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The nation gave thanks yesterday for its bounty and good fortune. Americans were mindful, however, that the cloud of war hung over many homes. More than 160,000 United States servicemen on duty in Vietnam were not at their family tables. Others had returned wounded and maimed.
corpsman Torres describes experiences at Iadrang
Lindsay says he will submit city's program to Legis; comments on O'Connor plan
Foster says US rejects unverified suspension of underground tests, s, Assembly com, on resolution now sponsored by 32 nations; urges USSR negotiate for accord; USSR stand against outside inspection backed by Byelorussian, Polish and Czech reprs; Amb Astrom (Sweden), as step to prevent violation of comprehensive ban, proposes that a nation charging violation could withdraw from agreement if accused nation could not disprove charge; other delegations unenthusiastic
Mobutu cancels '66 Pres elections, announces he will be Pres for 5 yrs under 'regime of exception'; his decree says Govt will not tolerate pol stalemates; says Mulamba will form Cabinet shortly; Parliament stunned; Tshombe reptd pleased at 1st, then wary; no arrests made in coup; Kasavubu reptd at liberty; Mobutu frees Gizenga
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 24, 1965, covering November 26, 1965.
Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass
Barbra Streisand
Soundtrack
The Beatles
Ramsey Lewis Trio
1965Scott Adsit, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Robert Scott Adsit is an American actor, comedian, and writer. Born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, Adsit joined the mainstage cast of Chicago's The Second City in 1994 after attending Columbia College Chicago. He appeared in several revues, including Paradigm Lost for which he won The Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Comedy.
1965Des Walker, English footballer[†]
Desmond Sinclair Walker is an English football coach and former player who played as a defender.
1965France launches Astérix, becoming the third nation to put an object in orbit using its own booster.[†]
Astérix or A-1 is the first French satellite. It was launched on 26 November 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from the CIEES launch site at Hammaguir, Algeria. With Astérix, France became the sixth country to have an artificial satellite and the third country to launch a satellite on its own rocket. Its main purpose was to test the Diamant launcher, though it was also designed to study the ionosphere. Astérix continues to orbit Earth as of 2023 and is expected to remain in orbit for centuries.
In 1965, the world population was approximately 3,334,533,703 people[†]