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1965

07 Jan
Krays in custody over menace charge

24 Jan
Winston Churchill dies

30 Jan
Last farewell to Churchill

16 Feb
Beeching plans for 'bloated' railways

17 Feb
Countdown to Gambian independence

21 Feb
Black nationalist leader shot dead

07 Mar
Goldie the eagle evades capture again

07 Mar
Police attack Alabama marchers

24 Mar
Millions watch space probe crash into Moon

28 Mar
Thousands join Dr King in Alabama rally

07 May
Huge Rhodesia election win for Smith

18 Jun
Drink-drive limit to be introduced

20 Jun
Students protest after Algiers coup

08 Jul
Ronald Biggs escapes from jail

19 Jul
S Korea's first president dies in exile

22 Jul
Sir Alec steps down from top of Tory tree

27 Jul
Heath is new Tory leader

28 Jul
US orders 50,000 troops to Vietnam

02 Aug
Riviera fires force campers to flee

15 Aug
Los Angeles riot toll keeps rising

29 Aug
Gemini V returns to Earth

06 Sep
Indian Army invades W Pakistan

04 Oct
Immigrants feel at home with BBC

11 Nov
Rhodesia breaks from UK

01 Dec
Sweeping changes to British farming

03 Dec
White jury convicts Ku Klux Klansmen

08 Dec
New UK race law 'not tough enough'

27 Dec
Sea Gem oil rig collapses

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