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TV tower in operation in time for 50th anniv of Bolshevik Revolution but restaurant in tower unable to open; tower broadcasts strong clear signal up to 100 mi; 1st sec of huge TV center nearby in service; tower illus
NEW YORK STATE Voters will decide on a new constitution, a $2.5-billion transportation bond-issue, expansion of the Job Development Authority and a proposal to build two ski slopes. The polls close at 9 P.M.
Mora v McNamara: suit by 3 Army pvts to bar their being sent to Vietnam on grounds that war is illegal; Justices Stewart, Douglas dissent
USAF bombers, based in Thailand, bomb for 1st time N Vietnam's largest mil supply area at Giathuong 3 mi from center of Hanoi; 2 MIGs, 1 US plane downed; US planes attack Phucyen base, destroy at least 2 MIGs on ground; hit targets in other areas; N Vietnam repts 5 US planes downed; map
Fed ct enjoins Krupa, other election officials from tampering with voter rights; acts after hearing testimony by Dem pct worker and FBI agent on conspiracy to pad white voter lists; Krupa admits he predicted all Dems but Hatcher would win and that he sent lrs to 5,286 voters in Negro areas demanding they prove qualifications; ct combines Justice Dept and Hatcher suits; orders 1,099 new registrants found by FBI in white areas to prove identity and qualification; voids Krupa lr; Krupa illus; state Sup Ct sets aside order banning Branigin from calling up Guard
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 1, 1967, covering November 7, 1967.
Diana Ross & The Supremes
The Beatles
The Doors
Bobbie Gentry
Aretha Franklin
1967Steve Di Giorgio, American bass player[†]
Steve Di Giorgio is an American bass guitarist. He is known for his work with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus, Death, Testament, Megadeth, Sebastian Bach, Iced Earth, Autopsy, Obituary, Control Denied, Dragonlord and Charred Walls of the Damned, and he has performed on over 50 albums as a guest, session or full-time band musician.
1967David Guetta, French DJ, record producer, remixer, and songwriter[†]
Pierre David Guetta is a French DJ and record producer. He has sold over 10 million albums and 65 million singles globally, with more than 30 billion streams on Spotify. Guetta was voted the number one DJ in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs polls in 2011, and throughout 2020 until 2023. In 2013, Billboard ranked his song "When Love Takes Over" as the number one dance-pop collaboration of all time.
1967Hikaru Ijūin, Japanese radio host[†]
Hikaru Ijūin , real name Ken Shinooka, formerly Ken Tanaka, born 7 November 1967, is a Japanese comedian, radio personality, computer game reviewer, and commentator. He was born in Kita, Tokyo. He is married to former idol Mika Shinooka.
1967Rafael Herbert Reyes, Dominican wrestler[†]
Rafael Herbert Reyes is a Dominican born professional wrestler, who has worked most of his career as a Luchador in Mexico. Reyes has used many ring names during his career, most notably Kendo Star, El Salsero, Pierko el Boricua and currently wrestles as the enmascarado Hijo del Pierroth or El Limón. Reyes is a former holder of the Mexican National Welterweight Championship, having won it as "El Salsero" while working for the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion. Reyes changed his name from Hijo del Pierroth to Pierko el Boricua after Pierroth, Jr. withdrew his endorsement for the various Pierroths in wrestling.
1967Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress[†]
Sharleen Eugene Spiteri is a Scottish singer–songwriter and guitarist who has a contralto vocal range, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Texas, who rose to prominence in 1989 with the release of their debut single "I Don't Want a Lover". Their debut album, Southside (1989) was a commercial success, selling over two million copies. Follow up albums were less successful; however, the release of their fourth album White on Blonde (1997) returned the band to prominence, spawning the internationally successful singles "Say What You Want", "Halo", "Black Eyed Boy" and "Put Your Arms Around Me". Their commercial success continued during the late 1990s and into the early 2000s, with singles "In Our Lifetime", "Summer Son", "In Demand" and "Inner Smile". Following the release of their seventh album Red Book (2005), the band began a hiatus. In 2013, Texas's worldwide album sales were counted at 40 million records.
1967John Nance Garner, American lawyer and politician, 32nd Vice President of the United States (born 1868)[†]
John Nance Garner III, known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was the 32nd vice president of the United States, serving from 1933 to 1941, under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A member of the Democratic Party, Garner served as the 39th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933, having been a U.S. representative from Texas from 1903 to 1933. Garner and Schuyler Colfax are the only politicians to have served as presiding officers of both chambers of the U.S. Congress as speaker of the House and vice president of the United States.
1967Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.[†]
Carl Burton Stokes was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Elected on November 7, 1967, and taking office on January 1, 1968, he was one of the first black elected mayors of a major U.S. city.
1967US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.[†]
Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States, serving from 1963 to 1969. He became president after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, under whom he had served as the 37th vice president from 1961 to 1963. A Southern Democrat, Johnson previously represented Texas in Congress for over 23 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1937 to 1949, and then as a U.S. senator from 1949 to 1961.
In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[†]