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August 6, 1965

On August 6, 1965, uS President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. The year's #1 song was "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs. Patricio Pouchulu, Suge Knight, Kostis Chatzidakis would arrive in the same year.

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1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1965th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 965th year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1960s decade.

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On August 6, 1965

  1. 1965 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.

    President of the United States from 1963 to 1969

    Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Johnson was vice president under John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's assassination in 1963, when he assumed the presidency.

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Born on August 6, 1965

Stéphane Peterhansel 1965– French rally racer
Yuki Kajiura 1965– Japanese composer (born 1965)
David Robinson 1965– American basketball player (born 1965)

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The class of 1965

Others born in 1965

Patricio Pouchulu 1965– Argentinian architect and educator
Suge Knight 1965– American record executive
Kostis Chatzidakis 1965– Greek politician, Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism
Léa Fazer 1965– Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress
Mark Mallia 1965– Maltese painter and sculptor (died 2024)
Fiona Kelleghan 1965– American academic, critic and librarian

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