A half-century ago, the war in Vietnam was escalating, the space race was in full swing, the Rolling Stones were on a world tour, the bravery of those who marched to Selma led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act, and the St. Louis Arch was completed.
No. 1: During the Gemini 4 mission on June 3rd, 1965, Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. The spacewalk started at 3:45 p.m. EDT on the third orbit when White opened the hatch and used the hand-held maneuvering oxygen-jet gun to push himself out of the capsule. The EVA started over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and lasted 23 minutes, ending over the Gulf of Mexico. Initially, White propelled himself to the end of the 8-meter tether and back to the spacecraft three times using the hand-held gun. After the first three minutes the fuel ran out and White maneuvered by twisting his body and pulling on the tether. In this photograph taken by Commander James McDivitt early in the EVA over a cloud-covered Pacific Ocean, the maneuvering gun is visible in White's right hand.
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No. 2: The heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over the fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25th, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine. The bout lasted only one minute into the first round.
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No. 3: Lyndon Johnson takes the oath of office during his second inauguration ceremony in front of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on January 20th, 1965. Administering the oath is Chief Justice Earl Warren, right. Holding the Bible at center is Lady Bird Johnson, beginning a new tradition.
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No. 4: An audience views the multi-screen presentation in the theater at the IBM Pavilion of the 1964-1965 World's Fair in New York, New York.
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No. 5: Wilson Baker (left), the Selma, Alabama, director of public safety, holds up his hand in front of Martin Luther King Jr., on February 1st, 1965, to tell him that he and his followers, about 250 of them, were under arrest for parading without a permit.
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No. 6: From left: George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, and John Lennon of the Beatles on their hotel terrace in Milan, Italy, with Il Duomo Cathedral in the background before their show at the Velodromo Vigorelli on June 24th, 1965.
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No. 7: Hovering U.S. Army helicopters pour machine-gun fire into tree lines to cover the advance of Vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, Vietnam, on March 29, 1965, northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border.
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No. 8: The sail-like shells that form the roof of Sydney’s massive Opera House take shape and dwarf a ferry cruising in Sydney Cove, an arm of Sydney Harbor, Australia, on June 19th, 1965. The Opera House was completed in 1973.
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No. 9: British Naval Officers stand vigil by the coffin of Sir Winston Churchill at Westminster Hall, London, before his funeral. Churchill died on January 24, 1965, at the age of 90, shortly after suffering a stroke. He was buried with full state honors on January 30th.
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No. 10: In this March 7, 1965, file photo, clouds of tear gas fill the air as state troopers, ordered by Gov. George Wallace, break up a demonstration march in Selma, Alabama, on what became known as "Bloody Sunday." The incident is widely credited for galvanizing the nation's leaders and ultimately yielded passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.