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July 25, 1965

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RIGHTS ACT IMPACT MAY SHIFT NORTH; Federal Aides Note Rise in Resistance to Integration in Housing and Schools RIGHTS ACT IMPACT MAY SHIFT NORTH

By John Herbersspecial To the New York Times

some Fed officials predict shift in emphasis on civil rights enforcement from Southern to Northern and Western communities because of increased resistance to more than token integration; Community Relations Service acting dir Kytle comments; cites polls showing increased opposition by Northern whites to Negro rights cause

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 21, 1965, covering July 25, 1965.

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    Album cover for Beatles VI by The Beatles

    Beatles VI

    The Beatles

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
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    Album cover for Herman's Hermits On Tour by Herman's Hermits

    Herman's Hermits On Tour

    Herman's Hermits

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    Peak
    2
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    6
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    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
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    43
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    19
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

    My Name Is Barbra

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10

Notable Births

1965Marty Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]

Dennis Martin Brown is an American country music artist. Active between 1991 and 1996, he has released six studio albums and has charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Marty Brown and his wife, Shellie, currently reside in Simpson County, Franklin, Kentucky, since July 2004.

Illeana Douglas

1965Illeana Douglas, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Illeana Hesselberg, known professionally as Illeana Douglas, is an American actress and filmmaker. She appeared in three episodes of Six Feet Under, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and won the Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series award from OFTA, the Online Film & Television Association, and in the TV series Action opposite Jay Mohr, for which she won a Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. As of 2015, she can be seen on Turner Classic Movies where she hosts specials focused on unheralded women directors from film history.

Torey Lovullo

1965Torey Lovullo, American baseball player and coach[†]

Salvatore Anthony "Torey" Lovullo is an American former professional baseball infielder and coach who is the current manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).

1965Dale Shearer, Australian rugby league player[†]

Dale Shearer, also known by the nickname of "Rowdy", is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative of Aboriginal heritage, he played club football in Queensland, New South Wales and England. His playing career included a NSWRL Premiership win with Manly-Warringah in 1987 and a Rugby League World Cup Final win in 1988. Ten years after his retirement, Shearer was still the all-time top try-scorer in State of Origin and he was named on the wing of the Indigenous Australian team of the century.

Historical Events

Bob Dylan

1965Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.[†]

Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year career. With an estimated more than 125 million records sold worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all time. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it "with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry". His lyrics incorporated political, social, and philosophical influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture.

Historical Context for July 25, 1965

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