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September 11, 1965

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Headlines from September 11, 1965

INDIA HINTS DRIVE IN EAST PAKISTAN; Warns Foe of 'Escalation' as Clashes and Bombings in Assam Are Reported India Hints at a New Drive in East Pakistan as Clashes Are Reported Near Area ACTION ON GROUND EASES IN LAHORE Defense Chief in New Delhi Reports to Parliament on Losses of Armor

By Thomas F. Bradyspecial To the New York Times

NEW DELHI, Sept. 10 -- The danger that the Indian-Pakistani conflict would spread to East Pakistan increased sharply tonight with Indian reports of new ground and air clashes in the states of Assam and West Bengal.

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Brezhnev Renews Appeal for Truce; BREZHNEV RENEWS APPEAL FOR TRUCE

By Special to The New York Times

Brezhnev holds war, coupled with Indian-Pakistan conflict, aggravates situation in SE Asia; holds US appeals for negotiations indicate weakness; he and Rumanian Communist party chief N Ceausescu score bombing of N Vietnam, call for withdrawal of all foreign forces and pledge continued support for N Vietnam

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NEW SCHOOL PACT AVERTS A STRIKE; TERMS APPROVED; Teachers Vote 3,392 to 616 to Take Average Increase of $800 Over 2 Years

By Leonard Buder

Educ Bd and union agree on new 2-yr pact giving 50,000 teachers avg rise of $800 in salary and welfare benefits; accord based on mediators' proposals; details; teachers overwhelmingly approve pact as mass rally, Randalls Is; Shanker hails pact; bd pres Garrison voices bd's 'misgivings' over contract cost despite extra $3 million approved by Wagner to cover 1st yr of pact

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LAXITY REPORTED IN JERSEY ASYLUM; Sex Offenders Have Full Run of Greystone Park, Trenton Inquiry Hears LAXITY REPORTED IN JERSEY ASYLUM

By Ronald Sullivanspecial To the New York Times

3 Morris County detectives testify to widespread abuses by convicted sex offenders at Greystone Pk, state's largest mental hosp, Assembly com hearing; rept inmates hold dances, engage in numbers and loan-sharking activities, drink in wards and have affairs with coll girls; mother testifies her 9-yr-old daughter was molested when she visited son in hosp; Comr McCorkle admits testimony may be accurate but says sex offenders are no longer sent to hosp; pledges probe of hosp employe S Salzstein, called 'kingpin' money-lender and bookmaker

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 8, 1965, covering September 11, 1965.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Help! (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    Help! (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    61
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    3
  2. 2
    Album cover for Look At Us by Sonny & Cher

    Look At Us

    Sonny & Cher

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones

    Out Of Our Heads

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
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    6
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    26
  5. 5
    Album cover for Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys

    Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)

    The Beach Boys

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Bashar al-Assad

1965Bashar al-Assad, Syrian politician, 21st President of Syria[†]

Bashar al-Assad is a Syrian politician, military officer and former dictator who served as the president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in 2024 after 13 years of civil war. As president, Assad was commander-in-chief of the Syrian Arab Armed Forces and secretary-general of the Central Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. He is the son of Hafez al-Assad, who ruled Syria from 1970 to 2000.

Paul Heyman

1965Paul Heyman, American wrestling promoter, manager, and journalist[†]

Paul Heyman is an American professional wrestling manager, former executive, promoter, and commentator. He is signed to WWE as the on-screen manager of Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative figures in modern professional wrestling.

Moby

1965Moby, American singer-songwriter, musician, and DJ[†]

Richard Melville Hall, known professionally as Moby, is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, and animal rights activist. He has sold 20 million records worldwide. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United States and the United Kingdom".

Notable Deaths

Ralph C. Smedley

1965Ralph C. Smedley, American educator, founded Toastmasters International (born 1878)[†]

Ralph Chesnut Smedley was the founder of Toastmasters International, an international public speaking organization. He spent 60 years developing the Toastmasters concept from a series of unsuccessful local clubs to the successful organization that flourishes today. He was also a long time official with the YMCA and a pioneer of adult education and lifelong learning.

Historical Events

Indo-Pakistani war of 1965

1965Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Army captures the town of Burki, just southeast of Lahore.[†]

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965, also known as the Second Kashmir War, was an armed conflict between Pakistan and India that took place from August 1965 to September 1965. The conflict began following Pakistan's unsuccessful Operation Gibraltar, which was designed to infiltrate forces into Jammu and Kashmir to precipitate an insurgency against Indian rule. The seventeen day war caused thousands of casualties on both sides and witnessed the largest engagement of armoured vehicles and the largest tank battle since World War II. Hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared through UNSC Resolution 211 following a diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and the United States, and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent Declaration. Much of the war was fought by the countries' land forces in Kashmir and along the border between India and Pakistan. This war saw the largest amassing of troops in Kashmir since the Partition of India in 1947, a number that was overshadowed only during the 2001–2002 military standoff between India and Pakistan. Most of the battles were fought by opposing infantry and armoured units, with substantial backing from air forces, and naval operations.

Historical Context for September 11, 1965

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