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April 9, 1967

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 5, 1967, covering April 9, 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

Natascha Engel

1967Natascha Engel, German-English translator and politician[†]

Natascha Engel is a British former politician. She served as Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for North East Derbyshire from 2005 until her defeat at the 2017 general election.

Sam Harris

1967Sam Harris, American author, philosopher, and neuroscientist[†]

Samuel Benjamin Harris is an American philosopher, neuroscientist, author, and podcast host. His work touches on a range of topics, including rationality, religion, ethics, free will, determinism, neuroscience, meditation, psychedelics, philosophy of mind, politics, terrorism, and artificial intelligence. Harris came to prominence for his criticism of religion, and he is known as one of the "Four Horsemen" of New Atheism, along with Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Daniel Dennett.

Historical Events

Boeing 737

1967The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.[†]

The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton factory in Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating but with two underwing Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofan engines. Envisioned in 1964, the initial 737-100 made its first flight in April 1967 and entered service in February 1968 with Lufthansa. The lengthened 737-200 entered service in April 1968, and evolved through four generations, offering several variants for 85 to 215 passengers.

Historical Context for April 9, 1967

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