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| Adviser Taylor, Maxwell |  |
| Washington Appointed special Vietnam adviser to President Johnson |
| Alliance Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Feb Hanoi Prime Minister Kosygin is pressured by the North Vietnamese to provide unlimited military aid to counter the American "aggression" |
| American Liberties Medallion King, Martin Luther | |
| The American Jewish Committee presented King with the American Liberties Medallion for his "exceptional advancement of the principles of human liberty" |
| Arc Lght Westmoreland, William | |
| Dec Arc Light sorties hit Laos |
| Arc Light Westmoreland, William | |
| B52s are deployed for bombing in tth Vietnam against battle targets & Viet Cong bases |
| 18th June Ben Cat Operation Light I, bombing of Ben Cat Special Zone Viet Cong base, a limited success |
| Nov 82 B-52Ds are modified to carry 42 750-pound bombs |
| 15th Nov La Drang Valley B-52s support USAground forces for the 1st time |
| Assassination of X Hayer, Talmadge | |
| 21st Feb New York Assassinates Malcolm X |
| Assassination of X X, Malcolm | |
| 21st Feb New York Assassinated addressing a rally at the Audobon Ballroom, Harlem, on the first day of National Brotherhood Week |
| Barrel Role Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Approves the bombing of Communist routes in Southern Laos |
| Battle of Drang Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 19th Oct Drang 1st major battle of the Vietnam War between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) |
| 19th Oct Drang North Vietnamese Army troops attack the USASpecial Forces camp at Plei Me in a prelude to the Battle of Ia Drang |
| Battle of Drang Moore, Hal | |
| 14th Nov Drang 1st Battalion/7th Cavalry, approximately 450-men strong under Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, began operations in the Ia Drang Valley |
| Battle of Drang Westmoreland, William | |
| Drang USAvictory in west-central Vietnam near the Cambodian border |
| Beach Boys Campbell, Glen | |
| Appointed Member of the Beach Boys, for touring as a replacement for Brian Wilson |
| Black Power King, Martin Luther | |
| 25th Mar Montgomery The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power" |
| Black Power Ricks, Willie | |
| 25th Mar Montgomery The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power" |
| Bloody Sunday King, Martin Luther | |
| 7th Mar King is not present, after meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson, he attempts to delay the march until March 8, but the march was carried out against his wishes and without his presence by local civil rights workers |
| 7th Mar King, the SCLC & SNCC organize a march from Selma to Montgomery, the first attempt to march is aborted because of mob and police violence against the demonstrations ends in Bloody Sunday |
| Bombing of Dong Hoi Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 7th Feb Dong Hoi Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi |
| 8th Feb Dong Hoi The beginning of limited offensive attacks on military targets in Nth Vietnam |
| 8th Feb Dong Hoi USAair attacks take place on bases at Dong Hoi in retaliation for Pleiku |
| Bombing of Ho Chi Minh Trail Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Mar Ho Chi Minh Trail The 1st air strikes against the Ho Chi Minh trail |
| Bombing of Taylor, Maxwell | |
| Reccomends bombing Communist routes in Laos |
| Reccomends bombing Nth Vietnam |
| Bombing of Westmoreland, William | |
| Dec Arc Light sorties hit Laos |
| Bombing of Vietnam Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 13th May The 1st bombing pause is announced by the USAin the hope that Hanoi will now negotiate |
| 19th May USAbombing of North Vietnam resumes |
| Bombing of Vietnam McNamara, Robert | |
| 20th April Honolulu McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in Sth Vietnam |
| Bombing of Vietnam Westmoreland, William | |
| 20th April Honolulu McNamara & Westmorland agree to use B52s for conventional bombing in Sth Vietnam |
| Chitlin Circuit Hendrix, John Allen | |
| Hendrix earns a spot as the new guitarist for the The Isley Brothers' band and joined their national tour, which included the southern Chitlin Circuit |
| Composition of Beach Boys Wilson, Brian | |
| The Beach Boys release, "California Girls" |
| The Beach Boys release the LP, "Pet Sounds", includes classic singles from that album, "Wouldn't It Be Nice" & "God Only Knows," |
| Composition of Brown Brown, James | |
| Records the single, "I Got You (I Feel Good)" |
| Records the single, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" |
| Composition of Dylan Dylan, Bob | |
| The Byrds version of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" creates new form, "folk-rock" |
| Composition of Dylan Zimmerman, Robert Allen | |
| Releases the album "Bringing It All Back Home", features his first recordings made with electric instruments |
| Releases the single "Like a Rolling Stone", which peaks at #2 in the U.S. and at #4 in the UK charts |
| The single, "Subterranean Homesick Blues ", owes much to Chuck Berry's "Too Much Monkey Business " and is provided with an early music video courtesy of Pennebaker's cin‚ma v‚rit‚ presentation of Dylan's 1965 tour of England, Dont Look Back |
| Composition of Hendrix Hendrix, John Allen | |
| Hendrix plays his first successful studio session on the two-part Isley Brothers hit "Testify". |
| Composition of King King, Riley B "BB" | |
| Records a historic live album, "Live at the Regal" |
| Composition of Pitney Pitney, Gene | |
| Records, "Looking Through The Eyes Of Love" |
| Composition of Townshend Talmy, Shel | |
| Jan The Who's first release, and first hit, "I Can't Explain", influenced by the early Kinks hits (with whom they share American producer Shel Talmy) |
| Consul Kissinger, Henry Alfred | |
| Appointed Consultant to the Department of State |
| Coup d'Etat Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 27th Jan General Khanh seizes full control of South Vietnam's government |
| 18th Feb Saigon General Khanh finally ousted from power and a new military/civilian Government installed, led by Dr. Phan Huy Quat |
| Court of Appeals Celebrezze, Anthony | |
| 4th Sep Appointed Member of the USACourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Curtis Knight and the Squires Hendrix, John Allen | |
| New York Hendrix joins a New York-based band, Curtis Knight and the Squires |
| New York Hendrix signs a three-year recording contract with entrepreneur Ed Chalpin, receiving $1 and 1% royalty on records with Curtis Knight |
| Death of Morrison, Norman Morrison, Norman | |
| 2nd Nov Pentagon Death of Norman Morris on, suicide |
| Death of X, Malcolm X, Malcolm | |
| 21st Feb New York Death of Malcolm X, assassinated |
| Demonstrations Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 31st Aug President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations |
| 16th Oct Anti-war rallies occur in 40 USAcities and in international cities including London & Rome |
| Demonstrations King, Martin Luther | |
| Montgomery King and SCLC join voting-rights march from Selma to Montgomery; police beat and tear gas marchers; King addresses rally before state capitol, builds support for voting rights |
| 7th Mar King is not present, after meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson, he attempts to delay the march until March 8, but the march was carried out against his wishes and without his presence by local civil rights workers |
| 7th Mar King, the SCLC & SNCC organize a march from Selma to Montgomery, the first attempt to march is aborted because of mob and police violence against the demonstrations ends in Bloody Sunday |
| 25th Mar Montgomery On the steps of the state capitol building, King delivers a speech that has become known as "How Long, Not Long" |
| 25th Mar Montgomery The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power" |
| Demonstrations Ricks, Willie | |
| 25th Mar Montgomery The march finally goes ahead fully, it is during this march that Willie Ricks coins the phrase "Black Power" |
| Diplomacy Bundy, McGeorge | |
| Jan National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy visits South Vietnam for the 1st time |
| Doctrine Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Washington The USA announces it will only intervene if there is a threat of Communist takeover |
| Doors, The Densmore, John | |
| Founder Member of Doors |
| Doors, The Krieger, Robbie | |
| Founder Member of Doors |
| Doors, The Manzarek, Ray | |
| Founder Member of Doors |
| Doors, The Morrison, James Douglas "Jim" | |
| Los Angeles The name The Doors came from an Aldous Huxley book, The Doors of Perception, borrowed from a William Blake poem |
| Draft Card Burning Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 31st Aug President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning |
| Flaming Dart Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 7th Feb Dong Hoi Johnson approves Operation Flaming Dart, the bombing of a North Vietnamese army camp near Dong Hoi |
| Game Warden Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Jan Operation Game Warden begins US. Navy river patrols on South Vietnam's 3000 nautical miles of inland waterways |
| General Taylor, Maxwell | |
| Appointed Commander of the ground troops in Vietnam |
| Government Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Introduces War on Poverty |
| Los Angeles 34 die during demonstrations at Watts , a black area of Los Angeles |
| Washington The Voting Rights Act is passed |
| 19th Jan Washington Inaugurated President of the USA |
| Government Lodge, Henry Cabot | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Sth Vietnam, 2nd term |
| Johnson Doctrine Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Washington The USA announces it will only intervene if there is a threat of Communist takeover |
| Landing Danang Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 8th Mar Danang The 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade are the 1st USAground combat force in Vietnam |
| Legislation Civil Rights King, Martin Luther | |
| Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting |
| Legislation Draft Card Burning Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 31st Aug President Johnson signs a law criminalizing draft card burning, leads to widespread demonstrations |
| Legislation Voting Rights King, Martin Luther | |
| Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting |
| Lieutenant General McCutcheon, Keith | |
| Appointed Commander of the First Marine Aircraft Wing |
| Market Time Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 11th Mar 1st day of Operation-Market Time-USA, results in the North Vietnamese shifting to the more difficult land route along the Ho Chi Minh trail |
| 11th Mar Joint effort between the USANavy & South Vietnamese Navy to disrupt North Vietnamese sea routes used to funnel supplies into the South |
| Memo Bundy Bundy, William | |
| Jan Bundy & McNamara advise Johnson the USAhas reached a 'fork in the road' in Vietnam & must either soon escalate or withdraw |
| Jan NSA Bundy & Defense SecretaryMcNamara send a memo to Johnson stating America's military involvement is Vietnam failing |
| Memo Bundy Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 27th Jan Bundy & McNamara advise Johnson the USAhas reached a 'fork in the road' in Vietnam & must either soon escalate or withdraw |
| 27th Jan NSA Bundy & Defense SecretaryMcNamara send a memo to Johnson stating America's military involvement is Vietnam failing |
| Memo McNamara Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 27th Jan Bundy & McNamara advise Johnson the USAhas reached a 'fork in the road' in Vietnam & must either soon escalate or withdraw |
| 27th Jan NSA Bundy & Defense SecretaryMcNamara send a memo to Johnson stating America's military involvement is Vietnam failing |
| Memo McNamara McNamara, Robert | |
| 27th Jan Bundy & McNamara advise Johnson the USAhas reached a 'fork in the road' in Vietnam & must either soon escalate or withdraw |
| 27th Jan NSA Bundy & Defense SecretaryMcNamara send a memo to Johnson stating America's military involvement is Vietnam failing |
| Mobilization Bundy, William | |
| 20th April Honolulu McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers |
| Mobilization Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 1st April President Johnson authorizes sending 2 more Marine battalions & up to 20,000 logistical personnel to Vietnam |
| 1st April The decision to allow offensive operations is kept secret from the American press & public for 2 months |
| 20th April Honolulu McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers |
| 21st April President Johnson raises America's combat strength in Vietnam to more than 60,000 |
| 3rd May The 1st USAArmy combat troops, 3500 men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, arrive in Vietnam |
| Mobilization McNamara, Robert | |
| 1st Dec Reccommends to Johnson a diluted version of Bundy's "just right" option |
| Mobilization Taylor, Maxwell | |
| In the early part of the year Taylor asks for 75,000 men |
| July Taylor asks for 125,000 men |
| Mobilization Westmoreland, William | |
| 20th April Honolulu McNamara, Westmoreland, Wheeler, William Bundy & Ambassador Taylor recommend to the President sending another 40,000 combat soldiers |
| 23rd Nov Cables Washington requesting 200,000 more troops in 1966 |
| Napalm Bombing Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 8th Mar Johnson authorizes the use of Napalm, a petroleum based anti-personnel bomb that showers hundreds of explosive pellets upon impact |
| Nobel Prize Feynman, Richard | |
| For helping develop quantum electrodynamics |
| Nobel Prize Feynman, Richard Phillips | |
| For explaining the behavior of electrons in high-energy collisions |
| Nobel Prize Schwinger, Julian | |
| For helping develop quantum electrodynamics |
| Nobel Prize Tomonaga, Siroltiro | |
| For helping develop quantum electrodynamics |
| Oath Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 20th Jan Washington Declares, "We can never again stand aside, prideful in isolation. Terrific dangers & troubles that we once called foreign now constantly live among us |
| Opinion Poll Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Feb Opinion polls shortly after the bombing indicate a 70 percent approval rating for the President and an 80 percent approval of USAmilitary involvement |
| Peace Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 22nd Dec Washington Announces a 36 hr cease-fire commencing Chris tmas eve to negotiate with Nth Vietnam |
| 27th Dec Washington Agrees to extend the cease-fire indefinitley to promote negotiations with Nth Vietnam |
| Publication of Acheson Acheson, Dean Gooderham | |
| Publication of, "Morning & Noon" |
| Publication of Mailer Mailer, Norman Kingsley | |
| "An American Dream" |
| Publication of Schlesinger Schlesinger, Arthur | |
| Publication of, "A Thousand Days" a narrative of Kennedy's presidency |
| Reform of Civil Rights King, Martin Luther | |
| Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting |
| Rolling Thunder Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 13th Feb President Johnson authorizes Operation Rolling Thunder |
| 2nd Mar Operation Rolling Thunder begins as over 100 American fighter-bombers attack targets in North Vietnam |
| 2nd Mar Scheduled to last 8 weeks, Rolling Thunder will continue for 3 yrs |
| Siege of Chu Lai Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 18th Aug Chu Lai 1st major USAground operation in Vietnam as USAMarines wage a preemptive strike against 1500 Viet Cong planning to assault the USAairfield at Chu Lai |
| Siege of Da Nang Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 8th Mar Da Nang The 1st USAcombat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang |
| Siege of Da Nang Westmoreland, William | |
| 22nd Feb Da Nang General Westmoreland requests 2 battalions of USAMarines to protect the American air base at Da Nang from 6000 Vietcong |
| 8th Mar Da Nang The 1st USAcombat troops arrive in Vietnam as 3500 Marines land at China Beach to defend the American air base at Da Nang |
| Siege of Drang Westmoreland, William | |
| Drang Highlights greater than expected North Vietnamese penetration into Sth Vietnam |
| Siege of Embassy Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 29th Mar Saigon Vietcong terrorists bomb the USAembassy in Saigon |
| Siege of Phuoc Long Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 13th May Phuoc Long The Vietcong attack the USAspecial forces camp in Phuoc Long |
| Siege of Phuoc Long Williams, Charles | |
| 13th May Phuoc Long Earns the Congress ional Medal of Honor by knocking out a Viet Cong machine-gun then guiding rescue helicopters, while wounded four times |
| Siege of Pleiku Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Pleiku The Vietcong attack a USAinstallation, orders USAevacuation & reprisals |
| 6th Feb Pleiku Vietcong guerrillas attack the USAcompound at Pleiku in the Central Highlands , killing 8 Americans, wounding 126 & destroying 10 aircraft |
| Siege of Plei Me Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 19th Oct Plei Me North Vietnamese Army troops attack the USASpecial Forces camp at Plei Me in a prelude to the Battle of Ia Drang |
| Speech Johnson Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 7th April John Hopkins University Delivers "Peace Without Conquest" Speech offering Hanoi "unconditional discussions" to stop the war in return for massive modernization of Vietnam |
| 28th June Washington Announces on TV, "We will stand in Vietnam" |
| Speech Peace Without Conquest Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| 7th April John Hopkins University Delivers "Peace Without Conquest" Speech offering Hanoi "unconditional d |
