At A Glance

15 July 1965 at a glance

Day of the week
15 July 1965 was a Thursday.
Irish Chart Song in 1965
The Irish chart song for 1965 was “Ticket to Ride” by The Beatles.
Top Film of 1965
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1965 was The Sound of Music.
Star sign
The star sign for 15 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 July 1965 fell in the Year of the Snake.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 July 1965 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 15 July

  • 1955 Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
  • 1966 Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnam begin Operation Hastings to push the North Vietnamese out of the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone.
  • 1971 The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
  • 1974 In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing Makarios III and installing Nikos Sampson as the president of Cyprus.
  • 1975 Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was the last launch of both an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.

Famous people born on 15 July

  • Linda Ronstadt, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1946)
  • Barry Melrose, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1956)
  • Diane Kruger, German actress and model (born 1976)
  • Brian Austin Green, American actor (born 1973)

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Events of 1965 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1965 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 14 January – Taoiseach Seán Lemass travelled to Belfast for a historic meeting with the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Terence O'Neill.
  • 21 January – Nationalist leader Eddie McAteer visited Seán Lemass in Dublin.
  • 20 March – Ireland made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest. Butch Moore sang Walking the Streets in the Rain and came sixth at the final in Naples.

Life in Ireland in 1965

Taoiseach

Seán Lemass

Petrol (per litre)

3s/gal

Loaf of Bread

10d

Average House

£3,200

Weekly Wage

£7 10s

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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s

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