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Sen Kennedy reptdly recommended Motley for Fed judgeship wks ago; question arises as to whether Wagner reneged on support reptdly pledged to Brown, '63; refusal to back him now linked to Jones-Brown enmity; Wagner insists he is neutral
Govt expels US Embassy 2d sec W S Snowdon, arrests US citizen F Attassi and other alleged members of spy ring seeking mil data for US; State Dept denies charge against Snowdon; he arrives, Beirut; Amb Knight silent
NYS Soc Welfare Bd considers making birth-control information and funds for contraceptives available to unmarried welfare recipients at least 18 yrs old; bd chmn Jones comments; NYS Cath Welfare Com opposed; NYC Welfare Dept repr says aid could be given to many now disqualified because they are unwed
US Adm rejects negotiation despite growing support for it in diplomatic corps, Cong and mail; Johnson and Vice Pres Humphrey pub comments indicate they see no alternative now but to support S Vietnam militarily; officials' private reply to appeals to negotiate is 'when and with whom?,'
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 17, 1965, covering February 18, 1965.
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
The Supremes
The Righteous Brothers
1965Dr. Dre, American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur[†]
Andre Romell Young, known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder of Death Row Records. Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin' Cru in 1984, and later found fame with the gangsta rap group N.W.A. The group popularized explicit lyrics in hip-hop to detail the violence of street life. During the early 1990s, Dre was credited as a key figure in the crafting and popularization of West Coast G-funk, a subgenre of hip-hop characterized by a synthesizer foundation and slow, heavy production.
1965The Gambia becomes independent from the United Kingdom.[†]
The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for the western part, which is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]