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June 11, 1967

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Headlines from June 11, 1967

AN OIL EMERGENCY DECLARED BY U.S.; Industry Asked to Draft Plan to Insure Petroleum Flow Into Western Europe AN OIL EMERGENCY DECLARED BY U.S.

By William M. Blair Special To the New York Times

US declares oil emergency; mobilization of tanker fleet to move supplies, mainly to W Eur, seen major immediate problem; Asst Sec Moore calls meeting of indus reprs; US Defense Dept may add 35 tankers if necessary; meeting in which 21 Amer oil cos found emergency existed noted; members of subcom, headed by Deputy Ricca, named by Moore to draft plans to combat disruption of Middle East supplies, listed

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 7, 1967, covering June 11, 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
    19
  2. 2
    Album cover for I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin

    I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You

    Aretha Franklin

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Revenge by Bill Cosby

    Revenge

    Bill Cosby

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    5
  4. 4
    Album cover for Sounds Like... by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Sounds Like...

    Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

    Last week
    101
    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    2
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Mamas & The Papas Deliver by The Mamas & The Papas

    The Mamas & The Papas Deliver

    The Mamas & The Papas

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    13

Notable Births

1967Graeme Bachop, New Zealand rugby player[†]

Graeme Thomas Miro Bachop is a former rugby union footballer from New Zealand.

1967João Garcia, Portuguese mountaineer[†]

João José Silva Abranches Garcia, is a leading mountaineer in Portugal. His main professional activities are as organizer and guide in mountaineering expeditions. On 18 May 1999 he became the first Portuguese man to reach the summit of Mount Everest, without the use of supplementary oxygen. Three years later, in 2002, he published a book, A Mais Alta Solidão (The Highest Loneliness), in which he describes his experiences in mountain climbing, namely his 1999 expedition to Everest, where he endured bitter adversities. Nevertheless, João Garcia continued to climb and on the 17th April 2010, he summited Annapurna without the aid of supplemental oxygen, becoming the 10th man of all time to climb all 14 eight-thousanders without bottled oxygen or Sherpas.

Historical Context for June 11, 1967

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