished in Liège. The race was won by Carmine Preziosi of the Pelforth team.


1965 Long Beach State 49ers football team
The 1965 Long Beach State 49ers football team represented California State College, Long Beach during the 1965 NCAA College Division football season. The 49ers competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).


1965 Long Beach State 49ers football team
The team was led by head coach Don Reed, in his eighth year, and they played home games at Veterans Stadium adjacent to the campus of Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California. They finished the season with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 4–1 CCAA). The 49ers were ranked in the AP small college football poll after their upset of then No. 3-ranked San Diego State. They were ranked as high as No. 5, but finished No. 9 after their loss to No. 3 Los Angeles State.


1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season
The 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular-season with a 97–65 record, which earned them the NL pennant by two games over their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Minnesota Twins.


1965 Los Angeles Dodgers season, Regular season, Season Recap
The Dodgers won the World Series in 1963, but injuries and poor play saw them fall to 6th place in 1964. Despite their weak offense and the trade of power hitting Frank Howard for Claude Osteen during the off season, they were expected to contend in 1965 with their strong pitching. However, one month into the season, they lost their best hitter Tommy Davis when he fractured his ankle sliding into second base. Most experts thought this ended any hope the Dodgers had of winning the pennant. To replace Davis, the club called up journeyman Lou Johnson; his infectious cheerful attitude and knack for timely hitting helped keep the club in contention.