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Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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line-up nearly complete for 4 major contested Repub primaries: NH on Mar 12, Wis Apr 2, Neb May 14, Ore May 21; NH primary to pit Romney against Nixon; others to include Reagan and Percy
Gurkhas assigned to guard border with China; illus; come under sporadic fire; officials see no sign of Chinese troop movements or evidence that uniformed forces opened fire, Shataukok; China protests incident; blames Brit officials, demands pub apology; illus of women being evacuated from Shataukok and army vehicles nearby; map
Eastern to move its regional reservation center from NYC to 130-acre site, Woodbridge, NJ; map; cites need to expand and also to insure safety of some employes who work in early morning; Police Dept comments
both sides claim to have inflicted heavy losses; neither claims victory; US seeks to evacuate about 1,040 Amers from East; Brit officials conf with Govt on oil blockade; Eastern troops reptd holding firm at nearly all key points
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 5, 1967, covering July 9, 1967.
The Beatles
The Monkees
Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass
Aretha Franklin
Jefferson Airplane
1967Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician[†]
Hans Gunnar Axén is a Swedish Moderate Party politician and a member of the Swedish Riksdag for Östergötland from 1998 to 2014.
1967Yordan Letchkov, Bulgarian footballer[†]
Yordan Letchkov Yankov is a Bulgarian former professional footballer. He is generally regarded as one of the best players to come out of Bulgaria and was a key member of the squad which reached the semi-finals of the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Known to many as "The Magician", Letchkov was a gifted player who could play as a central midfielder or on the left side of midfield, and he was easily recognizable for his baldness. He was best known for his dribbling ability. However, his career was often adversely affected by his moody nature and the numerous arguments and fallings-out he had with fellow players and managers. He was the mayor of his home town for eight years, but was removed from duty due to corruption.
1967Mark Stoops, American football player and coach[†]
Mark Thomas Stoops is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for the University of Kentucky, a position he has held since 2013. Stoops is the all-time winningest head coach in the history of the Kentucky Wildcats football program. He is also the longest-tenured current SEC football coach.
1967Julie Thomas, Welsh lawn bowler[†]
Julie Thomas is a Welsh lawn bowler.
1967Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (born 1874)[†]
Eugen Fischer was a German professor of medicine, anthropology, and eugenics, and a member of the Nazi Party. He served as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology, Human Heredity, and Eugenics, and also served as rector of the Frederick William University of Berlin.
1967Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (born 1893)[†]
Fatima Jinnah was a Pakistani politician, stateswoman, author, and activist. She was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first governor-general of Pakistan.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]