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January 26, 1967

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Headlines from January 26, 1967

Chinese and Russians in Melee At Lenin's Tomb in Red Square; CHINESE STUDENTS IN MOSCOW MELEE

By Raymond H. Anderson Special To the New York Times

Chinese students on way home from W Eur clash with Russian police and citizens at Lenin Mausoleum, Moscow; Tass charges Chinese shouted anti-Soviet slogans and created disorder in other ways; USSR Foreign Min formally protests; Chinese rept about 30 students injured; say clash began when they started to sing Internationale

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Tax on New TV Sets Urged To Help Educational Video; Carnegie Report Recommends Nonprofit Corporation to Underwrite System Manufacturers Appear Skeptical Tax on New Sets Urged to Pay for Educational TV

By Jack Gould

Carnegie Comm on Educ TV proposes Fed tax on new sets to provide major source of financing non-commercial TV (J Gould rept); urges proceeds from tax, starting at 2% with eventual 5% top, underwrite private Corp for Pub TV, to be estab by Cong to direct and finance educ TV as 'new and fundamental inst in Amer life'; comments on Ford Foundation plan; doubts it could raise enough funds; backs proposal for free use of satellite channel; says non-commercial TV, unlike commercial TV, should stress local and regional diversities; opposes '4th network' concept; uses word 'pub TV,' hopes it will supplant 'educ TV and 'noncommercial TV'; chmn Dr Killian makes announcement, news conf; study financed by Carnegie Corp of NY; will be basis for Sen com hearings; J H McConnell, in supplemental statement, suggests commercial networks and advertisers be taxed; set mfrs repr Electronic Industries Assn declines comment but notes it fought '50-65 excise tax; rept hailed by Ford Foundation pres Bundy; by CBS, which pledges $ 1-million as part of $25-million private endowment needed to establish corp; NBC and ABC reserve comment

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 25, 1967, covering January 26, 1967.

  1. 1
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    17
  2. 2
    Album cover for SRO by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    SRO

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    46
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    98
  5. 5
    Album cover for Winchester Cathedral by The New Vaudeville Band

    Winchester Cathedral

    The New Vaudeville Band

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    8

Notable Births

Bryan Callen

1967Bryan Callen, American comedian, actor, and writer[†]

Bryan Callen is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer and podcaster. He studied acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. Callen initiated his career as one of the original cast members on the sketch comedy series MADtv. Callen played Coach Mellor in The Goldbergs and reprised the role as a main character in the Goldbergs spinoff series Schooled. He is also a co-host of The Fighter and the Kid podcast, alongside Brendan Schaub.

1967Anatoly Komm, Russian chef and businessman[†]

Anatoly Anatolyevich Komm ; is a Russian chef and restaurateur. He is the first Russian to have an establishment listed in the Michelin Guide.

Col Needham

1967Col Needham, English businessman, co-founded Internet Movie Database[†]

Colin Needham is an English computer scientist who founded the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). He was its chief executive officer from its creation in 1990 until 2025, when he stepped down and instead took a role as its executive chairman.

Historical Context for January 26, 1967

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