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December 19, 1965

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Historical Context for December 19, 1965

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

Notable Births

Chito Martínez

1965Chito Martínez, Belizean-American baseball player[†]

Reyenaldo Ignacio "Chito" Martínez was a Belizean Major League Baseball (MLB) player, the first in MLB history to be born in his country.

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Headlines from December 19, 1965

COMPANIES SHARE IN SPACE PROJECT; Gemini Flight Is Significant to the Apollo Moon Shot Many companies Are Sharing In the Apollo Space Program

By Special to The New York Times

LOS ANGELES -- Even Mrs. Betty Reed, the cook in the executive dining room at North American Aviation's Space and Information Systems division in Downey, Calif., was charting the progress of the astronauts orbiting the earth in the Gemini 6 space vehicle, as she did in previous space probes.

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KENNEDY CLASHES WITH ROCKEFELLER ON MENTAL FUNDS; Governor Charges Politics on U.S. Aid and Angry Senator Hits Back

By Emanuel Perlmutter

Gov Rockefeller, replying to Sen R F Kennedy Dec 17 wire charging NYS foregoes opportunities for Fed aid for retarded, says Kennedy acts as 'pol broker': says NYS takes full advantage of Fed aid and has close ties regardless of which party is in power: Kennedy says Rockefeller jeopardizes 'future of children and others for the benefit of his own pol adm'; releases texts of 4 exchs with Rockefeller

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