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NYS Sup Ct ruling that all 4 Repub reapportionment plans are unconst seen dimming prospects for Nov election
US attack seen further attempt to force N Vietnam to halt support of Vietcong; choice of targets progressively closer to Hanoi indicates raids will get mare severe unless aggression halts; Pres Johnson, McNamara and Joint Cs/S conf; Gen Johnson repts on visit to S Vietnam; says raids have not yet affected course of war; Adm has not yet indicated support for his proposal to send more US troops; Gens Johnson and Wheeler and McNamara illus
Rift between Arab states and W Ger over W Ger planned recognition of Israel may result in many states having ties with neither Ger; Arab League foreign mins vote 10-3 to break ties with W Ger; Nasser leads group favoring further step of recognizing E Ger; UAR tells W Ger it is withdrawing, not recalling, amb from Bonn; league mins cautious on econ retaliation against W Ger
US Sup Ct holds in effect that NYS censorship procedure is unconst; reverses NY Appeals Ct decision reinstating ruling by NYS barring license for film A Stranger Knocks unless 2 scenes depicting sexual intercourse are cut; cites, without comment, its Mar ruling in Md case; apparently does not rule on whether film is obscene; refuses to rev US Dist Ct dismissal of Gate Film Club plea to overturn NYC theater's ban on club's films because of threat by NYS to prosecute if club did not 1st get license; Trans-Lux Distributing Corp hails ruling on NYS law
Health called 'excellent' after exam by Drs J Cain, J W Hurst, Burkley, Capt J M Young; they urge him to set aside regular days for relaxation and to exercise; his heavy work schedule noted
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 10, 1965, covering March 16, 1965.
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The Beatles
The Righteous Brothers
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1965Steve Armstrong, American wrestler[†]
Steven James, better known by his ring name Steve Armstrong, is an American professional wrestler. He is the son of fellow wrestler "Bullet" Bob Armstrong, and has three brothers who also wrestled: Scott, Brad, and Brian.
1965Sergei Bazarevich, Russian basketball player and coach[†]
Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich is a Russian former professional basketball player and coach. At 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) and 175 lb (79 kg), he played at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
1965Cindy Brown, American basketball player[†]
Cynthia Louise "Cindy" Brown is a retired American women's basketball player, at the college, Olympic and professional levels. Brown was a member of the USA Basketball team which went on to win a gold medal at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1987, and the gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. She was also a member of the gold medal-winning team for the US at the 1985 World University Games, and the 1986 World Championship team.
1965Mark Carney, Canadian economist and politician, Prime Minister of Canada[†]
Mark Joseph Carney is a Canadian politician and economist who has served as the 24th and current prime minister of Canada since 2025. He has served as leader of the Liberal Party and member of Parliament (MP) for Nepean since 2025.
1965Cristiana Reali, Italian-Brazilian actress[†]
Cristiana Reali is a Brazilian actress. She has appeared in numerous theatre pieces, television series and a few movies.
1965Alice Herz, German activist (born 1882)[†]
Alice Jeanette Herz was a German feminist, anti-fascist and peace activist. She was the first person in the United States known to have immolated herself in protest of the escalating Vietnam War, following the example of Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức who immolated himself in protest of the oppression of Buddhists under the South Vietnamese government of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]