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A L Gonzague, 19, held for raping 30 young girls in Bronx and Manhattan housing projects over last 16 mos; illus
LOS ANGELES, June 12 -- The New York Yankees sent Jim Bouton against the Los Angeles Angels tonight in an effort to capture sixth place in the American League.
At Cape Kennedy early last Monday afternoon, workmen hoisted a giant Titan II booster into position on Pad 19 for the scheduled August launching of Gemini 5. As the rocket was being raised, Gemini 4 was speeding overhead toward splashdown in the Atlantic after a triumphal 1.6 million mile, 62-orbit journey that had begun four days earlier from the same launching pad.
One week from today, the fathers of America will be honored by their offspring for the love, wisdom and patience expressed over the last year with traditional -- and nontraditional -- Father's Day presents.
proclaims state emergency, imposes use curbs in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Passaic Counties and in Elizabeth, Union County; repts reservoir levels now at 61% of capacity
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 9, 1965, covering June 13, 1965.
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Barbra Streisand
The Beach Boys
Andy Williams
1965Sunny Balwani, Pakistani-American businessman and criminal[†]
Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani is a Pakistani-born businessman who was the former president and chief operating officer of Theranos, which was a privately held health technology company founded by his then-girlfriend Elizabeth Holmes. He and Holmes fraudulently represented that they had devised a revolutionary blood test that required only small amounts of blood, such as from a fingerstick. Both Balwani and Holmes were convicted of fraud. The consequences of the fraud led to the collapse of Theranos and the loss of billions of dollars to investors.
1965Infanta Cristina Federica of Spain[†]
Infanta Cristina is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and his wife, Queen Sofía. She is sixth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after her brother King Felipe VI's children, her sister Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Elena's children Felipe and Victoria.
1965Vassilis Karapialis, Greek footballer[†]
Vassilis Karapialis is a Greek former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
1965Lukas Ligeti, Austrian-American drummer and composer[†]
Lukas Ligeti is an Austrian composer and percussionist. His work incorporates elements of jazz, contemporary classical and various world musics, especially African traditional and popular music styles.
1965Maninder Singh, Indian cricketer[†]
Maninder Singh is a former Indian cricket player and a cricket commentator. He represented India in 35 Test matches and 59 One Day Internationals. A slow left-arm orthodox spin, Maninder was considered the heir apparent to Bishan Singh Bedi, who then held the record as India's leading spinner in terms of wickets. Maninder retired prematurely for personal reasons. Singh holds the Test record for the most Tests in a complete career without aggregating 100 runs. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 1988 Asia Cup.
1965Martin Buber, Austrian-Israeli philosopher and theologian (born 1878)[†]
Martin Buber was an Austrian-Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship. Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. He produced writings about Zionism and worked with various bodies within the Zionist movement extensively over a nearly 50-year period spanning his time in Europe and the Near East. In 1923, Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du, and in 1925 he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language.
1965David Drummond, Australian farmer and politician (born 1890)[†]
David Henry Drummond was an Australian politician and farmer. He was a member of the Country Party and served in both the New South Wales Legislative Assembly (1920–1949) and the Australian House of Representatives (1949–1963).
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]