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Dem Assembly leaders able to muster enough votes for 2 of Wagner bills but not for $255.8-million borrowing bill; Rockefeller reptdly seeks Repub votes for program
White House sources insist Johnson will not intervene; decision annoys some Dems, who believe he has high stake in Lindsay's defeat; sources claim Johnson will not even pass private word to Liberals not to back Lindsay; say he thinks intervention carries more risk of punishment than hope of reward and that he has no 'feel' for NYC pol or rapport with its leaders; he reptdly was irritated when he read of White House aides interest in Moynihan
McG Bundy, in televised debate with 3 acad critics, Georgetown U, defends Adm policy as necessary to keep a commitment to S Vietnam, strengthen confidence in US and prevent Communism spread; supported by Prof Brzezinski and G Pauker; debate sponsored by Inter-Univ Com for Debate on Foreign Policy
New Haven Commuter Study Group releases rept on plan by engineering firm to develop self-sustaining NY,NH&H commuter service between Westport and NYC; plan calls for cutting number of stations from 40 to 18, using only 100 mi of track, cutting all service on Danbury branch, reducing train crews from 7 to 4 and spending $31 million for modernization program; 4-mo study was financed by $30,000 contributed by 31 business groups; Met Commuter Transport Auth chmn Ronan lauds study; map
HR votes to make assassination of Pres or Vice Pres Fed crime punishable by death; Repr Burton only dissenter; bill makes it Fed crime to kill, kidnap or assault Pres, Vice Pres, Pres-elect, Vice Pres-elect and person next in succession line; other penalties
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 16, 1965, covering June 22, 1965.
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Barbra Streisand
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The Beach Boys
Andy Williams
1965Uwe Boll, German director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Uwe Boll is a German filmmaker. He came to prominence during the 2000s for his adaptations of video game franchises. Released theatrically, the films were critical and commercial failures; his 2005 Alone in the Dark adaptation is considered one of the worst films ever made. Boll's subsequent projects, released during the 2010s, were mostly released direct-to-video. After retiring in 2016 to become a restaurateur, Boll returned to filmmaking in 2022. His films are financed through his production companies Boll KG and Event Film Productions.
1965Ľubomír Moravčík, Czech footballer and manager[†]
Ľubomír Moravčík is a Slovak football manager and former player. A creative midfielder renowned for his technical ability, he was capable of unleashing powerful, accurate shots, and pinpoint crosses with both feet. He played for teams in Czechoslovakia and Slovakia, France, Germany, Japan, and Scotland. During his time at Scottish club Celtic, Moravčík made 129 appearances, scoring 35 goals and winning two Scottish Premier League titles.
1965David O. Selznick, American screenwriter and producer (born 1902)[†]
David O. Selznick was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive who produced Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940), both of which earned him an Academy Award for Best Picture. He also won the Irving Thalberg Award at the 12th Academy Awards, Hollywood's top honor for a producer, in recognition of his shepherding Gone with the Wind through a long and troubled production and into a record-breaking blockbuster.
1965The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.[†]
The Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea was signed on June 22, 1965. It established basic diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]