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August 18, 1965

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Headlines from August 18, 1965

PRESIDENT HAILS DRAFT ATOM PACT; Sees 'Step Forward' in Plan Given by U.S. at Geneva PRESIDENT HAILS DRAFT ATOM PACT

By John W. Finneyspecial To the New York Times

US draft treaty to prevent nuclear weapons spread presented to Geneva conf by Foster; Johnson hails it; Russians dismiss it as joke; Tsarapkin says USSR rejects any treaty that does not explicitly bar any arrangement giving W Ger direct or indirect access to weapons control; draft bars present nuclear powers from transferring weapons into natl control of any non-nuclear state and from aiding it in weapons mfr; pledges non-nuclear states not to mfr or acquire weapons; US sees draft as permitting NATO nuclear force or force under exclusive Eur control; draft formally approved by GB, Italy, Canada; Brit backing lukewarm; Chalfont says GB objects to Eur force that would control use of Brit weapons, news conf, Geneva; says Brit draft would have retained veto by present Western nuclear powers in any NATO force; W Ger reptdly objected to this and got US backing

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ENGINEERS' UNION ENDS SHIP STRIKE ON JOHNSON TERMS; Hopes Rise That Radiomen and Mates Will Settle Soon, Freeing 103 Craft

By George Horne

Sec Wirtz announces AMMI-MEBA accord based on Johnson terms; renews AMMI talks with MMP and Amer Radio Assn; Johnson formula, similar to Wirtz plan, leaves automation issue to Meany mediation; AMMI holds Johnson version bars strike while issue is worked out; MEBA reptdly believes it retains right to strike over issue after 6 mos

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 18, 1965, covering August 18, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones

    Out Of Our Heads

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Beatles VI by The Beatles

    Beatles VI

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
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    9
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    Album cover for Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys

    Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

    The Beach Boys

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    4
    Peak
    3
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    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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    10
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    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    23

Notable Births

1965Ikue Ōtani, Japanese voice actress[†]

Ikue Ōtani is a Japanese actress who specializes in voice acting. She is best known for her anime roles in the Pokémon series, One Piece, Detective Conan, Corpse Party, Naruto, Cookie Run: Kingdom, Smile PreCure!, Uchi no Sanshimai, Konjiki no Gash Bell, and Persona 5. She is currently attached to Mausu Promotion. Her pet name is "Iku-chan". She is known for playing both male and female roles, and sometimes plays multiple roles in one production. She is a native of Tokyo, but grew up in Niigata Prefecture.

Historical Events

Vietnam War

1965Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong peninsula in the first major American ground battle of the war.[†]

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 August 18, 1965

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