Sixty years ago, in October 1965, a majestic comet glowed in the pre-dawn darkness. The U.S. population in 1965 was just under 195 million. How many kids did you kill today?” In 1965 the first peace rally against the war drew 30,000 marchers to Washington. In 1965, Black firebrand Malcolm X was assassinated, and the deadly Watts riots resulted in 34 deaths, hundreds of arrests and millions of dollars in property damage in Los Angeles. Color television was making inroads in 1965, but most TV shows back then were still in black and white.