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October 2, 1965

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Headlines from October 2, 1965

Hotels Filling Up

By Unknown Author

NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (Reuters) -- New York's 100,000 hotel rooms are filling up in readiness for Pope Paul's one-day visit next Monday.

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 29, 1965, covering October 2, 1965.

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

    Help! (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
  2. 2
    Album cover for Look At Us by Sonny & Cher

    Look At Us

    Sonny & Cher

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for The In Crowd by Ramsey Lewis Trio

    The In Crowd

    Ramsey Lewis Trio

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    29
  5. 5
    Album cover for Out Of Our Heads by The Rolling Stones

    Out Of Our Heads

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    9

Notable Births

1965Darren Cahill, Australian tennis player[†]

Darren Cahill is an Australian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. In addition, Cahill is a tennis analyst for the Grand Slam events on the US sports network ESPN and a coach with the Adidas Player Development Program and at ProTennisCoach.com.

Tom Moody

1965Tom Moody, Australian cricketer[†]

Thomas Masson Moody is a former Australian international cricketer and current Director of Cricket of Sri Lanka Cricket. He ended his long tenure with the Indian Premier League team Sunrisers Hyderabad in August 2022 and was earlier appointed Director of Cricket at Desert Vipers, one of the six franchises in the ILT20, which was scheduled to begin in the UAE in January 2023. Moody was a part of the Australian team that won their first world title during the 1987 Cricket World Cup, and their second in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. He was the coach of the Sri Lankan team which finished as runners-up at the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

Önder Sisters

1965Ferhan and Ferzan Önder, Turkish-Austrian pianists[†]

The twin sisters Ferhan & Ferzan Önder are Turkish-Austrian identical twin pianists who perform mostly as a piano duo.

Historical Context for October 2, 1965

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