Pop Culture
This beloved children’s special featuring a Peanuts character first aired in December 1965.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
This car safety feature became mandatory in U.S. vehicles starting in 1965.
What are seat belts?
This spacecraft became the first to photograph Mars up close in 1965.
What is Mariner 4?
This fried chicken restaurant chain opened its first location in 1965.
What is Popeyes?
This musician released the groundbreaking album Highway 61 Revisited, featuring “Like a Rolling Stone.”
Who is Bob Dylan?
This James Bond actor starred in Thunderball, released in 1965.
Who is Sean Connery?
This U.S. city saw violent civil rights protests during the Watts Riots of 1965.
What is Los Angeles?
This medical device, implanted in humans for the first time in 1965, helped regulate heartbeats.
What is a pacemaker?
This beloved science fiction television series about a space crew’s survival premiered in 1965.
What is Lost in Space?
This band performed one of the first major stadium concerts at Shea Stadium in 1965.
Who are The Beatles?
This animated superhero, known for his catchphrase “Here I come to save the day!”, debuted on television in 1965.
Who is Underdog?
This spacewalk by a cosmonaut became the first extravehicular activity in history in 1965.
What is Alexei Leonov’s spacewalk?
This science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, published in 1965, became a literary classic.
What is Dune?
This James Bond actor starred in Thunderball, released in 1965.
Who is Sean Connery?
This comic book series introduced Marvel’s The Silver Surfer in 1965.
What is The Fantastic Four?
This Julie Andrews film included songs like “Do-Re-Mi” and won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1965.
What is The Sound of Music?
This Southeast Asian country declared independence from Malaysia on August 9, 1965.
What is Singapore?
This famous Japanese electronics company released its first color television in 1965.
What is Sony?
This television network premiered Days of Our Lives, a soap opera that continues to air today.
What is NBC?
This legendary boxer retained his heavyweight championship by defeating Sonny Liston in 1965.
Who is Muhammad Ali?
This toy, shaped like a kidney bean, became a cultural sensation in 1965
What is the Super Ball?
This famous march from Selma to Montgomery became a pivotal moment in the U.S. civil rights movement.
What is the Selma March?
This device for military use was introduced in 1965.
What is the M-16 rifle?
This long-running magazine famous for its swimsuit edition released its first issue in 1965.
What is Sports Illustrated?
This Hall of Fame baseball player hit his 500th career home run in 1965.
Who is Willie Mays?