1965 the year my aunt Marilyn was born and my aunt Dean married my uncle Tommy.
- Lyndon B. Johnson sworn in as President – 4 votes
- Malcolm X assassinated – 4 votes
- Vietnam War: 3,500 US Marines arrive in South Vietnam – 4 votes
- MLK’s march from Selma, AL to Birmingham – 3 votes
- The Astrodome opens in Houston, TX – 2 votes
- Draft card burnings start – 3 votes
- Jefferson Airplane debuts in San Francisco
- A Charlie Brown Christmas debuts – 1 vote
- Tokyo replaces NYC as the largest city in the world – 4 votes
1965 music poll
- Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter – Herman’s Hermits
- I Hear a Symphony – The Supremes – 3 votes
- This is It – Jim Reeves
- May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose – Little Jimmy Dickens – 1 vote