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Wagner and fiancee get marriage license; illus; data on application noted; Wagner and S Tannen give dinner at 21 Club
apptmt approved unanimously by Sen com and Sen
Deputy Atty Gen Clark says Justice Dept favors abolition, lr to Repr McMillan who sought dept view on bill to end death penalty for 1st-degree murder in DC
Mayor's Com on Flushing Meadow's Future finds uses do not warrant cost of retaining NYS and US Pavilions; US Comr Winston comments; com recommends keeping Unisphere, Singer Bowl, Hall of Science, Japanese Pavilion wall, US Rubber Ferris wheel, NYC bldg, marina, marine amphitheater, some pools and fountains; Moses issues similar plan retaining NYS bldg and NY Port Auth heliport restaurant
new coinage legis signed; Johnson says silver coins will not disappear; Treas to produce 3.5 billion new coins in yr
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 21, 1965, covering July 24, 1965.
The Beatles
Herman's Hermits
Soundtrack
Soundtrack
Barbra Streisand
1965Andrew Gaze, Australian basketball player and sportscaster[†]
Andrew Barry Casson Gaze is an Australian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 22 seasons in the National Basketball League (NBL) with the Melbourne Tigers from 1984 to 2005, winning the league's MVP award seven times and winning the scoring title 14 times. He also guided the Tigers to two NBL championships, in 1993 and 1997, and was named an All-NBL First Team member for a record 15 consecutive years. Gaze has been described as one of the greatest players Australia has ever produced.
1965Kadeem Hardison, American actor, director, and screenwriter[†]
Kadeem Hardison is an American actor. The son of fashion model Bethann Hardison, he rose to prominence after landing the role of Dwayne Wayne on the television series A Different World, a spin-off of the NBC sitcom The Cosby Show. He is also known for playing Craig Cooper, the title character's father, in the Disney Channel series K.C. Undercover. Hardison has also appeared in the first season of the Showtime comedy Black Monday and starred as Bowser in the Netflix series Teenage Bounty Hunters. On February 14, 2025, Hardison was announced as a cast member in the 3rd season of the HBO series Euphoria.
1965Constance Bennett, American actress and producer (born 1904)[†]
Constance Campbell Bennett was an American stage, film, radio, and television actress and producer. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s; during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Bennett frequently played society women, focusing on melodramas in the early 1930s and then taking more comedic roles in the late 1930s and 1940s. She is best remembered for her leading roles in What Price Hollywood? (1932), Bed of Roses (1933), Topper (1937), Topper Takes a Trip (1938), and had a prominent supporting role in Greta Garbo's last film, Two-Faced Woman (1941).
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]