Sally Ann Schmitz, of Paso Robles, CA, was born at 12:23 AM on January 1, 1965, reportedly making her the first baby of the new year in San Luis Obispo County, located about midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
If you’re out there,
Sally Ann, welcome to
FabOverFifty.
Welcome also to: Viola Davis, Diane Lane, Maura Tierney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Brooke Shields, Melissa McBride and J.K. Rowling, among the celebs who made their real debuts in 1965.
Twenty-five other notable, and not so
notable, events of that year:
Feb. 7 George Harrison has his tonsils removed
Feb. 15 John Lennon passes his driving test
Mar. 2 One of the most popular musical films of all time, “The Sound of Music”, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer, is released
Mar. 8 1st US combat forces arrive in Vietnam (3,500 Marines)
Mar. 15 T.G.I. Friday’s 1st restaurant opens in NYC
Mar. 21 Martin Luther King Jr. begins march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
Apr. 5 Lava Lamp Day celebrated
May 16 The Campbell Soup Company introduces SpaghettiOs under its Franco-American brand
May 18 Gene Roddenberry suggests 16 names, including Kirk, for Star Trek Captain
May 25 Muhammad Ali KOs Sonny Liston in 1 for heavyweight boxing title rematch
Jun. 6 Rolling Stones release single
“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
Jun. 7 Sony Corp introduced its home video
tape recorder, priced at $995
Jul. 15 “Mariner IV” sends back 1st pictures of Mars
Jul. 24 Bob Dylan releases “Like a Rolling Stone”
Jul. 27 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a bill requiring cigarette makers to print health warnings on all cigarette packages about the effects of smoking
Jul. 30 LBJ signs Medicare bill, which
goes into effect in 1966
Aug. 14 Sonny & Cher’s “I Got You Babe” hits #1
Sep. 13 Today Show’s 1st totally color broadcast
Sep. 13* Beatles release “Yesterday”
Sep. 18 “I Dream of Jeannie”, starring Barbara Eden as
a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, premieres on NBC
Oct. 4 Pope Paul VI becomes 1st Pope to visit Western Hemisphere (UN)
Nov. 8 “Days of Our Lives” premieres on TV
Nov. 9 Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast Blackout of 1965
Nov. 16 Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow
Dec. 9 “A Charlie Brown Christmas” premieres