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Repr Laird releases rept asserting that Repub Reprs have introduced bills to implement platform in all but 5 of 50 specific pledges; Reprs Reid and Morse dissent; score platform's conservatism
final launch preparations made
Johnson Adm reptd dismayed by 4.1% pay rise provided in aluminum indus contract; sees challenge to Adm guideposts for anti-inflationary contracts
Robert Lowell, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, yesterday rejected an invitation to appear at a White House arts festival because of his "dismay and distrust" of American foreign policy.
US proposes elections under OAS supervision in 2-3 mos; reptdly backs ex-Pres Balaguer now; junta approves elections; OAS com to seek rebel approval; com illus
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 2, 1965, covering June 3, 1965.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Herman's Hermits
Andy Williams
The Beach Boys
1965Mike Gordon, American bassist and vocalist[†]
Michael Eliot Gordon is an American bass guitarist and vocalist most recognized as a founding member of the band Phish. In addition to bass, Gordon plays banjo, piano, and guitar. He is a filmmaker and author. He has released six solo studio albums and three studio albums with acoustic guitar pioneer Leo Kottke.
1965Hans Kroes, Dutch swimmer[†]
Hans Kroes is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. His best individual result in Los Angeles, California was the eighth place in the 100 m backstroke (58.07).
1965Michael Moore, British accountant and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland[†]
Michael Kevin Moore is a British former Liberal Democrat politician.
1965Tina Kaidanow, American diplomat and government official (died 2024)[†]
Tina Susan Kaidanow was an American diplomat and government official. She served as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs before moving to the United States Department of Defense. From 2008 to 2009, Kaidanow served as United States Ambassador to Kosovo.
1965The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performs the first American spacewalk.[†]
Gemini 4 was the second crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini, occurring in June 1965. It was the tenth crewed American spaceflight. Astronauts James McDivitt and Ed White orbited the Earth 66 times in four days, making it the first US flight to approach the five-day flight of the Soviet Vostok 5. The highlight of the mission was the first space walk by an American, during which White floated free outside the spacecraft, tethered to it, for approximately 23 minutes.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]