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The Prime-Minister of Australia in 1965 Sir Robert Menzies.
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The first hydrofoil ferry service begins in Sydney
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Tuesday 26th of January - Hindi becomes the official language of India.
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Sunday 21st of February - Malcom X is assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City by members of the Nation of Islam.
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Tuesday 30th of March – A car bomb explodes in the front of the U.S Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
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Prime Minister Robert Menzies announces that an Australian combat force will be sent to South Vietnam in response to a request for military aid from the South Vietnamese government.
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The 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment leaves for Vietnam on HMAS Sydney.
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The first Australian Troops landed in south of Vietnam to give them aid.
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Thursday 10th of June – Battle of Dong Xoai begins in Vietnam.
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Australian politician Joe Hockey is born in 1965.
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Margaret Court an Australian tennis player won the Australian women's tennis singles for the sixrh conesecutive year.
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St. George Dragons win their 10th premiership in a row against South Sydney. Score: 12-8.
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David Wenham an Australian Actor is born. He acted in the recent movie 300. Who knew he was that old.
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Faces In The Sun' wins the Australian Film Institute (AFI) award for best film.
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Tuesday 9th of November – Catholic worker member Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building
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Prisoners Ronald Ryan and Petel Walker escape from Pentridge Prison in Melbourne. Ryan was hung to death in 1967. He was the last man in Australia ever to be executed.
