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January 23, 1967

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Historical Context for January 23, 1967

In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 18, 1967, covering January 23, 1967.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    16
  2. 2
    Album cover for SRO by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    SRO

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    45
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    97
  5. 5
    Album cover for Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band

    Winchester Cathedral

    The New Vaudeville Band

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7
  6. 6
    Album cover for Got Live If You Want It! by The Rolling Stones

    Got Live If You Want It!

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    6
    Weeks
    6
  7. 7
    Album cover for Born Free by Roger Williams

    Born Free

    Roger Williams

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    7
    Weeks
    7
  8. 8
    Album cover for Je M'appelle Barbra by Barbra Streisand

    Je M'appelle Barbra

    Barbra Streisand

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    10
  9. 9
    Album cover for The Supremes A' Go-Go by The Supremes

    The Supremes A' Go-Go

    The Supremes

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    18
  10. 10
    Album cover for Golden Greats by Gary Lewis And The Playboys

    Golden Greats

    Gary Lewis And The Playboys

    Last week
    10
    Peak
    10
    Weeks
    14

Notable Births

1967Owen Cunningham, Australian rugby league player[†]

Owen Cunningham, nicknamed OJ, is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. A Queensland State of Origin representative forward, he played his club football for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, North Queensland Cowboys and the Northern Eagles.

Historical Events

Diplomacy

1967Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.[†]

Diplomacy is the communication by representatives of state, intergovernmental, or non-governmental institutions intended to influence events in the international system.

Milton Keynes

1967Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age.[†]

Milton Keynes is a city in Buckinghamshire, England, about 50 miles (80 km) north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms the northern boundary of the urban area; a tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and balancing lakes. Approximately 25% of the urban area is parkland or woodland and includes two Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). The city is made up of many different districts.

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Headlines from January 23, 1967

REGIME'S ENEMIES RIOT IN NICARAGUA; 10 to 20 Are Reported Killed in Clashes in Managua Foes of Nicaragua Regime Riot; Heavy Casualties Are Reported

By Unknown Author

Troops open fire on crowd demanding guarantees of mil nonviolence and noninterference in Pres election campaign, Managua; map; many deaths and casualties reptd; snipers reptdly fire at troops from rooftops after incident; violence erupted after Opposition candidate F Aguero and supporters marched to Natl Guard hq and were rebuffed; mil leaders reptdly conf at Pres Palace with Pres Guerrero; Liberal candidate Gen Somoza is member of longtime ruling family and son of dictator slain in '56

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Manchester Assails Kennedy 'Politics'; Manchester Lays Kennedy's Attack on His Book to Politics WRITER CONDEMNS SENATOR'S MOTIVE Says Advisers to His Critic Think in Terms of Another Kennedy Administration

By John Corry

Manchester gives his views on dispute, ints with NY Times; charges R F Kennedy wanted to 'shred and emasculate' book for pol reasons; holds Kennedy is surrounded by advisers who 'think in terms of another Kennedy Adm'; says advisers edited ms and served as intermediaries between self, Kennedy, Mrs Kennedy; holds their eagerness to please Kennedy 'clouded their judgments'; says Kennedy asked if he would join suit against Look; claims Kennedy adviser T C Sorensen suggested to Kennedy that for pol reasons he sue to bar pub; Kennedy denial; says it 'all comes down to fact that Manchester gave his word and then broke it'; Manchester denies book is diatribe against Johnson but admits he was unable to suppress his bias; Harper & Row vp Thomas warned Kennedys that ms was in part tasteless in its treatment of Johnson; neither Kennedys nor advisers deny that much of revision they sought had pol implications; Manchester says Mrs Kennedy did not object to serialization until she learned of Look's offer, $665,000; Kennedys say that when she 1st objected to serialization she thought money was going to Kennedy Library; say that when Manchester 1st agreed to write book, he said he would accept no more than $250,000; Manchester scores Kennedys' treatment of him; calls Mrs Kennedy inscrutable, says she is isolated from world, denies he suffered nervous breakdown while writing book but admits to emotional difficulties; says R F Kennedy wanted Look, not Life, to serialize book on grounds that Look had been good to family and 'Henry Luce (Life publisher) has been such a bastard'; says Mrs Kennedy suggested he sue Look to bar serialization

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