Timeline April 1965

Events in April 1965 6

• 1908 – 1965 Edward R. Murrow (1908-1965) Died 27 April 1965, aged 57 Edward R. Murrow was an American broadcast journalist renowned for his radio reports from London during the Blitz and his later television criticism of Senator Joseph McCarthy. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of broadcast journalism. He died of lung cancer at his home in New York on 27 April 1965.
• 1923 – 1965 Linda Darnell (1923-1965) American actress, a 20th Century Fox star of the 1940s, known for A Letter to Three Wives and Forever Amber.
• 1965 Otis Redding releases I've Been Loving You Too Long Ballad hit His first top-forty pop hit.
• 1965 Early Bird satellite launched First commercial communications satellite enters service Intelsat I, known as Early Bird, launched on 6 April 1965 and became the first commercial communications satellite placed in geostationary orbit. It provided the first direct and near-instantaneous television, telephone, and fax links between North America and Europe. The satellite operated for over four years, well beyond its planned lifespan.
• 1965 Linda Darnell dies in Chicago Linda Darnell dies aged 41.
• 1965 The Byrds release Mr. Tambourine Man Folk rock is born Their electric Dylan cover goes to number one in the US and UK.