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July 29, 1965

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White Youth Is Shot Near Georgia Rally; WHITE YOUTH SHOT IN AMERICUS, GA.

By Gene Roberts

white teenager A Whatley shot from passing car, Americus; witness says car contained 2 or 3 Negroes; shooting occurred near st corner where about 20 white youths had been harrassing and insulting Negroes; police arrest car's driver; about 200 Negroes and whites continue jail vigil, guarded by 40 state and local policemen; Sumter County Movement leader Rev R L Freeman urges Negro boycott of Americus businessmen; Williams urges Negroes to give white leaders 'few more hrs' to meet Negro demands

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 28, 1965, covering July 29, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Beatles VI by The Beatles

    Beatles VI

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  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
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    20
  4. 4
    Album cover for Mary Poppins by Soundtrack

    Mary Poppins

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    44
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand

    My Name Is Barbra

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11

Notable Births

Luis Alicea

1965Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach[†]

Luis René Alicea de Jesús is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach.

Dean Haglund

1965Dean Haglund, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Dean Haglund is a Canadian actor, known for the role of Richard "Ringo" Langly, one of The Lone Gunmen on The X-Files. Haglund is also a stand-up comedian, specializing in improvisational comedy, including work with the Vancouver TheatreSports League. In addition to The X-Files, he played the voice of Sid in Tom Sawyer, Haglund also portrayed Langly in the spin-off The Lone Gunmen, which aired thirteen episodes in 2001. He is the inventor of the Chill Pak, a commercial external cooling product for laptop computers.

1965Adam Holloway, English captain and politician[†]

Adam James Harold Holloway is a British Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gravesham from 2005 to 2024. A Government Whip from September to October 2022, and previously an Assistant Government Whip from July to September 2022, he served on the Home Affairs Select Committee and European Scrutiny Committee. He was a vocal supporter of pro-Brexit lobby group Leave Means Leave.

1965Stan Koziol, American soccer player (died 2014)[†]

Joseph Stanley Koziol was an American soccer midfielder who played professionally in the Major Indoor Soccer League, National Professional Soccer League and American Professional Soccer League. He also competed with the Puerto Rico national football team in 1992.

Chang-Rae Lee

1965Chang-Rae Lee, South Korean-American author and academic[†]

Chang-rae Lee is a Korean-American novelist and a professor of creative writing at Stanford University. He was previously Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton and director of Princeton University's Program in Creative Writing.

1965Xavier Waterkeyn, Australian author[†]

Xavier Waterkeyn is an Australian non-fiction and fiction writer and literary agent. He is the author of twenty-three books.

Corrosion of Conformity

1965Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter[†]

Corrosion of Conformity is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina, formed in 1982. The band has undergone multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with lead guitarist Woody Weatherman as the sole constant member. Weatherman, founding bassist Mike Dean, founding drummer Reed Mullin and vocalist/rhythm guitarist Pepper Keenan are widely regarded as its "classic" lineup. After a hiatus in 2006, Corrosion of Conformity returned in 2010 without Keenan, who had been busy touring and recording with Down, but announced their reunion with him in December 2014. More lineup changes have happened since then, with John Green replacing Mullin after his death in 2020 and Dean departing from the band once again in 2024.

Historical Events

Vietnam War

1965Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.[†]

The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China, while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communist nations. The conflict was the second of the Indochina wars and a proxy war of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and US. The Vietnam War was one of the postcolonial wars of national liberation, a theater in the Cold War, and a civil war, with civil warfare a defining feature from the outset. Direct US military involvement escalated from 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The fighting spilled into the Laotian and Cambodian Civil Wars, which ended with all three countries becoming communist in 1975.

Historical Context for July 29, 1965

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