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May 7, 1967

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Historical Context for May 7, 1967

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

Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 3, 1967, covering May 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
    14
  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
    8
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful by The Lovin' Spoonful

    The Best Of The Lovin' Spoonful

    The Lovin' Spoonful

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    8
  4. 4
    Album cover for My Cup Runneth Over by Ed Ames

    My Cup Runneth Over

    Ed Ames

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    10
  5. 5
    Album cover for Doctor Zhivago by Soundtrack

    Doctor Zhivago

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    60
  6. 6
    Album cover for The Monkees by The Monkees

    The Monkees

    The Monkees

    Last week
    6
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    31
  7. 7
    Album cover for The Sound Of Music by Soundtrack

    The Sound Of Music

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    8
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    112
  8. 8
    Album cover for Between The Buttons by The Rolling Stones

    Between The Buttons

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    7
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    12
  9. 9
    Album cover for The Temptations Greatest Hits by The Temptations

    The Temptations Greatest Hits

    The Temptations

    Last week
    9
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    21
  10. 10
    Album cover for A Man And A Woman by Soundtrack

    A Man And A Woman

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    11
    Peak
    10
    Weeks
    25

Notable Births

Roberto d'Amico (politician)

1967Roberto d'Amico, Belgian politician[†]

Roberto d'Amico is a Belgian trade unionist, politician and member of the Chamber of Representatives. A member of the Workers' Party of Belgium, he has represented Hainaut since June 2019.

Martin Bryant

1967Martin Bryant, Australian mass murderer[†]

Martin John Bryant is an Australian mass murderer who shot and killed 35 people and injured 23 others in the Port Arthur massacre on 28 and 29 April 1996. He is currently serving thirty-five life sentences, and 1035 years without the possibility of parole, at Risdon Prison in Hobart, Tasmania.

1967Joe Rice, American colonel and politician[†]

Joe Rice is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado, an Iraq War veteran, and a former mayor of Glendale, Colorado.

Notable Deaths

1967Margaret Larkin, American writer and poet (born 1899)[†]

Margaret Larkin was an American writer, poet, singer-songwriter, researcher, journalist and union activist.

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Headlines from May 7, 1967

Lambard Predicts Major Gains in State Drive to Control Crime; LUMBARD EXPECTS NEW CRIME CURBS

By Peter Kihss

E H Lumbard urges greater efforts to fight modern methods used by organized crime; sees major gains with new Identification and Intelligence System, which will use computer techniques for fast facsimile transmission of fingerprints and records and permit data-sharing with more than 3,600 law enforcement agencies; urges further consol of state and local anticrime programs

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DONOVAN OPPOSES PLANS TO ABSORB VOCATIONAL UNITS; In Switch, He Urges Board to Retain City's Separate Academic High Schools PUERTO RICANS PICKET Protest at Garrison's Home Charges Failure to Teach Pupils to Read English DONOVAN OPPOSES GENERAL SCHOOLS

By Leonard Buder

Donovan, in policy switch, now opposes setting up comprehensive hs system offering both acad and vocational courses to spur integration, rept to Educ Bd; urges bd retain 24 vocational hss; cites problems involved in changeover; PEA scores stand as harmful to Negro and Puerto Rican pupils

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Long Delay on Ship Repair Is Found to Hamper Navy; Long Delays on Ship Repairs Are Reported to Impair Efficiency of Navy

By Hanson W. Baldwin

H W Baldwin article repts long delays in repair, maintenance and overhaul of naval ships impair fleet readiness and effectiveness; Vietnam war, increasing age of many ships, material delivery delays and severe labor shortage linked; Sen (Stennis) subcom rept blames naval yd closings ordered by Sec McNamara; charges many 7th Fleet ships are unready for combat and that both W and E Coast yds are saturated with work; USN denies closings are to blame; cites recent 129-day IBEW strike against W Coast yds; 2d subcom rept on Atlantic Fleet scores closings; repts work on over 100 fleet ships delayed for varying periods; naval and civilian experts stress scarcity of trained workers; Todd Ship-yds concurs; USN opens new facility, San Diego, to train naval personnel

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Greek Junta Bars Municipal Elections; Greek Junta Bars Municipal and Local Elections

By Henry Kamm Special To the New York Times

junta ends all popular elections of munic and communal leaders; Patakos says law will be pub providing for apptmt of officials; junta disbands local unions of municipalities and communes in prefectures because of their participation in pol; Athens City Council records vote of thanks to army for saving nation; junta lays groundwork for possible prosecution of G Papandreou by pub photo of his alleged lr in Athens newspapers linking him to Aspida plot; Anghelis disbands; Center Union and Natl Radical Union youth orgns; farmers' pensions to be increased; relaxing of some restrictions noted

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