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Hosps Dept to hire 95 more security agents to fight rise in crime at munic hosps, bringing total to 581 in 21 hosps; crime, mostly pilferage, attributed to persons masquerading as drs, nurses and attendants; experimental walkie-talkie radio units to be used
representation election in munic hosps between Teamsters (City Employes Union) and State, County and Munic Workers locals set Dec 3, biggest such election in NYC history
An effort to achieve a three-year Soviet-United States moratorium on the production and deployment of anti- missile missile systems is being urged on President Johnson by a high-level citizens' panel on disarmament.
meeting set in US Dec 17
Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein rejects N Simon $6-million offer for Leonardo por, believed to be of Ginevra dei Benci; por illus; bid is highest ever for a painting; J Farago, Prince's art dealer, says nothing in collection is for sale; Dr G Wilhelm, collection's curator, says there have been no sales in 2-3 yrs; Farago admits sale of 31 paintings from collection; more have been sold but cannot be identified; major buyers noted
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 24, 1965, covering November 24, 1965.
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Barbra Streisand
Soundtrack
The Beatles
Ramsey Lewis Trio
1965Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress[†]
Shirley Henderson is a Scottish actress. Her accolades include two Scottish BAFTAs, a VFCC Award and an Olivier Award, as well as BAFTA, BIFA, London Critics' Circle, Chlotrudis, Gotham, and Canadian Screen Award nominations.
1965Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (born 1895)[†]
Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah was the eleventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 1950 to 1961 and the first Emir of the State of Kuwait after the country gained its independence from Great Britain on 19 June 1961.
1965Joseph-Désiré Mobutu seizes power in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and becomes President; he rules the country (which he renames Zaire in 1971) for over 30 years, until being overthrown by rebels in 1997.[†]
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997. Previously, Mobutu served as the second president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971. He also served as the fifth chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 1967 to 1968. During the Congo Crisis, Mobutu, serving as Chief of Staff of the Army and supported by Belgium and the United States, deposed the democratically elected government of left-wing nationalist Patrice Lumumba in 1960. Mobutu installed a government that arranged for Lumumba's execution in 1961, and continued to lead the country's armed forces until he took power directly in a second coup in 1965.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]