Flashback to 1965 - A Timeline of Life in America

[Music] 1965 was a year of sweeping changes with lbj announcing the plan for his great society the programs sought to vastly expand the american welfare state and the role of the federal government in virtually all aspects of american life as the domestic landscape was changing so too was foreign policy in regards to vietnam with the first round of combat personnel being deployed and this was just the beginning on january 2nd the player that bear bryant called the best he had ever coached at the university of alabama joe namath signed a rookie record 427 thousand dollar contract to play for the new york jets joe namath would go on to be a hall of fame quarterback and also win the super bowl with the jets a few years later [Music] on february 1st television network abc hired a young peter jennings as a lead news anchor in an attempt to attract younger viewers he was at the time the youngest u.s network anchor in history february 21st was the day that civil rights activist malcolm x was shot dead by rival nation of islam followers at the audubon ballroom in new york city malcolm x was addressing his organization of afro-american unity at the time of the assassination three men would be convicted of the crime a year later on march 7th a 25 year old activist named john lewis led over 600 marchers across the edmund pettus bridge in selma alabama and faced brutal attacks by the oncoming state troopers the footage of the violence collectively shocked the nation and galvanized the fight against racial injustice in an effort to meet single women alan stillman bought a bar and opened it on march 15th on the upper east side of new york city he named it after a slogan he remembered from college tgif tgi fridays was one of the earliest singles bars but eventually evolved into a family-friendly chain of restaurants [Music] the wreck of the ss georgiana said to have been the most powerful confederate cruiser ship was discovered by then teenage diver and underwater archaeologist elise spence on march 19th the ship was carrying cargo worth about 50 million dollars including 350 pounds of gold when it sank in 1863 the ship was on her maiden voyage to charleston when she encountered a union blockade and suffered heavy damage on april 11th the palm sunday tornado outbreak of 1965 occurred an estimated 51 tornadoes hit six midwestern states killing over 250 people and injuring more than fifteen hundred [Music] on may 16th the campbell soup company introduced spaghettios under its franco-american brand the ring-shaped pasta and cheese blend was a new way to eat spaghetti with a spoon and became a staple in pantries everywhere on june 7th sony unveiled its brand new consumer home videotape recorder today known as a vcr which was originally intended to show homemade videos it sold for 995. at the newport folk festival bob dylan was a favorite among the folk music faithful but on the night of july 25th bob dylan plugged in an electric guitar instead of performing the expected acoustic set this shocked many of the pure folk enthusiasts and was a controversial moment in dylan's career [Music] on july 27th president lyndon b johnson signed a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages it read caution cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health [Music] on september 8th a small ad was placed in new york's daily variety and the hollywood reporter announcing a casting call for a fabricated boy band the ads attracted 437 young men and three were selected to join davey jones as members of the monkeys [Music] hurricane betsy blew ashore near new orleans on september 9th the storm packed winds of 145 miles per hour causing 76 deaths and 1.42 billion dollars in damage the storm is the first hurricane to ever cause one billion dollars in unadjusted damages giving it the nickname billion dollar betsy on september 25th the tom and jerry cartoon series makes its television premiere on cbs the cartoons which had been produced since the 1940s were created as theatrical shorts for mgm for television many episodes had to be edited to replace racist stereotypes prior to broadcast on october 28th the 630 foot tall gateway arch was completed in st louis missouri the steel arch was designed to commemorate president thomas jefferson's louisiana purchase and to celebrate st louis's central role in the rapid westward expansion that soon followed [Music] on november 7th the pillsbury doughboy was born when he popped out of a can of dough and said his first words i'm poppin fresh the pillsbury doughboy this was the first commercial to feature the character which was created by rudy purs a copywriter working on the pillsbury account for leo burnett advertising agency in chicago on december 9th a charlie brown christmas which was the first peanuts television special debuted on cbs the special would go on to garner excellent ratings that night and it also went on to receive peabody and emmy awards not to mention becoming an annual tradition of classic christmas programming to close out the year the houston astrodome officially opened on december 17th in houston texas the astrodome was the world's first multi-purpose domed sports stadium to celebrate the grand opening a concert was held featuring judy garland with the supremes as the opening act tickets for this one of a kind event range from one dollar to seven dollars and fifty cents you

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Length: 8min 5sec (485 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 17 2021