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November 2, 1965

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Headlines from November 2, 1965

AFRICA-ASIA TALK OFF INDEFINITELY; Chinese Claim Victory as Algiers Parley Is Canceled AFRICA-ASIA TALK OFF INDEFINITELY

By Peter Braestrupspecial To the New York Times

foreign mins formally postpone heads of state conf until 'date to be fixed later'; China reprs claim victory; Min Bouteflika says there was 'clear concensus' among 45 nations in favor of inviting USSR but no formal decision was taken despite strong Indian drive for inv and absence of China; Algeria reptdly shared feeling of most reprs that 2d conf should include China and USSR or not be held at all; Indonesia, opposed to Malaysian participation, as proposed by India, was 1st to push for adjournment; 22-nation com set up to arrange conf break-up

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U.S. AIDES EXPLORE SALE OF ALUMINUM FROM STOCKPILE; White House Denies a Link Between Parley in Capital and Price Increases U.S. Aides Explore Aluminum Sale; White House Denies Price Increase Is the Reason

By Edwin L. Dale Jr.special To the New York Times

top Adm aides including Secs McNamara, Fowler, Connor and Deputy Sec Vance conf on releasing surplus; Pres aide Califano, group spokesman, avoids linking price issue; Tex White House denies link; indus stock prices fall but indus sources doubt release of stockpile

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 27, 1965, covering November 2, 1965.

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

    Help! (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

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    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for Look At Us by Sonny & Cher

    Look At Us

    Sonny & Cher

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    Peak
    2
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    11
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

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    Peak
    2
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    33
  4. 4
    Album cover for Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan

    Highway 61 Revisited

    Bob Dylan

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    Peak
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    5
  5. 5
    Album cover for The In Crowd by Ramsey Lewis Trio

    The In Crowd

    Ramsey Lewis Trio

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    Peak
    3
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    12

Notable Births

Nick Boles

1965Nick Boles, English businessman and politician[†]

Nicholas Edward Coleridge Boles is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grantham and Stamford from 2010 to 2019. He was a member of the Conservative Party until 2019.

Shah Rukh Khan

1965Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host[†]

Shah Rukh Khan, also known by the initialism SRK, is an Indian actor and film producer who works in Hindi cinema. Referred to in the media as the "Baadshah of Bollywood" and "King Khan", he has appeared in more than 100 films, and earned numerous accolades, including 14 Filmfare Awards. He has been awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India, as well as the Order of Arts and Letters and Legion of Honour by the Government of France. Khan has a significant following in Asia and the Indian diaspora worldwide. In terms of audience size and income, several media outlets have described him as one of the most successful film stars in the world. Many of his films thematise Indian national identity and connections with diaspora communities, or gender, racial, social and religious differences and grievances.

Historical Events

Norman Morrison

1965Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.[†]

Norman R. Morrison was an American anti-war activist. On November 2, 1965, Morrison doused himself in kerosene and set himself on fire below the office of Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara at the Pentagon to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War, leading to his death. This action was inspired by photographs of Vietnamese children burned by napalm bombings, and may have been inspired by Thích Quảng Đức and other Buddhist monks, who burned themselves to death to protest the repression committed by the South Vietnam government of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem.

Historical Context for November 2, 1965

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