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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Oct. 5 (Reuters) -- Pakistan said today that a large concentration of Indian forces had been reported between Naushahara and Jhangar Dharamsal about 25 miles east of Peshawar and was planning an attack across the Kashmir ceasefire line.
Pope's UN s lauded as peace contribution by Tass; by State Dept; other world reaction
Johnson in Washington
Mins Luns and Thi Han and Deputy Min Bamali laud UN visit and s, ss, UN Assembly
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 6, 1965, covering October 6, 1965.
The Beatles
Sonny & Cher
Ramsey Lewis Trio
Soundtrack
The Rolling Stones
1965Jürgen Kohler, German footballer and manager[†]
Jürgen Kohler is a German former professional footballer and manager, who played as a centre-back. He is currently the U17 manager of Bonner SC.
1965Peg O'Connor, American philosopher and academic[†]
Peg O'Connor, is a Professor of Philosophy and Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies as well as Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Gustavus Adolphus College. Her present research interests include two separate but intersecting strains: Wittgenstein's approach to ethics, and the philosophy of addiction. She also contributes to public discourse about her areas of interest through contributing to popular media, especially around philosophical issues surrounding addiction, and has actively spoken out about issues of gender equity facing the field of philosophy.
1965Steve Scalise, American lawyer and politician[†]
Stephen Joseph Scalise is an American politician who has been the House majority leader since 2023 and the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 1st congressional district since 2008. A member of the Republican Party, he was the House majority whip from 2014 to 2019 and the House minority whip 2019 to 2023.
1965Rubén Sierra, Puerto Rican-American baseball player[†]
Rubén Angel Sierra García is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder. Over 20 seasons, Sierra played for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics (1992–95), New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers (1996), Cincinnati Reds (1997), Toronto Blue Jays (1997), Chicago White Sox (1998), Seattle Mariners (2002) and Minnesota Twins (2006). Sierra also signed with the Cleveland Indians at the end of 1999, but was released towards the end of spring training in March 2000. During his playing career, Sierra was known as 'El Indio' or 'El Caballo'.
1965John McWhorter, American academic and linguist[†]
John Hamilton McWhorter V is an American linguist. He is an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia University, where he also teaches American studies and music history. He has authored a number of books on race relations and African-American culture, and is a political commentator especially in his New York Times newsletter.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]