Fon Rines Express was released in June of 1965.

We tend to think that we live in eventful times and the end of the world is nine.

But let me just read you some highlights from the spring of 65 to give you a sense of the world at the time.

On February 21st of that year, Malcolm X was assassinated.

By March 2nd, the bombing of Vietnam commenced.

March 8th, the first U.S. ground troops landed in Danang.

March 9th, Martin Luther King marched on Selma.

March 17th, L.B.J.

sent what became the Voting Rights Act to Congress.

March 18th, Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov became the first person to walk in space.

April 5th, My Fair Lady won eight Oscars and Mary Poppins won five.

May 12th, West Germany and Israel established diplomatic relations for the first time.

May 16th, Trent Reznor and Chris Nova Selich were born one day apart.

By May 21st, 30,000 students attended an anti-war teach-in at Berkeley, where Ben Harrison's

parents met, and the first skateboarding championship was held.

May 25th, Mohammed Ali knocked out Sunny Liston.

June 6th, the Rolling Stones had their first number one hit with I can't get no satisfaction.

Then on the 23rd of June, Von Rines Express was released.

To give you just a little more context by July 25th,

Dylan Went Electric.

July 29th, The Beatles Help was released.

August 11th, the Watts Riots commenced, and August 15th, the Beatles

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