On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 25, 1965, covering August 27, 1965.
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Herman's Hermits
Soundtrack
Barbra Streisand
Bob Dylan
Soundtrack
The Righteous Brothers
Frank Sinatra
1965Scott Dibble, American lawyer and politician[†]
David Scott Dibble is an American politician serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate since 2003. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Dibble represents District 61, which includes parts of Minneapolis in Hennepin County. From 2001 to 2003, he served in the Minnesota House of Representatives.
1965Wayne James, Zimbabwean cricketer and coach[†]
Wayne Robert James is a former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper batsman for Zimbabwe. Between 2010 and 2014, James was also part of the selection panel for the national team.
1965Ange Postecoglou, Greek-Australian footballer and coach[†]
Angelos "Ange" Postecoglou is a soccer manager and former player who was most recently manager of Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur.
1965Le Corbusier, Swiss-French architect and urban planner, designed the Philips Pavilion (born 1887)[†]
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland to French speaking Swiss parents, and acquired French nationality by naturalization on 19 September 1930. His career spanned five decades, in which he designed buildings in Europe, Japan, India, as well as North and South America. He considered that "the roots of modern architecture are to be found in Viollet-le-Duc."
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indignant over Estimate Bd vote on a city planning issue before he and others were given opportunity to testify; at earlier news conf justifies criticism of Rockefeller but does not disavow him
Govt holds 20 Communists, claims to have smashed Indonesian-backed plot to assassinate leaders and take over state; says Sin Siew Lin, head of Communist-dominated People's Revolutionary party, was intercepted with coded Indonesian intelligence and instructions for sabotage; Lee Kuan Yew says GB may keep bases as long as they are not used for aggression; stresses nonalignment policy; says USSR trade mission and USSR and Yugoslav press agencies will be welcome
Pres Johnson warns Los Angeles riots are not isolated incident but could occur in other cities unless gates of econ opportunity are open to Negroes, s, White House
Ending draft exemptions for men married after midnight Aug 27
B-52s raid suspected guerrilla concentrations in War Zone D 30 mi N of Saigon; 8,000 guerrillas believed in area; map
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- President Johnson is expected to reverse soon a policy that half the American commercial wheat sales to countries in the Soviet bloc must be shipped in United States vessels.
article on drought effects
D'Angelo suspends 2 top engineers, J J Crowley and W Melnichuk, charging they concealed leaks at Central Pk reservoir; threatens purge of other employes covering up leaks; reprimands waste div chief Tannenbaum for telling newsmen leak was insignificant; dept employes protest; Ryan again demands D'Angelo resign; D'Angelo orders list of leaks and state of repair; reservoirs down to 41.1% of capacity; Estimate Bd approves rebldg of Chelsea Pumping Station
Johnson appeals for settlement, phone calls to indus and union bargainers; both sides conf with Simkin
craft breaks USSR records for longest flight and total man-hrs aloft; Kraft says storage space for water produced by fuel cells is running low, necessitating conservation of fuel; astronauts will spend most of remaining time drifting until rolling and tumbling motion bothers them, turning on power briefly for relief; Berry says they are still alert; control center pipes jazz to ship
Shastri Govt wins confidence vote in Lower House, 318-66
HR Repub members bid to divert funds from Adm higher educ bill to community colls defeated, 88-58