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September 23, 1967

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 20, 1967, covering September 23, 1967.

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

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    The Beatles

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    1
    Peak
    1
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    14
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    Album cover for The Doors by The Doors

    The Doors

    The Doors

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    27
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    Album cover for Flowers by The Rolling Stones

    Flowers

    The Rolling Stones

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    Peak
    3
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    10
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    Album cover for Headquarters by The Monkees

    Headquarters

    The Monkees

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    Peak
    1
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    16
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    Album cover for Groovin' by The Rascals

    Groovin'

    The Rascals

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    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    7

Notable Births

LisaRaye McCoy

1967LisaRaye McCoy, American actress, model, fashion designer, and First Lady of the Turks and Caicos Islands[†]

LisaRaye McCoy, known as LisaRaye, is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Diana "Diamond" Armstrong in the 1998 film The Players Club, Neesee James on the UPN/The CW sitcom All of Us from 2003 until 2007 and Keisha Greene in the VH1 romantic comedy series Single Ladies which originally aired from 2011 to 2015. She was also married to Michael Misick, the first Premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands, from 2006 until 2010; during that time she served as First Lady of Turks and Caicos.

Chris Wilder

1967Chris Wilder, English footballer and manager[†]

Christopher John Wilder is an English professional football manager who formerly played as a right-back. He is the manager of EFL Championship club Sheffield United.

Notable Deaths

Stanislaus Zbyszko

1967Stanislaus Zbyszko, Polish wrestler and strongman (born 1879)[†]

Stanisław Jan Cyganiewicz, better known by his ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko, and frequently referred to in the contemporary English-language press as Zbysco, was a Polish strongman and professional wrestler. He was a three-time World Heavyweight Champion in the United States during the 1920s. The surname Zbyszko was a nickname given to him by friends due to his bravery as a child. The name originates from a fictional medieval Polish knight in the historical novel The Knights of the Cross by Henryk Sienkiewicz, published in 1900. Stanislaus Zbyszko was the brother of Wladek Zbyszko (1891–1968).

Historical Events

1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster

1967Seven people die, 46 people are injured, and more than 150 boats capsize when a squall hit Lake Michigan during Michigan's first coho salmon sport fishing season.[†]

The 1967 Coho Salmon Fishing Disaster refers to a squall over Lake Michigan, off the coast of Michigan in the United States, which occurred on September 23, 1967. Hundreds of small fishing boats were on the lake to take advantage of a coho salmon run. More than 150 boats capsized, seven people died, and 46 people were injured.

Historical Context for September 23, 1967

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