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US planes again attack Hoalac MIG base keeping it out of operation; hit other targets; 1 downed; N Vietnam says it downed 4; map
Some 200 'hippies' ordered to leave Tompkins Sq Pk, NYC, clash with police; illus; 9 hurt; 38 arrested; had permit to use part of pk for day; some reptdly scoffed at ptl, starting melee
Turkey, under Montreux Conv of '36, authorizes USSR to move 10 warships from Black Sea to eastern Mediterranean; map
Eastern Region secedes; declares itself ind repub of Biafra; map; central Govt orders mobilization; plans mil and econ action; freezes currency transactions with East and bars imports or exports of Nigerian pound
EEC leaders instruct Mins Council to study closer pol links, but spokesmen later disagree on nature of links; set fusion of 3 communities execs July 1; Rey expected to be pres unless Italy names candidate acceptable to other 5
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 31, 1967, covering May 31, 1967.
The Monkees
Aretha Franklin
Bill Cosby
The Mamas & The Papas
Soundtrack
1967Phil Keoghan, New Zealand television host and producer[†]
Philip John Keoghan is a New Zealand television personality, best known for hosting the American version of The Amazing Race on CBS, since its 2001 debut. He is the creator and host of No Opportunity Wasted, which has been produced in the United States, New Zealand, and Canada. Keoghan also co-created and hosts the American reality competition programme Tough as Nails, which debuted on CBS on 8 July 2020. As of 2021, he has been involved with winning 10 Primetime Emmy Awards related to his work on The Amazing Race, where the show consecutively won the Outstanding Reality-Competition Program seven times.
1967Kenny Lofton, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster[†]
Kenneth Lofton is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder. Lofton was a six-time All-Star (1994–1999), four-time Gold Glove Award winner (1993–1996), and at retirement, was ranked 15th among all-time stolen-base leaders with 622. During his career, he played for the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Texas Rangers.
1967Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (born 1915)[†]
William Thomas Strayhorn was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the 'A' Train", "Chelsea Bridge", "A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing", and "Lush Life".
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]