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3 days ago · The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. [7] [8] It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections. [7]
2 days ago · The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, also known as the second India–Pakistan war, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965. The conflict began following Pakistan's Operation Gibraltar, [11] which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against ...
3 days ago · The Sound of Music is a 1965 American musical drama film produced and directed by Robert Wise from a screenplay written by Ernest Lehman, and starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, with Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood, Charmian Carr, and Eleanor Parker. The film is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with ...
4 days ago · March 7, 1965 (Sunday) A march of 550 civil rights demonstrators was broken up violently by 200 members of the Alabama Highway Patrol, as the protesters began their march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital at Montgomery. In response to the killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson.
3 days ago · The Sound of Music, American musical film, released in 1965, that reigned for five years as the highest-grossing film in history. Its breathtaking photography and its many memorable songs, among them “My Favorite Things” and the title song, helped it to become an enduring classic.
Apr 17, 2024 · That year Esquire magazine published “La Côte Basque, 1965,” a scandalous chapter from Truman Capote ’s unfinished roman à clef Answered Prayers. In the tell-all excerpt, he skewered his inner circle of socialite friends, portraying them as catty backstabbers and revealing their secrets.
3 days ago · The 1965 Formula One season was the 19th season of FIA Formula One racing. It featured the 16th World Championship of Drivers , the 8th International Cup for F1 Manufacturers , and seven non-championship races open to Formula One cars.
