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With
'Thunderball' filming in 1965, 'You Only
Live Twice' and 'Casino Royale' in 1966
and Oscars for both 'Goldfinger' and
'Thunderball', James Bond was swingin'.
So what else was...
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1965 |
The
world and events |
Early
Bird, the first
commercial communications
satellite, is launched. |
The
first US combat forces
arrive in South Vietnam. |
Rhodesia
unilaterally declares its
independence from
Britain. |
Malcolm
X, the black-nationalist
leader, shot at a Harlem
rally. |
The
Queen withdraws Kim
Philby's O.B.E. |
Tony
Hancock marries Freddie
Ross. |
Police
'panda' cars are
introduced. |
Club
18 - 30 launched. |
The
Kray twins cleared at the
Old Bailey of running a
protection racket. |
Great
Train robber Ronnie Biggs
escapes from Wandsworth
prison. |
Post
Office Tower, the UK's
highest building (620ft),
opened. |
The
death penalty abolished
in Britain. |
Sport |
Muhammad
Ali knocks out Sonny
Liston in the first round
for the heavyweight
boxing title. |
The
L.A. Dodgers win the
Baseball World Series. |
Manchester
Utd come top of the
Football League. |
Liverpool
win the F.A. Cup. |
The
Ryder Cup: US wins 19.5 -
12.5. |
Oxford
win the Boat Race. |
Jim
Clark wins the Formula
One Drivers Championship. |
Lotus
- Climax win the F1
Constructors
Championship. |
Wimbledon: |
Women
- Margaret Smith beats
Maria Bueno (6-4 7-5). |
Men
- Roy Emerson beats Fred
Stolle (6-2 6-4 6-4). |
Music
- albums released |
The
Beatles' albums 'Help!'
and 'Rubber Soul'
released. |
Bob
Dylan's 'Highway 61
Revisited' released. |
The
Rolling Stones' 'Out of
our Heads' released. |
The
Kinks' 'Kinda Kinks'
released. |
Music
- top singles |
GO
NOW - The Moody Blues |
YOU'VE
LOST THAT LOVIN' FEELIN'
- The Righteous Brothers |
TIRED
OF WAITING FOR YOU - The
Kinks |
I'LL
NEVER FIND ANOTHER YOU -
The Seekers |
IT'S
NOT UNUSUAL - Tom Jones |
THE
LAST TIME - The Rolling
Stones |
TICKET
TO RIDE - The Beatles |
CRYING
IN THE CHAPEL - Elvis
Presley |
DAYTRIPPER
/ WE CAN WORK IT OUT -
The Beatles |
MR
TAMBOURINE MAN - The
Byrds |
HELP!
- The Beatles |
I
GOT YOU BABE - Sonny and
Cher |
DOWNTOWN
- Petula Clark |
THIS
DIAMOND RING - Gary Lewis
and The Playboys |
EIGHT
DAYS A WEEK - The Beatles |
STOP!
IN THE NAME OF LOVE - The
Supremes |
I'M
TELLING YOU NOW - Freddie
and The Dreamers |
MRS
BROWN YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY
DAUGHTER - Herman's
Hermits |
HELP
ME RHONDA - The Beach
Boys |
MY
GIRL - The Temptations |
BACK
IN MY ARMS AGAIN - The
Supremes |
I
CAN'T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR
PIE, HONEY BUNCH) - The
Four Tops |
(I
CAN'T GET NO)
SATISFACTION - The
Rolling Stones |
Deaths |
Winston
Churchill |
Nat
King Cole |
T.S.
Eliot |
Richard
Dimbleby |
Stan
Laurel |
Fred
Quimby |
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1966 |
The
world and events |
Frank
Sinatra marries Mia
Farrow. |
Insulin
first synthesized in
China. |
George
Harrison marries model
Patti Boyd. |
The
Beatles play last live
concert. |
Indira
Ghandi becomes Prime
Minister of India. |
L.S.D.
declared illegal in the
U.S. |
The
Kashmir crisis - August
16 to September 22 (the
Indians charged Pakistan
with infiltrating into
Kashmir. In response, the
Indians launched an
attack on Pakistan). |
Biochemist
Har Khorana finishes
deciphering the DNA code. |
Botswana,
Lesotho and Guyana become
independent states within
the British Commonwealth. |
Vietnam
War extended into
Cambodia. |
First
direct-dial international
call made (previously all
international calls
required the assistance
of operators). |
Sport |
Henry
Cooper loses his rematch
with Muhammad Ali in the
6th round. |
FIFA
World Cup: England beats
West Germany (4-2). |
Oxford
win the Boat Race. |
Jack
Brabham wins the Formula
One Drivers Championship. |
Brabham
- Repco win the F1
Constructors
Championship. |
Liverpool
come top of the Football
League. |
Everton
win the F.A. Cup. |
Baltimore
Orioles win the Baseball
World Series. |
Wimbledon: |
Women
- Billie Jean King beats
Maria Bueno (6-3 3-6
6-1). |
Men
- Manuel Santana beats
Dennis Ralston (6-4 11-9
6-4). |
Music
- albums released |
The
Beatles' album 'Revolver'
released. |
The
Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds'
released. |
The
Rolling Stones'
'Aftermath' released. |
The
Kinks' 'The Kink
Kontroversy' and 'Face To
Face' released. |
Music
- top singles |
KEEP
ON RUNNING - Spencer
Davis Group |
THESE
BOOTS ARE MADE FOR
WALKIN' - Nancy Sinatra |
STRANGERS
IN THE NIGHT - Frank
Sinatra |
PAPERBACK
WRITER - The Beatles |
SUNNY
AFTERNOON - The Kinks |
YELLOW
SUBMARINE / ELEANOR RIGBY
- The Beatles |
ALL
OR NOTHING - Small Faces |
REACH
OUT AND I'LL BE THERE -
The Four Tops |
GOOD
VIBRATIONS - The Beach
Boys |
THE
SOUNDS OF SILENCE - Simon
and Garfunkel |
WE
CAN WORK IT OUT - The
Beatles |
MY
LOVE - Petula Clark |
(YOU'RE
MY) SOUL AND INSPIRATION
- The Righteous Brothers |
WHEN
A MAN LOVES A WOMAN -
Percy Sledge |
PAINT
IT BLACK - The Rolling
Stones |
WILD
THING The Troggs |
SUMMER
IN THE CITY Lovin'
Spoonful |
SUNSHINE
SUPERMAN - Donovan |
YOU
CAN'T HURRY LOVE - The
Supremes |
LAST
TRAIN TO CLARKESVILLE -
The Monkees |
YOU
KEEP ME HANGIN' ON - The
Supremes |
I'M
A BELIEVER - The Monkees |
Deaths |
Walt
Disney |
Buster
Keaton |
Alma
Cogan |
Evelyn
Waugh |
Montgomery
Clift |
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The
Beatles |
Appointed
Members of the Order of
the British Empire (MBE)
by Elizabeth II in June
1965, their second film
'Help' was released in
July. A ten city tour of
the US commenced in
August, and the album
'Rubber Soul' was
released in December.
They narrowly escaped
rioting in the
Phillippines during a
tour in July 1966 after
they accidentally snubbed
the nation's first lady
Imelda Marcos by not
going to a breakfast
reception. In August
1966, the album
'Revolver' was released
followed by a further US
tour, which would be
their last. |
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The
Rolling Stones |
The
band's second UK album
'The Rolling Stones No.
2' (US title 'The Rolling
Stones, Now!'), was
released in January 1965,
charting at number 1.
Early that year the band
toured Australia and New
Zealand, playing to about
100,000 people. Their
first UK number 1 single
was 'The Last Time'
(released in February
1965). Their first
international number 1
was '(I Can't Get No)
Satisfaction', released
in the US in June 1965.
The US version of the
album 'Out of Our Heads'
(released in July 1965)
also went to number 1.
Their fourth UK album
(sixth US) 'Aftermath'
was released in April
1966 and went to number 1
in the UK and number 2 in
the US. |
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Frank
Sinatra |
Sinatra
released the album
'September of My Years'
in August 1965, winning a
Grammy. The anthology, 'A
Man and His Music',
followed in November
winning a further Grammy
in 1966. Sinatra's first
live album, 'Sinatra at
the Sands', was recorded
during January and
February 1966 at the
Sands Hotel in Las Vegas.
Later that year, the
album 'That's Life' was
released, with both the
single and album becoming
hits. A cover of
'Strangers in the Night'
went on to top the
Billboard and UK singles
charts in June 1966. |
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Bob
Dylan |
Dylan's
April 1965 album
'Bringing It All Back
Home' featured first
recordings made with
electric instruments.
That summer, he headlined
at the Newport Folk
Festival and performed
his first electric set
which provoked a hostile
response from the folk
music press. In July
1965, Dylan released the
single 'Like a Rolling
Stone', which reached
number 4 in the UK and
number 2 in the US
charts. The albums
'Highway 61 Revisited'
was released in August
1965 and 'Blonde on
Blonde' the following
June. Dylan undertook a
world tour of Australia
and Europe in the spring
of 1966. |
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The
Beach Boys |
The
Beach Boys released
several albums in 1965
with a greater level of
experimentation -
'Today!', 'Summer Days
(And Summer Nights!!)'
and 'Beach Boys' Party!'
(which was an album
mainly of covers). In
November 1965, the group
followed up their US
number 3 summer hit
'California Girls' with
another US top 20 single,
'The Little Girl I Once
Knew'. In December they
would score an unexpected
number 2 hit (number 3 in
the UK) with the single
'Barbara Ann'. In May
1966, 'Pet Sounds' was
released. It was their
eleventh studio album,
now credited as one of
the most important albums
of its time, it reached
only number 10 in the US
- being a much better
seller in the UK. |
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The
Kinks |
The
Kinks toured Australia
and New Zealand in
January 1965 with their
second album 'Kinda
Kinks' released in March.
Tensions began to show
within the band, such as
the on-stage fight in
Cardiff in May. Following
a mid-year tour of the
US, the American
Federation of Musicians
refused permits for the
group to appear in
concerts there for the
next four years, probably
due to their behaviour
on-stage. 'The Kink
Kontroversy' album was
released in November in
the UK and 'Face to Face'
in October 1966. |
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television
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'Thunderbirds' |
Launched
on the ITV network in
September 1965. The next
Christmas saw the first
of two films,
'Thunderbirds Are Go',
released. The premiere
was held at the London
Pavilion, where one of
the 'Thunderball'
premieres had been held. |
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'The
Likely Lads' |
Transmitted
on the BBC from December
1964-66, it ran for 3
series. Starring James
Bolam and Rodney Bewes,
downing pints and
attempting to pull birds.
Launched the comedy
career of writers Dick
Clement and Ian La
Frenais. |
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'Batman' |
Premiered
in January 1966 on ABC
twice weekly with these
first episodes - 'Hi
Diddle Riddle' and 'Smack
in the Middle' and ran
for three years. Starring
Adam West and Burt Ward,
joined by Batgirl Yvonne
Craig in the third
season. |
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'Adam
Adamant Lives!' |
Transmitted
on the BBC (1966-67), it
featured an Edwardian
adventurer, deep-frozen
in suspended animation in
1902 by nemesis, The
Face. Found and thawed
out years later, he
solved crime in swinging
London. |
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'Danger
Man' |
Spy
drama starring Patrick
McGoohan ran
intermittently over three
seasons (1960-66, ITV)
and was broadcast in the
US under the title
'Secret Agent'. A fourth
season only lasted for
two colour episodes to
make way for 'The
Prisoner'. |
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'The
Monkees' |
Micky,
Davy, Mike and Pete burst
onto NBC in September
1966. The album 'The
Monkees', was released to
promote the TV show. The
music outlasted the
series which ended in
1968 - nine albums were
released up to 1970. |
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'Doctor
Who' |
After
three years / 29 stories
(including 'Mission to
the Unknown' where he was
credited but didn't
appear), William Hartnell
left the long running BBC
show, and was seen to
regenerate into Patrick
Troughton (October 1966). |
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'Get
Smart' |
A
James Bond spoof starring
Don Adams (Maxwell Smart,
Agent 86) - co-created by
Mel Brooks. After four
seasons on NBC beginning
September 1965 it was
cancelled. CBS then
picked it up for a fifth
and final season. |
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'The
Saint' |
With
most of the original
Charteris stories
translated, ITV wrote a
new contract to continue
the series, in colour
from 1966, with newly
created stories and Roger
Moore as co-producer.
Also, premiered on NBC in
network primetime. |
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'I
Dream of Jeannie' |
Premiered
on NBC in September 1965
(ran for five seasons,
the first in black and
white) starring Barbara
Eden and Larry Hagman.
Barbara Eden also played
Jeannie's mother in two
episodes and Jeannie's
sister in nine episodes. |
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'Star
Trek' |
Kirk
and the Enterprise went
boldly for the first time
on NBC in September 1966.
Their 'five-year mission'
lasted for 79 episodes
over three seasons. The
pilot starred Jeffrey
Hunter as the original
Enterprise captain,
Christopher Pike. |
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'The
Dean Martin Show' |
In
1965 Dean Martin agreed
to host this weekly
variety series; a big hit
for NBC running for nine
seasons. The first show
premiered in September
1965 and featured Frank
Sinatra. Joey Bishop also
appeared in 13 of the
shows. |
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'The
Avengers' |
The
Emma Peel era (1965-67,
ITV) was the most
successful period for The
Avengers. ABC bought the
show for the US, although
first reluctant a deal
was made that in buying
it the next season, five,
would be made in colour. |
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'The
Flintstones' |
The
Flintstones (originally
Flagstones) was a
Hanna-Barbera production
that originally aired on
ABC in primetime slots
from 1960-66. It was
television's first
animated series running
to 166 original episodes. |
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'Not
Only...But Also...' |
Conceived
as a showcase for Dudley
Moore, by the second
programme Peter Cook had
established himself as
joint lead. Transmitted
on the BBC in January
1965, the second series a
year later (a third in
colour from February
1970). |
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'The
Man from U.N.C.L.E.' |
TV's
version of James Bond,
the show ran on NBC from
1964 to 1968. There were
eight feature-length
films made from two-part
episodes and a spin-off,
'The Girl From
U.N.C.L.E.' in 1966 - the
same year the original
premiered in the UK. |
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'Mission
Impossible' |
Premiered
on CBS in September 1966.
Dan Briggs (Steve Hill)
led the IMF team of
Cinnamon (Barbara Bain),
Barney (Greg Morris) and
Willy (Peter Lupus) for
this first season. Martin
Landau appeared as a
guest star for most
shows. |
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'A
Charlie Brown Christmas' |
The
Emmy award winning
special premiered on ABC
in December 1965. The
original broadcast
included brief animated
sections with the logo of
the shows sponsor,
Coco-Cola - these were
later edited out of
future versions. |
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top films
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'Georgy
Girl' |
featuring
James Mason, Alan Bates,
Lynn Redgrave, Charlotte
Rampling |
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'The
Sound of Music' |
featuring
Julie Andrews |
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'Cat
Ballou' |
featuring
Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin |
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'
For a Few Dollars More' |
featuring
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van
Cleef |
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'The
Hill' |
featuring
Sean Connery, Harry
Andrews, Ian Bannen,
Alfred Lynch |
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'Help!' |
featuring
John Lennon, Paul
McCartney, George
Harrison, Ringo Starr |
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'Carry
On Screaming!' |
featuring
Harry H. Corbett, Kenneth
Williams, Jim Dale,
Charles Hawtrey |
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'The
Ipcress File' |
featuring
Michael Caine |
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'A
Man for All Seasons' |
featuring
Paul Scofield, Wendy
Hiller, Leo McKern,
Robert Shaw, Orson Welles |
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'The
Good, the Bad and the
Ugly' |
featuring
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van
Cleef |
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'Torn
Curtain' |
featuring
Paul Newman, Julie
Andrews |
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'Blow-Up' |
featuring
David Hemmings, Vanessa
Redgrave |
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'The
Spy Who Came In From The
Cold' |
featuring
Richard Burton |
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'Doctor
Zhivago' |
featuring
Omar Sharif, Julie
Christie, Geraldine
Chaplin, Rod Steiger,
Alec Guinness |
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'What's
New Pussycat?' |
featuring
Peter Sellers, Peter
O'Toole |
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'Fantastic
Voyage' |
featuring
Stephen Boyd, Raquel
Welch |
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'The
Flight of the Phoenix' |
featuring
James Stewart, Richard
Attenborough, Peter Finch |
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'The
Great Race' |
featuring
Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis |
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'Repulsion' |
featuring
Catherine Deneuve, Ian
Hendry |
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'Carry
On Cowboy' |
featuring
Sid James, Kenneth
Williams, Jim Dale,
Charles Hawtrey |
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'Who's
Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?' |
featuring
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard
Burton, George Segal |
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'Fahrenheit
451' |
featuring
Oskar Werner, Julie
Christie |
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'Batman' |
featuring
Adam West, Burt Ward |
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academy
awards |
Hosted
by Bob Hope on April 18th
1966 (for the year 1965 -
broadcast in colour for
the first time). |
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Best
Picture |
Winner:
The Sound of Music (1965)
- Robert Wise |
Other
nominees: |
Darling
(1965) - Joseph Janni |
Doctor
Zhivago (1965) - Carlo
Ponti |
Ship
of Fools (1965) - Stanley
Kramer |
A
Thousand Clowns (1965) -
Fred Coe |
Best
Effects, Special Visual
Effects |
Winner:
Thunderball (1965) - John
Stears |
Other
nominees: |
The
Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965) - J. McMillan
Johnson |
Best
Actor in a Leading Role |
Winner:
Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
(1965) |
Other
nominees: |
Laurence
Olivier - Othello (1965) |
Rod
Steiger - The Pawnbroker
(1964) |
Oskar
Werner - Ship of Fools
(1965) |
Richard
Burton - The Spy Who Came
In from the Cold (1965) |
Best
Actress in a Leading Role |
Winner:
Julie Christie - Darling
(1965) |
Other
nominees: |
Samantha
Eggar - The Collector
(1965) |
Elizabeth
Hartman - A Patch of Blue
(1965) |
Simone
Signoret - Ship of Fools
(1965) |
Julie
Andrews - The Sound of
Music (1965) |
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