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April 22, 1965

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Headlines from April 22, 1965

158,000 Open the Fair's Second Year; Paid Admissions Are 3 Times More Than First Day's in '64 158,000, Half of Them Children, Attend World's Fair on Crisp, Sunny Opening Day HUMPHREY SPEAKS AT SINGER BOWL Shares Dais With Wagner, Brandt and Warren -- Crowd Is Exuberant

By Robert Alden

fair reopens; 158,620 attend, 3 times as many as on '64 opening day; Humphrey, W Berlin Mayor Brandt, Wagner, Chief Justice Warren, Moses officiate; ceremonies begun by Bikila running in from Manhattan; dignitaries, scenes illus

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DEMOCRATS GIVE CITY AREA AN EDGE IN REDISTRICTING; Plan for Assembly Shifts Upstate's Voting Power With Loss of 14 Seats SUBURBS GAIN THE MOST Senate Situation Confused -- 2 Formulas Drafted to Meet Court's Criticism CITY AREA GIVEN DISTRICTING EDGE

By R.w. Apple Jr.special To the New York Times

Dem plan being drawn up by DeSalvio com seen shifting large part of Upstate counties' voting power in Assembly to NYC suburbs; Nassau would gain 6 seats, Suffolk 3, Westchester 1; 54 Upstate counties would lose 14 Assemblyman; NYC would gain only 4 seats; secrecy of com's work noted; Sen situation remains confused; NYC met area changes listed; plan seen causing difficulties for Upstate Repubs; 2, and in some cases 3, incumbents would be thrown into same dist

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 21, 1965, covering April 22, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    30
  2. 2
    Album cover for Introducing Herman's Hermits by Herman's Hermits

    Introducing Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Goldfinger by Soundtrack

    Goldfinger

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    20
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Return Of Roger Miller by Roger Miller

    The Return Of Roger Miller

    Roger Miller

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    12
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Rolling Stones; Now! by The Rolling Stones

    The Rolling Stones; Now!

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    6

Historical Context for April 22, 1965

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