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Article on equipment sales boom; outlays were record $1.4 billion, '64; figure seen exceeded, '65; illus
50th anniv conv set
THERE is a bit, not more than a minute in duration, in the Moscow Art Theater's production of "The Cherry Orchard" that reveals, like a brilliant flash of lightning, what a creative repertory company can be.
Miami Beach plans for 50th anniv
Indus reaction to Govt efforts to curb travel abroad to ease dollar drain discussed; some leaders query validity of dollar gap figures, hold tourism contributes least towards gap; query Govt failure to recognize return flow of tourist spending
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of February 17, 1965, covering February 21, 1965.
The Beatles
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
The Supremes
The Righteous Brothers
1965Mark Ferguson, Australian journalist[†]
Mark Ferguson is an Australian television news presenter, who currently presents Seven News in Sydney on weeknights.
1965Malcolm X, American minister and activist (born 1925)[†]
Malcolm X was an African American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. A spokesman for the Nation of Islam (NOI) until 1964, after which he left the movement, he was a vocal advocate for Black empowerment and the promotion of Islam within the African American community. He is also a celebrated figure within African American and Muslim communities for his pursuit of racial justice.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]