At A Glance
30 April 1965 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 30 April 1965 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “The Game of Love” by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders.
- Top Film of 1965
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1965 was The Sound of Music.
- Bestselling Novel of 1965
- “The Source” by James A. Michener was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1965.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Bonanza” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1965–66 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 30 April is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 30 April 1965 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 30 April 1965 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 30 April
- 1957 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery enters into force.
- 1961 K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
- 1963 The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
- 1973 Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean; other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, resign.
- 1975 Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
Famous people born on April 30
- Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model (born 1985)
- Kirsten Dunst, American actress (born 1982)
- Ana de Armas, Cuban actress (born 1988)
- Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute (born 1985)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1965 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1965 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 2 – The Sound of Music premieres at the Rivoli Theater in New York City.
- April 5 – At the 37th Academy Awards, George Cukor's My Fair Lady wins 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Cukor. Rex Harrison wins an Oscar for Best Actor. Robert Stevenson's Mary Poppins takes home 5 Oscars out of 13 nominations.
- April 9 – In Houston, Texas, the Harris County Domed Stadium (more commonly known as the Astrodome) opens.
Life in the US in 1965
President
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gas (per gallon)
$0.31
Loaf of Bread
$0.21
Average House
$14,600
Weekly Wage
$105
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