Memories of 1965

U.S. Events

• Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 others arrested in Selma, Alabama, during demonstrations against voter-registration rules (Feburary 1).
• Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally (Feburary 21).
• Blacks riot for six days in Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested (August. 11-16).

U.S. Statistics

• President: Lyndon B. Johnson
• Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
• Population: 194,302,963
• Life expectancy: 70.2 years
• Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 24.5
• Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 22.5
• Homicide Rate (per 100,000): 5.5