Your Year in Headlines 1965

THE STREETS ARE FULL as far as the eye can see, London silent under grey skies, crowds standing in respectful rows. The coffin has lain in state at Westminster Hall … hundreds filing past in solemn silence. Now the gun carriage moves slowly, the Union Jack draped over the coffin … I can barely take it in. The royal family and foreign dignitaries follow, faces grave, the nation holding its breath. The procession reaches St. Paul’s Cathedral, the service begins … and later, at St. Martin’s Church in Bladon, Winston Churchill is laid to rest … 

Step into 1965 through a book of authentic Daily Mirror newspaper articles, curated from original reports exactly as they appeared at the time. This edition offers a vivid window into a year defined by farewell, protest, and sweeping change — both at home and abroad.

Featuring:

– The nationwide broadcast of Winston Churchill’s funeral, followed days later by the death of Richard Dimbleby
– Edward Heath’s rise to Conservative Party leadership
– The Queen’s visit to the Berlin Wall
– The assassination of Malcolm X and the Selma civil rights marches in the United States
– The arrival of U.S. troops in Vietnam
– Renewed conflict in Kashmir
– The Kray twins coming under increased police scrutiny
– Continued headlines from the Great Train Robbery case
– The opening of the Post Office Tower and launch of the Ford Transit
– Introduction of new speed limits and drink-driving laws
– Cassius Clay’s knockout of Sonny Liston
– Liverpool’s FA Cup triumph
– Judy Garland’s return to the stage
– The Beatles topping charts and receiving MBEs
– The world’s first spacewalks marking a new era in exploration

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Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.

Cover: Hardback

Size: Tabloid (29.8 cm x 36.4 cm)

Pages: 160+

Paper source: Our books use responsibly sourced paper from FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified paper manufacturers.