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March 4, 1965

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 3, 1965, covering March 4, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Beatles '65 by The Beatles

    Beatles '65

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Goldfinger by Soundtrack

    Goldfinger

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    13
  3. 3
    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    23
  4. 4
    Album cover for You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' by The Righteous Brothers

    You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

    The Righteous Brothers

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Love Forgive Me by Robert Goulet

    My Love Forgive Me

    Robert Goulet

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Paul W. S. Anderson

1965Paul W. S. Anderson, English director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Paul William Scott Anderson is an English film director, screenwriter, and producer who often makes science fiction films and video game adaptations.

1965Stacy Edwards, American actress[†]

Stacy Edwards is an American actress. She appeared in a number of B movies before her breakthrough role in the 1997 black comedy film In the Company of Men, for which she received Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination. Edwards later had roles in films such as Primary Colors (1998), Black and White (1999), and Driven (2001), and was a regular cast member in the drama series Chicago Hope (1997–1999).

Khaled Hosseini

1965Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-American novelist[†]

Khaled Hosseini or Khalid Husseini is an Afghan-American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have spread awareness about Afghanistan's people and culture.

Yury Lonchakov

1965Yury Lonchakov, Russian pilot, and cosmonaut[†]

Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov is a Russian former cosmonaut and a veteran of three space missions. He has spent 200 days in space and has conducted two spacewalks. From 2014 to 2017, Lonchakov served as head of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center.

Historical Context for March 4, 1965

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