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March 2, 1965

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Historical Context for March 2, 1965

In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people^[†]

Notable Births

1965Ron Gant, American baseball player and journalist^[†]

Ronald Edwin Gant is an American television news anchor and former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1987 and 2003 for eight different teams, primarily the Atlanta Braves (1987–1993), St. Louis Cardinals (1996–1998), and Philadelphia Phillies (1999–2000). He joined the 30–30 club—recording at least 30 stolen bases and 30 home runs in the same season—in 1990 and 1991, while with the Braves. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently a co-host on WAGA-TV's morning news program Good Day Atlanta.

1965Lembit Öpik, Northern Irish politician^[†]

Lembit Öpik is a former British politician. A former member of the Liberal Democrats, he served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Montgomeryshire in Wales from 1997 until he lost his seat at the 2010 general election. He was the leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats from 2001 to 2007.

Historical Events

1965The US and Republic of Vietnam Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.^[†]

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its origins to 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established by transfer of personnel from the Army Air Forces with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947. It is the second youngest branch of the United States Armed Forces and the fourth in order of precedence. The United States Air Force articulates its core missions as air supremacy, global integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, rapid global mobility, global strike, and command and control.

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Headlines from March 2, 1965

BIG BUSINESS HERE FORMING AGENGY TO SPUR ECONOMY; Development Corporation to Help Small Companies in Move to Halt Migration

By Will Lissner

70 large corps agree to set up private, nonprofit development corp to spur business in NYC and thus increase number of mfg jobs, especially for unskilled and semi-skilled; act because of BLS rept showing city lost 68,210 mfg jobs, '58-63, had lost 100,000 by '65; Surveys for Business repts 180 mfg cos left city, '62-64

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GOVERNOR YIELDS ON DRINKING AGE; Says He Would Sign 21 Age Limit Bill, but Contends It Is Not a 'Major Solution'

By Douglas Robinson

Rockefeller says he will sign bill to raise NYS drinking age to 21 yrs if Legis passes it, news conf; doubts efficacy; repeats position, State Council of Chs conf; Sen Zaretski backs him

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Court Here Outlaws Electronic Bugging; Electronic Eavesdropping Outlawed Here as Unconstitutional

By Sidney E. Zion

NYS law authorizing ct-ordered electronic eavesdropping declared unconst by NYS Sup Ct Justice Sobel, Scandifia-Grossman conspiracy case; wire-taps not affected; Sobel rules eavesdropping orders cannot meet standards required for issuance of search warrants under 4th Amendment which requires that warrants specify in advance things intended to be seized during search and which bars warrants for discovering mere evidence of suspects guilt; speculation on effects

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Kosygin Declares He Wrote Johnson About Holding Talk; WROTE JOHNSON, KOSYGIN REPORTS

By Arthur J. Olsen

Kosygin declines to say if intensification of war has worsened prospects of his meeting with Johnson, int, Leipzig

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266 Apply to Vote As Selma Speeds Negro Registration; 266 Persons, Mostly Negroes, Apply for Franchise in Selma

By Roy Reedspecial To the New York Times

SELMA, Ala., March 1 -- In spite of rain and Sheriff James G. Clark, twice as many Negroes as ever before went through the voter-registration process at the Dallas County Courthouse here today.

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MORE MARINES DUE FOR VIETNAM DUTY; Another Battalion May Be Sent to Guard U.S. Base, Possibly at Danang MORE MARINES DUE FOR VIETNAM DUTY

By Tad Szulcspecial To the New York Times

Amer ambs and diplomatic mission chiefs in area to rev situation with Asst Sec Bundy and Amb Harriman, Baguio conf

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COURT LETS A CITY SEGREGATE PUPILS ON DE FACTO BASIS; Refuses to Review Decision Saying Constitution Does Not Require Integration

By John D. Pomfret

US Sup Ct bars rev of Appeals Ct ruling that de facto segregation does not violate Const, Kan City, Kan, case

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Lindsay Drops Out Of Race for Mayor; Lindsay Drops Out of Republican Race for Mayor

By Clayton Knowles

Lindsay withdraws despite late-hr plea by Rockefeller; details reasons; Javits bars statement in order not to hurt candidate, when chosen

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SAIGON RULES OUT PEACE UNTIL REDS DROP THEIR ROLE; Premier's Assurance Seen as Clearing Way for U.S. to Decide on Raid Policy

By Jack Langguth

Phan Huy Quat rules out peace until Communists stop infiltration, news conf; details S Vietnam aims; stand meets US conditions for continuance of air strikes against N Vietnam; 2 repts of planned bombing raids against N Vietnam circulate in Saigon; 3 Buddhist peace movement leaders held briefly for questioning; Phan Huy Quat carefully separates Buddhist peace movement from Narl Self-Determination Front group

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