At A Glance

14 March 1965 at a glance

Day of the week
14 March 1965 was a Sunday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “The Last Time” by The Rolling Stones.
Top Film of 1965
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1965 was The Sound of Music.
Star sign
The star sign for 14 March is Pisces.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 14 March 1965 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 14 March 1965 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 14 March

  • 1942 Anne Miller becomes the first American patient to be treated with penicillin, under the care of Orvan Hess and John Bumstead.
  • 1943 The Holocaust: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto is completed.
  • 1951 Korean War: United Nations troops recapture Seoul for the second time.
  • 1978 The Israel Defense Forces launch Operation Litani, a seven-day campaign to invade and occupy southern Lebanon.
  • 1988 In the Johnson South Reef Skirmish Chinese forces defeat Vietnamese forces in an altercation over control of one of the Spratly Islands.

Famous people born on 14 March

  • Albert Einstein, German-American physicist, academic and Nobel Prize laureate (1879–1955)
  • Olivia Dean, English singer-songwriter (born 1999)
  • Michael Caine, English actor (born 1933)
  • Stephen Curry, American basketball player (born 1988)

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Events of 1965 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1965 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 18 February – The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
  • 6 April – The Government publicly announces cancellation of the BAC TSR-2 nuclear bomber aircraft project. The prototype broke the sound barrier on 22 February.
  • 3 May – Asda is formed and opens its first supermarket in Castleford, Yorkshire.
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Life in 1965

Prime Minister

Harold Wilson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

13p

Loaf of Bread

8p

Average House

£3,540

Weekly Wage

£19.50

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