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In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]
1965Linda Evangelista, Canadian model[†]
Linda Evangelista is a Canadian fashion model. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential models of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is primarily known for being the longtime muse of photographer Steven Meisel, as well as for the phrase: "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
1965Greg Fasala, Australian swimmer[†]
Gregory John Fasala is an Australian former sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
1965Paul Langmack, Australian rugby league player and coach[†]
Paul Langmack is an Australian former rugby league coach and representative and premiership-winning player. Langmack won three premierships with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the mid-eighties. He later joined the Western Suburbs Magpies to become just the fifth player to play 100 games with two different teams.
1965Hubertus van Mook, Dutch politician, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (born 1894)[†]
Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the lieutenant governor-general of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948. Van Mook also had a son named Cornelius van Mook who studied marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also wrote about Java - and his work on Kota Gede is a good example of a colonial bureaucrat capable of examining and writing about local folklore.
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Sen Mackell issues 19-page statement defending bill; Zaretzki doubts he can muster enough Repub votes to offset Dem defections
junta removes 8 high-ranking officers from armed forces to broaden junta popular appeal; Wessin y Wessin and Gen Santos Cespedes remain in power; Imbert and Benoit pledge effort to avoid clashes but claim they can overcome rebels; US forces display strength; Imbert says junta wishes to deal with Caamano but declines to offer concessions except for rebels to leave country; names new mil comdrs; pledges free elections with OAS aid; Bennett, in protest to OAS, charges rebels with inciting to violence in broadcasts and breaking ceasefire
Lower E Side Information and Service Center on Narcotics Addiction repts 2-yr study of over 400 male addicts in teens and late 20s shows mothers balk cures to maintain sons' dependence
close USSR-Cuban coordination in Security Council debate noted
6 Southern govs, meeting at request of Ga Gov Sanders, Atlanta, score guidelines; to urge Southern Cong members to seek revision; 3 other Southern govs also attack plan; plan to organize opposition linked to Ala Gov Wallace
To file statement of financial interests with Civil Service Comm Chmn Macy under his new Exec order requiring top officials to do so; Pres is not so required
Mansfield predicts defeat of poll tax ban; Kennedy and Sen Javits challenge Katzenbach opposition to ban; query effectiveness of Mansfield-Dirksen proposal requiring Atty Gen to seek ct tests of poll tax
two 110-ft, 3stage 'unlimited-range' missiles displayed in Moscow parage marking anniv; illus; shorter ICBMs and new tactical type mounted on tracked carrier shown; both types described as solid-fuel weapons, 1st USSR ref to such fuel; others shown include Polaris-type and 'anti-missile missile.'
Horowitz gives recital, Carnegie Hall, 1st since he retired in '53; gets standing ovations; details; illus
NYCTA Detective S A Fulgieri bitten by penguin he found on W End BMT train; returns bird to NY Aquarium; illus
Admr Gabel repts nearly $950,000 in overcharges returned to aver 6,500 tenants since city took over rent control from NYS, May '62; refunds cover illegal or excessive increases, illegal broker or bonus fees and repayments to tenants whose landlords refused to paint apts