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April 27, 1967

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Headlines from April 27, 1967

Saud Vows to Rule In Brother's Place; RETURN TO POWER PLEDGED BY SAUD

By Eric Pace Special To the New York Times

Saudi ex-King Saud, after 3-day tour of UAR-controlled areas, urges Saudi soldiers to 'stop provocations against Yemeni people and coexist with them,' radio s, Cairo, broadcast throughout Middle East; his recent $1-million gift to refurbish Sana noted; Beirut observers see Nasser move to create difficulties for Faisal, hindering expected royalist offensive

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Picasso Brings Record $532,000; Price at Sotheby's Is Highest for Work by Living Artist A Picasso Brings a Record $532,000

By Unknown Author

Picasso painting brings $532,000, Sotheby's, record price for work by living artist; Cezanne water-color brings $406,000, record price for water-color; Bodley Gallery (NYC) is Picasso buyer; Cezanne buyer listed as Johnson Art Center of Amer, thought to be pseudonym for N Simon; Simon unavailable for comment; sale of 86 works for $2,962,960 seen record for impressionist and modern paintings at single auction; other prices listed; prominent dealer calls prices 'fantastically high,'

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 26, 1967, covering April 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
    13
  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
    7
  3. 3
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    59
  4. 4
    Album cover for The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful by The Lovin' Spoonful

    The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful

    The Lovin' Spoonful

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    7
  5. 5
    Album cover for My Cup Runneth Over by Ed Ames

    My Cup Runneth Over

    Ed Ames

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    9

Notable Births

Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands

1967Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands[†]

Willem-Alexander is King of the Netherlands since 30 April 2013.

Tommy Smith (saxophonist)

1967Tommy Smith, Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator[†]

Thomas William Ellis Smith is a Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator.

Erik Thomson

1967Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor[†]

Erik Thomson is a Scottish-born New Zealand-Australian actor. He is known for playing Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess and Young Hercules, Dr. Mitch Stevens in All Saints and Dave Rafter in Packed to the Rafters.

Jason Whitlock

1967Jason Whitlock, American football player and journalist[†]

Jason Lee Whitlock is a former American sports columnist who currently hosts a program for the conservative media company Blaze Media titled Fearless with Jason Whitlock. Jason was a sports columnist at The Kansas City Star, AOL Sports, Foxsports.com, and ESPN. He was a radio personality for WHB and KCSP sports stations in the Kansas City area. Whitlock played Division I college football at Ball State as an offensive lineman.

Notable Deaths

1967William Douglas Cook, New Zealand farmer, founded the Eastwoodhill Arboretum (born 1884)[†]

William Douglas Cook was the founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum, now the national arboretum of New Zealand, and one of the founders of Pukeiti, a rhododendron garden, close to New Plymouth. He was a "plantsman with the soul of a poet and the vision of a philosopher".

Historical Events

Expo 67

1967Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.[†]

The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967. It was a category one world's fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most successful World's Fairs of the 20th century with the most attendees to that date and 62 nations participating. It also set the single-day attendance record for a world's fair, with 569,500 visitors on its third day.

Historical Context for April 27, 1967

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