The Year - 1965
The Family News..:

Robert G. was born to Margaret (Brennon) & Frank Farenga on May 10th in Chicago.
Theresa was born to Veronica (?) & William Canty on Aug. 7th in Chicago.
Jo Ann Fiorini married Michael V. Sheridan in Chicago on Nov. 6th.

The #1 Songs Were .....
Back in My Arms AgainThe Supremes
DowntownPetula Clark Eight Days a Week - The Beatles
Game of LoveThe Mindbenders featuring Wayne Fontana
Hang on SloopyThe McCoys
Help!The Beatles
Help Me, RhondaThe Beach Boys
(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones
I Can't Help MyselfThe Four Tops
I Got You BabeSonny & Cher
I Hear a SymphonyThe Supremes
I'm Henry VIII I AmHerman's Hermits
Mrs. Brown You've Got a Lovely DaughterHerman's Hermits
Mr. Tambourine ManThe Byrds
My GirlThe Temptations
Over and OverThe Dave Clark Five
Stop! in the Name of LoveThe Supremes
This Diamond RingGary Lewis & The Playboys
Ticket to RideThe Beatles
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)The Byrds
YesterdayThe Beatles
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'The Righteous Brothers


AT THE MOVIES....
Best Picture - Sound of Music, Robert Wise
Other Nominees - Darling, Doctor Zhivago, Ship of Fools, Thousand Clowns

Best Actor - Lee Marvin, Cat Ballou
Other Nominees - Laurence Olivier, Rod Steiger, Oskar Werner, Richard Burton

Best Actress - Julie Christie, Darling
Other Nominees - Samantha Eggar, Elizabeth Hartman, Simone Signoret, Julie Andrews

Supporting Actor - Martin Balsam, Thousand Clowns
Other Nominees - Tom Courtenay, Ian Bannen, Frank Finlay, Michael Dunn

Supporting Actress - Shelley Winters, Patch of Blue
Other Nominees - Ruth Gordon, Joyce Redman, Maggie Smith, Peggy Wood

Best Director - Robert Wise, Sound of Music
Other Nominees - William Wyler, John Schlesinger, David Lean, Hiroshi Teshigahara

Original Screenplay - Frederic Raphael, Darling
Adapted Screenplay - Robert BoltBased, Doctor Zhivago
Best Sound - Sound of Music, James Corcoran (20th Century-Fox SSD)
Sound Effects - Treg Brown, Great Race
Visual Effects - John Stears, Thunderball
Best Song - "The Shadow of Your Smile" , ohnny Mandel (music); Paul Francis Webster (lyrics) - Sandpiper
Cartoon - Dot and the Line, Chuck Jones; Les Goldman

In The News..:
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and more than 2,600 other blacks arrested in Selma, Ala., during three-day demonstrations against voter-registration rules (Feb. 1).
Malcolm X, black-nationalist leader, shot to death at Harlem rally in New York City (Feb. 21).
U.S. Marines land in Dominican Republic as fighting persists between rebels and Dominican army (April 28).
Medicare, senior citizens' government medical assistance program, begins (July 1).
Blacks riot for six days in Watts section of Los Angeles: 34 dead, over 1,000 injured, nearly 4,000 arrested, fire damage put at $175 million (Aug. 11-16).
Power failure in Ontario plant blacks out parts of eight northeastern states of U.S. and two provinces of southeastern Canada (Nov. 9).
Ralph Nader's Unsafe at Any Speed. (The Corvair)

Last updated on Wednesday, May 03, 2000