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August 9, 1967

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Headlines from August 9, 1967

JOB RECORD SET WITH JULY TOTAL OF 76.2 MILLION; Summer Flood of Young to Labor Market Absorbed as Economy Gains Strength JOBLESS RATE OFF A BIT Upturn After Sluggish First Half of Year Is Expected to Help Drive for Tax Rise

By Edwin L. Dale Jr. Special To the New York Times

Labor Dept repts unemployment, July, at 3.9% of labor force, down from 4% in June; Negro jobless put at 7.2%, total employment at record 76.2-million, 1.6-million over July '66, chart shows employment levels since '53

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of August 9, 1967, covering August 9, 1967.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    The Beatles

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    8
  2. 2
    Album cover for Headquarters by The Monkees

    Headquarters

    The Monkees

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    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    10
  3. 3
    Album cover for Flowers by The Rolling Stones

    Flowers

    The Rolling Stones

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    4
    Peak
    3
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    4
  4. 4
    Album cover for Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane

    Surrealistic Pillow

    Jefferson Airplane

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    3
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    21
  5. 5
    Album cover for The Doors by The Doors

    The Doors

    The Doors

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    21

Notable Births

Deion Sanders

1967Deion Sanders, American football and baseball player[†]

Deion Luwynn Sanders Sr. is an American football coach with the Colorado Buffaloes. Sanders is also a former professional football and baseball player, having played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, and Baltimore Ravens, and nine seasons of Major League Baseball (MLB) with the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Cincinnati Reds, and San Francisco Giants. He won two Super Bowl titles and made one World Series appearance in 1992, making him the only athlete to play in a Super Bowl and World Series.

Notable Deaths

Joe Orton

1967Joe Orton, English author and playwright (born 1933)[†]

John Kingsley Orton, known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist.

Historical Context for August 9, 1967

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