Timeline October 1965

Events in October 1965 5

• 1895 – 1965 Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) Died 11 October 1965, aged 70 Dorothea Lange was an American photographer best known for her Depression-era images, including the iconic Migrant Mother, taken for the Farm Security Administration. Her photography profoundly shaped documentary photography and photojournalism. She died of esophageal cancer in San Francisco on 11 October 1965.
• 1965 George Harrison plays sitar on Norwegian Wood Indian music The first use of sitar on a Western pop record.
• 1965 James Brown releases I Got You (I Feel Good) Biggest hit His highest-charting pop single.
• 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 signed US abolishes national-origin immigration quotas The Hart-Celler Act, signed by President Johnson on 3 October 1965, abolished the national-origins quota system that had favored immigrants from northern and western Europe since the 1920s. It established a new system prioritizing family reunification and skilled labor. The law reshaped US demographics over the following decades by dramatically increasing immigration from Asia and Latin America.
• 1965 The Who release My Generation Hope I die before I get old The stuttering mod anthem reaches number two in Britain.