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July 19, 1965

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 14, 1965, covering July 19, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Beatles VI by The Beatles

    Beatles VI

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    4
  2. 2
    Album cover for Herman's Hermits On Tour by Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits On Tour

    Herman's Hermits

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    5
  3. 3
    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    42
  4. 4
    Album cover for My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

    My Name Is Barbra

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    9
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    18

Notable Births

Evelyn Glennie

1965Evelyn Glennie, Scottish musician[†]

Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, is a Scottish percussionist. She was selected as one of the two laureates for the Polar Music Prize of 2015.

Claus-Dieter Wollitz

1965Claus-Dieter Wollitz, German footballer and manager[†]

Claus-Dieter Wollitz is a German football coach and former player, who is the current director of football and manager of 3. Liga club FC Energie Cottbus.

Notable Deaths

Syngman Rhee

1965Syngman Rhee, South Korean journalist and politician, 1st President of South Korea (born 1875)[†]

Syngman Rhee, also known by his art name Unam, was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960. Rhee was also the first and last president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea from 1919 to his impeachment in 1925 and from 1947 to 1948. And he was also the president of the People's Republic of Korea from 1945 to 1946. As president of South Korea, Rhee's government was characterised by authoritarianism, limited economic development, and in the late 1950s growing political instability and public opposition to his rule.

Historical Context for July 19, 1965

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