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astronauts joke with ground stations about housekeeping problems in craft, rept no symptoms from tumbling flight, see 'eye chart' near Laredo
Simkin repts little progress
SAIGON, South Vietnam, Saturday, Aug. 28 -- Giant B-52 bombers of the United States Strategic Air Command raided the Communist jungle stronghold of War Zone D, north of Saigon, late yesterday for a second straight day.
NYC antipoverty officials warn that 6,600 youths will lose jobs provided by city and Fed Govt through Neighborhood Youth Corps by Oct unless more Fed funds are recd; hold city went ahead so fast with projects that it outstripped budget; Youths Corps dir Howard holds funds must be spread equally over country, active programs must be cut back while others catch up; NYC Council Against Poverty dir Logan warns youths will lose faith in city and Fed Govt; calls emergency conf to set drive for funds; among jobs threatened are 4,000 created in city agencies in spring
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 27 -- Lyndon Baines Johnson enhanced his reputation as a hyperactive President by spending his 57th birthday in a marathon of work and play today in Washington and on the ranch.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 25, 1965, covering August 28, 1965.
The Rolling Stones
The Beatles
The Beach Boys
Herman's Hermits
Soundtrack
1965Dan Crowley, Australian rugby player[†]
Dan Crowley is an Australian former rugby union player who played as a prop. He won 38 caps for the Australia national team and played over 100 times for the Queensland Reds during his rugby career. He is one of only 43 players who have won the Rugby World Cup on multiple occasions.
1965Sonia Kruger, Australian television host and actress[†]
Sonia Melissa Kruger is an Australian television presenter, actress and media personality. Kruger is currently the host of Big Brother Australia and a presenter on The Voice Australia. She is best known for co-hosting the popular Australian version of Dancing with the Stars and for the role of Tina Sparkle in the 1992 film Strictly Ballroom, Kruger has also been a co-host of breakfast program Today Extra.
1965Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game developer; created Pokémon[†]
Satoshi Tajiri is a Japanese video game designer and director who is the creator of the Pokémon franchise and the co-founder and president of video game developer Game Freak.
1965Amanda Tapping, British-Canadian actress and director[†]
Amanda Tapping is a British-Canadian actress and director. She is best known for portraying Samantha Carter in the Canadian–American military science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe. She also starred as Helen Magnus in the science fiction-fantasy television series Sanctuary.
1965Shania Twain, Canadian singer-songwriter[†]
Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain is a Canadian singer-songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time and the best-selling female artist in country music history. She received several titles including the "Queen of Country Pop". Billboard named her as the leader of the 1990s country-pop crossover stars.
1965Giulio Racah, Italian-Israeli physicist and mathematician (born 1909)[†]
Giulio (Yoel) Racah was an Italian–Israeli physicist and mathematician. He was Acting President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1961 to 1962.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]