At A Glance
20 January 1965 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 January 1965 was a Wednesday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “I Feel Fine / She's a Woman” by The Beatles was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
- Top Film of 1965
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1965 was The Sound of Music.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 20 January is Aquarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 January 1965 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 January 1965 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 20 January
- 1945 World War II: The provisional government of Béla Miklós in Hungary agrees to an armistice with the Allies.
- 1945 World War II: Germany begins the evacuation of 1.8 million people from East Prussia, a task which will take nearly two months.
- 1954 In the United States, the National Negro Network is established with 40 charter member radio stations.
- 1972 Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
- 1974 China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam.
Famous people born on 20 January
- J. J. McCarthy, American football player (born 2003)
- David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter (1946–2025)
- Evan Peters, American actor (born 1987)
- Sid Wilson, American musician (born 1977)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1965 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1965 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 7 January – The first hydrofoil service begins on Sydney Harbour.
- 22 February – Prince Philip opens the Royal Australian Mint in Canberra.
- 31 March – Merle Thorton and Rosalie Bogner chained their ankles to the front bar of the Regatta Hotel in Brisbane in protest against the Queensland liquor laws that banned women from pubs.
Life in Australia in 1965
Prime Minister
Robert Menzies
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.05
Loaf of Bread
$0.14
Average House
$7,500
Weekly Wage
$22.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s
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