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16 leaders jailed for refusing to pay $250 fines and for refusing to end strike; list; State, County, Munic exec bd votes $10,000 for strikers' emergency fund
Johnson asks $49 billion, Budget Message; sum is $300 million below fiscal '65; Johnson says budget marks end of 4-yr build-up; says spending will level off as US maintains massive defense establishment of steadily growing power
Pres Johnson seeks funds for more books for schools, Budget Message
Johnson says fiscal '66 budget, providing $8.5-billion stimulus to econ through Govt spending and tax changes, is designed to spur expansion, Budget Message
Negro woman punches Clark, is clubbed by him in ensuing struggle; illus; King decries Clark's brutality, calls on Negroes to 'fill up all the jails'; woman charged with assault and battery
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 20, 1965, covering January 26, 1965.
The Beatles
The Supremes
Soundtrack
The Beach Boys
The Beatles
1965Kevin McCarthy, American politician, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives[†]
Kevin Owen McCarthy is an American politician who served as the 55th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from January until he was recalled and removed from the position in October 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district from 2007 until his resignation in 2023.
1965Thomas Östros, Swedish businessman and politician[†]
Thomas Östros is a Swedish economist and Social Democratic politician who has been serving as vice president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) since 2020. Earlier in his career, he held positions as CEO of the Swedish Bankers' Association and Executive Director for Northern Europe at the International Monetary Fund.
1965Natalia Yurchenko, Russian gymnast and coach[†]
Natalia Vladimirovna Yurchenko is a retired Soviet artistic gymnast, who won the women's all-around gold medal at the 1983 World Championships. Renowned for her innovative and daring gymnastics, she is best known as the originator of the Yurchenko vault family, which is a round-off back handspring entry onto the vault, and then performing a series of twists and flips off.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]