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March 27, 1967

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Headlines from March 27, 1967

SYMINGTON ASKS WIDER AIR RAIDS IN NORTH VIETNAM; Senator Reports That Pilots Find MIG Fliers Bolder and Resent U.S. Rein 4 HANOI AIR BASES CITED All Barred by White House Two Democrats Urge Trial Halt in Bombing Symington Asks Wider Raids On MIG Bases in North Vietnam

By Hedrick Smith Special To the New York Times

Sen Symington, in rept on recent mo-long Asian trip, says MIG fighter pilots want permission to attack MIG airfields around Hanoi; Johnson Adm refusal to approve airfields as targets noted

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 22, 1967, covering March 27, 1967.

  1. 1
    Album cover for More Of The Monkees by The Monkees

    More Of The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Between The Buttons by The Rolling Stones

    Between The Buttons

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    25
  4. 4
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    54
  5. 5
    Album cover for SRO by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    SRO

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    16

Notable Births

Talisa Soto

1967Talisa Soto, American actress[†]

Talisa Soto is an American actress and model. She is known for portraying Bond girl Lupe Lamora in the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill and Kitana in the 1995 fantasy action film Mortal Kombat and its 1997 sequel Mortal Kombat Annihilation. Prior to her acting career, Soto worked as a model, appearing in magazines such as Mademoiselle, Glamour and Elle.

Notable Deaths

Jaroslav Heyrovský

1967Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)[†]

Jaroslav Heyrovský was a Czech chemist and inventor who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959 for his invention of polarography.

Historical Context for March 27, 1967

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