* 1965 – Launch of Early Bird, the first communications satellite to be placed in geosynchronous orbit.

* 1965 – The British Government announces the cancellation of the TSR-2 aircraft project.

* 1909 – William M. Branham, American evangelist ( d. 1965 )

* 1965 – Frank Black, American singer-songwriter ( Pixies, Frank Black and the Catholics, and Grand Duchy )

* 1965 – Sterling Sharpe, American football player

* 1965 – Lieve Slegers, Belgian athlete

* 1965 – Kim Bodnia, Danish actor

* 1965 – Tom O ' Brien, American actor and producer

* 1965 – Mihai Stoica, Romanian football manager

* 1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor

* 1965 – Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer

* 1965 – Ange Postecoglou, Australian footballer

* 1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.

* 1965 – The largest swimming pool in Europe was opened in Fürstenfeld, Austria.

* 1965 – Yuki Kajiura, Japanese pianist and composer ( See-Saw )

* 1965 – Juliane Köhler, German actress

* 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player

* 1965 – Mark Speight, English television host ( d. 2008 )

* 1965 – Vincent Wells, England cricketer

* 1965 – Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.

* 1965 – A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.

Albert Schweitzer, OM ( 14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965 ) was a German and then French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.

* 1965 – Mark Lemke, American baseball player

* 1965 – Hayato Matsuo, Japanese composer

Gygax also collaborated on Tractics ( WWII to c. 1965, with Mike Reese & Leon Tucker ) and with Dave Arneson on the Napoleonic naval wargame Don't Give Up the Ship!

* 1965 – Mike Gordon, American singer, musician, and filmmaker ( Phish, Rhythm Devils, and SerialPod )

* 1965 – Mike Newell, English football manager

* 1965 – Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler ( d. 2007 )

* 1965 – Mike Bordick, American baseball player

* 1965 – Mike D, American musician ( Beastie Boys )

Besides Dawson, the Chiefs main offensive weapon was running back Mike Garrett ( 1965 Heisman Trophy winner ), who rushed for 732 yards and 6 touchdowns.

Kansas City running back and future University of Southern California Athletic Director Mike Garrett, the 1965 Heismann Trophy recipient was the top rusher of the game, recording 11 carries for 39 yards and a touchdown.

Upon hearing what Wilson had created for the first time in 1965, the group, particularly Mike Love, was somewhat critical of their leader's music, and expressed their dissatisfaction.

Over the next several years, Merman was featured in two films, the successful It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ( 1963 ) and the flop The Art of Love ( 1965 ), and made dozens of television appearances, guesting on variety series hosted by Perry Como, Red Skelton, Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Ed Sullivan, and Carol Burnett, on talk shows with Mike Douglas, Dick Cavett, and Merv Griffin, and in episodes of That Girl, The Lucy Show, Batman, and Tarzan, among others.

* Mike Alexander ( born 1965 ), former NFL wide receiver.

Also, Mike Millard, author of " Jihad in Paradise: Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia " and " Leaving Japan: Observations on the Dysfunctional U. S .- Japan Relationship ," was a 1965 graduate of Illinois Valley High School.

Lennon played an Epiphone Casino ; McCartney played a Mellotron, a new home instrument purchased by Lennon on August 12, 1965, ( with another model hired in after encouragement from Mike Pinder of The Moody Blues ); Starr played drums, and Harrison played electric guitar.

Ailes ' career in television began in Cleveland and Philadelphia, where he started as Property Assistant ( 1962 ), Producer ( 1965 ), and Executive Producer ( 1967 – 68 ) for KYW-TV, for a then-locally produced talk-variety show, The Mike Douglas Show.

Burke appeared on Thank Your Lucky Stars on June 26, 1965 with The Midnights, Dusty Springfield, The Marvelettes, The Searchers, Mike Hudson, Eden Kane, Them, and The Pretty Things, whose cover of Burke's " Cry to Me " would reach # 28 on the UK charts in 1965.

* Mike Weakley ( 1965 – 1966 ) ( 1967 – 1967 ) ( 2001 – 2001 )

* Mike Vickers-guitar, alto sax, flute ( 1962 — 1965 )

* Tim Considine, Michael " Mike " Douglas ( 1960 – 1965 )

* Mike Bliss ( born 1965 ), American NASCAR driver

* CBS Midday News with Mike Wallace ( 1965 – 66 )

While Mike Sheridan and The Nightriders failed to crack the charts, the band's lineup during this period included a young lead guitarist and composer named Roy Wood, whose first commercial song " Make Them Understand ," appeared on one of the band's B-sides in 1965.

* Mike Hall ( rugby union ) ( born 1965 ), Welsh rugby union footballer

For example, 1965 Heisman Trophy winning running back Mike Garrett was expected to sign with an NFL team, so no AFL team picked him in the 1966 AFL draft until the 20th ( final ) round, where he was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs.