Timeline August 1965

Events in August 1965 13

• 1887 – 1965 Le Corbusier Modern Architecture Born Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, he was a pioneer of modern architecture and urban planning.
• 1916 – 1965 Shirley Jackson (1916-1965) Died 8 August 1965, aged 48 Shirley Jackson was an American author best known for her chilling short story "The Lottery" and the Gothic novel The Haunting of Hill House. Her work profoundly influenced later horror and suspense fiction. She died of heart failure at her home in North Bennington, Vermont, on 8 August 1965.
• 1965 US Championships 1965 Men: Manuel Santana · Women: Margaret Smith
• 1965 – 1969 Butch Vig -- the producer who made Nevermind Bryan David 'Butch' Vig is born on 2 August 1955 in Viroqua, Wisconsin. He studies drums and percussion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he meets Steve Marker and Duke Erikson. Through the 1980s Vig produces records at his Smart Studios in Madison, building a reputation for bringing out the best in alternative rock bands. In 1990 Nirvana travels to Madison to record demos with Vig that impress Geffen Records enough to sign them. Vig then produces 'Nevermind' (1991) -- the album that breaks alternative rock into the mainstream and changes popular music. He and Brendan O'Brien split the production credit.
• 1965 Second Indo-Pakistani War War fought over the disputed Kashmir region India and Pakistan fought a war from August to September 1965, triggered by Pakistani infiltration into Indian-administered Kashmir. Large tank battles and air engagements took place along the international border before a UN-mandated ceasefire took effect on 23 September. The war ended largely inconclusively and was followed by the Tashkent Declaration.
• 1965 – present David Robinson The Admiral Hall of Fame center for the Spurs and 2-time NBA champion.
• 1965 Voting Rights Act signed into law Landmark US legislation banning racial discrimination in voting President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on 6 August 1965, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices used to disenfranchise Black Americans. The law authorized federal oversight of voter registration in jurisdictions with a history of discrimination. It is considered one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation in US history.
• 1965 Singapore becomes an independent nation Expulsion from Malaysia leads to sovereignty Singapore was expelled from the Federation of Malaysia on 9 August 1965 following political and communal tensions, and became an independent republic under Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. The sudden separation left the small city-state without natural resources or a large domestic market. It went on to develop into one of the world's wealthiest economies.
• 1965 Watts riots Six days of unrest in Los Angeles Rioting broke out in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles on 11 August 1965 after a Black motorist was arrested by a white police officer, exposing deep tensions over policing and poverty. Over six days of unrest, 34 people were killed and thousands were arrested. The riots prompted a state investigation into the causes of urban unrest.
• 1965 Shea Stadium concert First stadium rock concert — 55,600 fans The Beatles performed at Shea Stadium in New York on August 15, 1965, before 55,600 fans — the largest audience for a pop concert at that time. It is considered the birth of stadium rock.
• 1965 Satisfaction reaches number one First US number one — August 20, 1965 "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" reached number one in the US on August 20, 1965. Written by Jagger and Richards, the guitar riff came to Keith in a dream at a Holiday Inn in Clearwater, Florida. He taped it on a cassette recorder and went back to sleep. It became one of the most recognisable songs in rock history.
• 1965 – present Reggie Miller The Knick Killer One of the greatest clutch shooters and trash talkers in NBA history.
• 1965 Bob Dylan releases Highway 61 Revisited Fully electric His first fully electric album, with Like a Rolling Stone and Desolation Row.