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April 7, 1967

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Headlines from April 7, 1967

U.S. DISCOUNT RATE IS REDUCED TO 4% TO LOOSEN CREDIT; Reserve Board Unanimous in Voting to Cut Charge for Lending to Banks LEVELS ABROAD FALLING Step Ends Period of Tight Money That Started With Advance to 4 % in '65

By Edwin L. Dale Jr. Special To the New York Times

Reserve Bd cuts discount rate to 4%, ending 16-mo tight money period; move seen following trend of other interest rates; all regional Reserve Banks except Atlanta and St Louis had proposed cut; Treas hails move

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 5, 1967, covering April 7, 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
    10
  2. 2
    Album cover for The Mamas & The Papas Deliver by The Mamas & The Papas

    The Mamas & The Papas Deliver

    The Mamas & The Papas

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    4
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    27
  4. 4
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    56
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Cup Runneth Over by Ed Ames

    My Cup Runneth Over

    Ed Ames

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    6

Notable Births

1967Artemis Gounaki, Greek-German singer-songwriter[†]

Artemis Gounaki is a Greek-German singer, vocal coach, songwriter, composer, and arranger who has done much of her work in Greek. Gounaki's father was born on the Greek island of Crete.

Bodo Illgner

1967Bodo Illgner, German footballer[†]

Bodo Illgner is a German former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During his career he played for 1. FC Köln and Real Madrid, and helped West Germany to the 1990 World Cup, where he became the first goalkeeper to keep a clean sheet in a World Cup final.

Simone Schilder

1967Simone Schilder, Dutch tennis player[†]

Simone Schilder is a former Dutch tennis player. She won a total of two singles and eight doubles ITF titles in her career. On 4 July 1988, she reached a singles ranking high of world No. 164. On 14 August 1989, she peaked at No. 71 in the doubles rankings.

Historical Context for April 7, 1967

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