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In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]
1965Rob Dickinson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Robert Dickinson is a British musician, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter previously of the band Catherine Wheel. Dickinson was raised in Norfolk, England, and is the paternal cousin of Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson. He is now a solo artist and the founder and creative director of Singer Vehicle Design since 2009, which performs restoration and modification of client vehicles.
1965Slash, English-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer[†]
Saul Hudson, known professionally as Slash, is an American musician, best known as the lead guitarist of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses, with whom he achieved worldwide success in the late 1980s and mid-1990s. Slash has received critical acclaim and is considered one of the greatest guitarists in history.
HR subcom approves bill ending natl origins quota system in 3 yrs and setting 170,000 annual ceiling with 20,000 per country maximum; eases policy for admission of citizens' relatives and retains Western Hemisphere nations non-quota status; approval seen as Adm victory
US apologizes for 'inadvertent' violation of air space; both Govts declare case closed
Atty Gen Katzenbach backs FBI efforts to curb organized crime but says professional pride and orgn jealousy sometimes slow contribution of data; Dir Hoover denies rivalry or Jealousy within FBI
Sen approves Johnson Adm bill giving ltd suffrage and home rule, 63-29; bill establishes 19-member elected City Council headed by an elected Mayor, advised by a professional city admr; provides for election of city school bd; creates elected but nonvoting DC delegate to HR; sets fixed formula for Fed payments to city; keeps Pres and Cong veto power over actions of Council; permits Fed employes to seek elective office and engage in munic partisan activity by voiding Hatch Act provisions for residents; charter would be subject to referendum before adoption; civil rights and other issues involved in move discussed
Wagner says shortage has forced him to reconsider metering, radio-tv s; urges shortage be kept out of pol; suggests Fed Govt underwrite reservoir system in Adirondacks to remove NYC dependence on Del River; sees Hudson as only other way to increase supply; says city is saving 230 million gallons per day; revs situation, proposed solutions; NYC ordered to resume releasing 200 million gallons per day into Del River as salt front moves north
Johnson continues top-level talks, reptdly moves closer to decision to increase mil commitment; Dirksen urges Johnson to inform pub fully on nature and extent of commitment; Ford urges him to get Cong endorsement before calling up reserves; Govt agencies as well as White House study US role
Kennedy says Lindsay leads for Mayor but does not have 'insurmountable' advantage; statement is in contrast to Lindsay staff's assertions that Lindsay is underdog
G Brooke pleads guilty to charges that he engaged in subversive activities for People's Labor Alliance, a W Eur emigre group allegedly seeking establishment of bourgeois system of govt; USSR charges he turned propaganda material over to Russian who had turned double agent; charges Brit Embassy 3d sec K A Bishop was involved
bill to keep adultery on law books as crime signed
HR, 245-158, approves $1.9 billion for fiscal '66 antipoverty program, 25% above Adm request; extends program for 2 yrs but authorizes no funds for 2d; approves limiting Govs veto in community projects; Dem leadership, under ltd debate and teller votes, rejects at least 12 amendments, prompting bitter protest by Repr P C Jones; Ayres loses in 2 moves to retain Govs present veto power; Quie falls in move to require Shriver to give up 1 of his 2 posts; HR approves Repr Pucinski amendment requiring Econ Opportunity Office to notify community agencies of applications for project financing filed by private agencies
MP Sir A Douglas-Home to resign as Opposition and Conservative party leader; holds new leader needed to win a gen election; Heath and Maudling are rivals to succeed him; Tory MPs will choose leader by popular vote for 1st time
Fed Water Resources Council calls NE area drought worst on record with Del River situation especially critical, rept to Pres Johnson; avoids recommending large-scale Fed aid; offers short-term and long-term recommendations to cities in area; Gov Hughes, other suggestions detailed