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April 2, 1965

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Headlines from April 2, 1965

BATTLE IS PRESSED IN DANANG REGION; It Is Biggest Since Bombing of North Began -- Odd Rain Halts Incendiary Fires The War in South Vietnam Continues Without Letup BATTLE IS PRESSED IN DANANG REGION

By Jack Langguthspecial To the New York Times

S Vietnam and Vietcong forces clash, 25 mi S of Danang, largest battle since Feb 7; map; thundershower puts out forest fires; 2 of 3 helicopters downed in prior operation recovered; US helicopter gunner killed by ground fire in unrelated incident

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RATE OF JOBLESS 4.7% FOR MARCH, LOWEST SINCE '57; Bureau of Labor Statistics Calls Drop 'Another Step' Toward Target of 4% GAIN HAILED BY JOHNSON But He Says Unemployment Is Still 'Too High' -- Asks New Effort to Cut It Jobless Rate for March Falls To 4.7%, Lowest Since 1957

By John D. Pomfretspecial To the New York Times

Labor Dept repts unemployment down nearly 500,000, Mar, to 3.74 million, 4.7% of labor force and lowest rate since Oct '57; employment at record 70,169,000; Pres Johnson halls gains but holds unemployment still too high, news conf; backs further efforts to cut rate, lrs to Secs Wirtz and Connor

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3 BOMBS PLANTED IN BIRMINGHAM; Negro Area Rocked by Blast -- Devices Found at Homes of Mayor and City Aide

By Roy Reed

Negro teen-ager injured by bomb planted outside home, Birmingham; unexploded bombs found outside Mayor Boutwell and City Councilwoman Miglionico homes; Wallace tours scene; illus; scores bombers, offers $5,000 reward for their capture; additional pledges raise fund to $50,000; Birmingham News urges state and city to end 'terrorism'; police and FBI begin probe; city has had 23 bomb incidents since '56; Pres Johnson releases lr from Boutwell lauding Army demolition experts who disarmed 6 previous bombs

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 31, 1965, covering April 2, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Goldfinger by Soundtrack

    Goldfinger

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  2. 2
    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    27
  3. 3
    Album cover for Beatles '65 by The Beatles

    Beatles '65

    The Beatles

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    14
  4. 4
    Album cover for L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole

    L-O-V-E

    Nat King Cole

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for Where Did Our Love Go by The Supremes

    Where Did Our Love Go

    The Supremes

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    29

Notable Births

Rodney King

1965Rodney King, American victim of police brutality (died 2012)[†]

Rodney Glen King was a Black American victim of police brutality. On March 3, 1991, he was severely beaten by officers of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) during his arrest after a high speed pursuit for driving while intoxicated on Interstate 210. An uninvolved resident, George Holliday, saw and filmed the incident from his nearby balcony and sent the footage, which showed King on the ground being beaten, to a local news station KTLA. The incident was covered by news media around the world and caused a public uproar.

Historical Context for April 2, 1965

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