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January 21, 1965

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Historical Context for January 21, 1965

In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[โ€ ]

Notable Births

Robert Del Naja

1965Robert Del Naja, British artist, musician and singer[โ€ ]

Robert Del Naja, also known as 3D, is a British artist, musician, singer and songwriter. He emerged as a graffiti artist and member of the Bristol collective the Wild Bunch, and later as a founding member and sole consistent member of the band Massive Attack, with which he is still active. In 2009, he received the British Academy's Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.

Jam Master Jay

1965Jam Master Jay, American DJ, rapper, and producer (died 2002)[โ€ ]

Jason William Mizell, better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician, record producer and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the biggest hip hop groups, credited with breaking hip hop into mainstream music. Mizell was murdered in his Queens, New York recording studio in 2002.

1965Masahiro Wada, Japanese footballer[โ€ ]

Masahiro Wada is a Japanese former football player and manager. His sons Atsuki Wada and Tomoki Wada are also footballer.

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Headlines from January 21, 1965

SECURITY FORCES ARE LARGEST EVER; Safety Is Insured by F.B.I., Secret Service and 5,000 Policemen and Troops SECURITY FORCES ARE LARGEST EVER

By Felix Belair Jr.special To the New York Times

record security force in action; Secret Service and other Treas enforcement agencies, FBI, 5,000 met and armed forces police, Natl Guard and regular troops called out; Johnson and Humphrey protected during swearing-in by bullet-proof glass; other arrangements described; 2 bros on way to bus terminal for hunting trip held for carrying weapons; no mil weapons displayed in parade on Johnson's order; double guard of police and Army troops line parade route

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Congress Praises Speech As a Call to High Purpose; CONGRESS PRAISES JOHNSON'S SPEECH

By John D. Morris

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Members of Congress acclaimed President Johnson's first Inaugural Address today as a fitting statement of the country's abiding principles, aspirations and goals. Republicans and Democrats agreed that the President had sketched, in appropriately broad and nonpartisan terms, the lofty objectives behind which all patriotic Americans should unite.

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3 STRIKE LEADERS GIVEN JAIL TERMS; Welfare Unions Fined and 19 Defendants Convicted in Condon-Wadlin Case

By Emanuel Perlmutter

Saypol finds 19 strike leaders guilty of criminal contempt, sentences Tepedino, Viani and I Lahab to 30 days in jail; fines them $250 each; list; fines each union $250; stays execution and withholds action on fining other 16 $250; Dumpson comments; Wagner urges strikers to return to work to enable a fact-finding body to act; pledges just settlement based on its recommendations; stresses he opposes Condon-Wadlin Act but says he must enforce it

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