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NY,NH&H trustee Smith repts negotiations with PRR and NY Central to have them take over all NY,NH&H freight operations through merger
ILA members reject pact with NY Shipping Assn although union leaders termed it best ever
US Treas, in statement to reassure world mkts, views French move as adjustment of position; officials annoyed at timing and publicity
Msgr Knott restates RC Ch opposition to most aspects of birth control, reply to Johnson; charges Johnson use of word 'explosion' is unscientific
scientists leader Prof Pilz describes their living in terror of Israeli secret agents, says they would leave UAR if Israel guarantees personal safety in future, admits responsibility for past incidents and makes compensation for injuries; denies scientists are anti-Semitic or old Nazis; Israeli Foreign Min rejects discussing conditions with Pilz; says it must deal with W Ger Govt
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 6, 1965, covering January 9, 1965.
The Beatles
Elvis Presley
The Supremes
Soundtrack
The Beach Boys
1965Muggsy Bogues, American basketball player[†]
Tyrone Curtis "Muggsy" Bogues is an American former basketball player. The shortest player ever to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) Bogues played point guard for four teams during his 14-season career in the NBA. Although best known for his ten seasons with the Charlotte Hornets, he also played for the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Toronto Raptors.
1965Haddaway, Trinidadian-German singer and musician[†]
Nestor Alexander Haddaway is a Trinidadian-born German singer best known for his 1993 hit single "What Is Love", which reached number 1 in 13 countries.
1965Joely Richardson, English actress[†]
Joely Kim Richardson is a British actress. She is notable for her roles as Julia McNamara in the FX drama series Nip/Tuck (2003–2010) and Katherine Parr in the Showtime series The Tudors (2010). Her credits include Drowning by Numbers (1988), King Ralph (1991), 101 Dalmatians (1996), Event Horizon (1997), The Patriot (2000), Anonymous (2011), the Hollywood film adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011), Endless Love (2014), Red Sparrow (2018), The Turning (2020), The Sandman (2022), and Little Bone Lodge (2023).
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]