Editing 1965 in politics (section)

=== March ===

* March 7 - [[Bloody Sunday (1965)|Bloody Sunday]]: Some 200 Alabama State Troopers attack 525 civil rights demonstrators in [[Selma, Alabama]], as they attempt to [[Selma to Montgomery marches|march to the state capitol of Montgomery]].
* March 8 - Some 3,500 [[United States Marines]] arrive in [[Da Nang]], [[South Vietnam]], becoming the first American ground combat troops in [[Vietnam]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=TWE Remembers: The First U.S. Combat Troops Arrive in Vietnam|url=https://www.cfr.org/blog/twe-remembers-first-us-combat-troops-arrive-vietnam|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Council on Foreign Relations|language=en}}</ref>
* March 9 - The second attempt, known as [[Selma to Montgomery marches#Second march: "Turnaround Tuesday"|"Turnaround Tuesday"]], to march from Selma to [[Montgomery, Alabama]], under the leadership of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], stops at the bridge that was the site of Bloody Sunday, to hold a prayer service and return to Selma.
* March 16 - Police clash with 600 [[Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee]] marchers in [[Montgomery, Alabama]].
* March 17 - In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in [[Selma, Alabama]], President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the [[1965 Voting Rights Act|Voting Rights Act]] of 1965. It is passed by the [[United States Senate|Senate]] May 26, the [[United States House of Representatives|House]] July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson August 6.
* March 18 - A [[United States federal judge]] rules that [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference|SCLC]] has the lawful right to march to [[Montgomery, Alabama]], to petition for "redress of grievances".
* March 20 - The [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]] begins.
* March 22 – [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]] becomes the first secretary of the [[Romanian Communist Party]], after the death of previous leader [[Gheorghe Gheorghiu Dej]] earlier that year.
* March 23 - [[1965 Moroccan riots|Large student demonstration]] in Morocco, joined by discontented masses, is met with violent police and military repression.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-03-21|title=Que s'est-il vraiment passé le 23 mars 1965 ? – Jeune Afrique|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/86510/archives-thematique/que-s-est-il-vraiment-pass-le-23-mars-1965/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=JeuneAfrique.com|language=fr-FR}}</ref>
* March 25 -  [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and 25,000 civil rights activists successfully complete [[Selma to Montgomery marches#March to Montgomery|the 4-day march]] from Selma, Alabama, to the capitol in Montgomery.
* March 30 - The second [[ODECA]] charter, signed on December 12, [[1962]], becomes effective.