On this day

September 26, 1965

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 22, 1965, covering September 26, 1965.

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

    Help! (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    5
  2. 2
    Album cover for Look At Us by Sonny & Cher

    Look At Us

    Sonny & Cher

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    28
  4. 4
    Album cover for The In Crowd by Ramsey Lewis Trio

    The In Crowd

    Ramsey Lewis Trio

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones

    Out Of Our Heads

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

1965Radisav Ćurčić, Serbian-Israeli basketball player[†]

Radisav Ćurčić is a Serbian-Israeli former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) and weighing 275 pounds (125 kg), he played center position. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Petro Poroshenko

1965Petro Poroshenko, Ukrainian businessman and politician, 5th President of Ukraine[†]

Petro Oleksiiovych Poroshenko is a Ukrainian politician and oligarch who served as the fifth president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Trade and Economic Development in 2012. From 2007 until 2012, he headed the Council of Ukraine's National Bank. He was elected president in 2014.

Notable Deaths

James Fitzmaurice

1965James Fitzmaurice, Irish soldier and pilot (born 1898)[†]

James Michael Christopher Fitzmaurice DFC was an Irish aviation pioneer. He was a member of the crew of the Bremen, which made the first successful trans-Atlantic aircraft flight from East to West on 12–13 April 1928.

Historical Context for September 26, 1965

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