1965: The Year in People

What happened in 1965

1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1965th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 965th year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1960s decade.

Summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Died in 1965

• Clara Bow1905–1965 · American actress
• Adlai Stevenson II1900–1965 · American politician and diplomat
• Dorothy Kilgallen1913–1965 · American journalist and TV personality
• Edward R. Murrow1908–1965 · American broadcast journalist
• Albert Schweitzer1875–1965 · German polymath
• Robert Sink1905–1965 · United States Army general
• Branch Rickey1881–1965 · American baseball player, manager, and executive
• Dorothea Lange1895–1965 · American photojournalist
• Alan Freed1921–1965 · American disc jockey and rock-and-roll figure
• Bernard Baruch1870–1965 · American businessman
• Constance Bennett1904–1965 · American actress and producer
• Amos Alonzo Stagg1862–1965 · American athlete and coach