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April 23, 1967

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Headlines from April 23, 1967

Life, The Times to Serialize Stalin Daughter's Memoirs; Life and The Times to Serialize Parts of Alliluyeva Memoirs

By Sylvan Fox

excerpts from memoirs to be published in NY Times and Life just before book pub in fall; Times pres A O Sulzberger, Life publisher Hardy and Thomas decline to comment on terms; book said to be literary and philosophical document rather than pol tract or expose; Greenbaum says she will use proceeds from serialization for charitable projects; one is fund in memory of late husband B Singh for aid to people in Indian village of Kalakankar; another is aid to internatl orphanage in Pestalozzi, Switzerland; she spends day in seclusion at LI home of Mrs Macmillan's father, S H Johnson Sr

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GREEK MONARCH IS SAID TO REFUSE TO SUPPORT JUNTA; Decree Issued in His Name, Suspending Civil Liberties, Is Reported Unsigned MARTIAL LAW IS RELAXED Regime Says 2 Were Killed in Shooting During Night Some Captives Freed GREEK KING'S AID TO JUNTA DOUBTED

By Henry Kamm Special To the New York Times

mil junta reptd to be ruling against will of Constantine, who has refused to sign decree declaring state of siege and suspending many const liberties; Athens reptd calm; 2 killed in scattered shooting; Patakos and Papadopoulos said to be most powerful figures; arrest and subsequent release of Arnaoutis and Kanellopoulos noted; 16-member Cabinet completed; list; P Ekonomou-Gouras named Foreign Min; Premier Kollias, in s to nation, outlines Govt program; seizure of Papandreous described; some newspapers to be allowed to resume pub; several newspaper owners and eds reptd under arrest, others hiding; newsmen warned they are responsible for what they write; situation in Salonika said to be returning to normal; Communist party appeals for natl front against 'monarcho-fascist dictatorship'; US seeks assurance from new mil leaders that seized politicians will be treated according to dem standards; Amb Talbot reptdly assured there will be no summary executions; Parliament bldg illus under guard

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 19, 1967, covering April 23, 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
    12
  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
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    6
  3. 3
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    58
  4. 4
    Album cover for My Cup Runneth Over by Ed Ames

    My Cup Runneth Over

    Ed Ames

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    8
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    29

Notable Births

Rhéal Cormier

1967Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (died 2021)[†]

Rhéal Paul Cormier was a Canadian-American professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox (twice), Montreal Expos, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cincinnati Reds for 16 seasons, between 1991 through 2007.

Melina Kanakaredes

1967Melina Kanakaredes, American actress[†]

Melina Kanakaredes Constantinides is a Greek-American actress. She is widely known for her roles in American primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydney Hansen in Providence (1999–2002), as Detective Stella Bonasera in CSI: NY (2004–2010), and on the American daytime television drama series Guiding Light as Eleni Andros Cooper (1991–1995).

Historical Events

Soviet space program

1967Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.[†]

The Soviet space program was the state space program of the Soviet Union, active from 1951 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Contrary to its competitors, which had their programs run under single coordinating agencies, the Soviet space program was divided between several internally competing design bureaus led by Korolev, Kerimov, Keldysh, Yangel, Glushko, Chelomey, Makeyev, Chertok and Reshetnev. Several of these bureaus were subordinated to the Ministry of General Machine-Building. The Soviet space program served as an important marker of claims by the Soviet Union to its superpower status.

Historical Context for April 23, 1967

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