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December 30, 1967

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 27, 1967, covering December 30, 1967.

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    Album cover for Pisces; Aquarius; Capricorn; And Jones Ltd. by The Monkees

    Pisces; Aquarius; Capricorn; And Jones Ltd.

    The Monkees

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    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    6
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    Album cover for Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits by Diana Ross & The Supremes

    Diana Ross And The Supremes Greatest Hits

    Diana Ross & The Supremes

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    2
    Peak
    1
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    14
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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

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
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    28
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    Album cover for Magical Mystery Tour (Soundtrack) by The Beatles

    Magical Mystery Tour (Soundtrack)

    The Beatles

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    Peak
    4
    Weeks
    2
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    Album cover for Their Satanic Majesties Request by The Rolling Stones

    Their Satanic Majesties Request

    The Rolling Stones

    Last week
    29
    Peak
    5
    Weeks
    2

Notable Births

PCO (wrestler)

1967Carl Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and sportscaster[†]

Carl Ouellet is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name PCO. He is known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and with World Championship Wrestling during the 1990s. Throughout the 1990s, he regularly teamed with Jacques Rougeau as the Quebecers and the Amazing French Canadians, winning the WWF Tag Team Championship on three occasions. After retiring in 2011, Ouellet returned to the ring in 2016, undergoing a career renaissance with the gimmick of PCO: "part beast-turned-man, part old-time strongman". From 2018 to 2021, Ouellet wrestled for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he was a ROH World Champion, ROH World Tag Team Champion, and ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Champion. He joined TNA in 2022, winning the TNA Digital Media Championship before departing at the end of 2024.

Notable Deaths

Vincent Massey

1967Vincent Massey, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Governor General of Canada (born 1887)[†]

Charles Vincent Massey was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as the 18th governor general of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Massey was the first governor general of Canada who was born in Canada.

Historical Events

Aeroflot Flight L-51

1967Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43.[†]

Aeroflot Flight L-51 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by an Antonov An-24 that crashed on approach to Liepāja International Airport on 30 December 1967, resulting in the death of 43 of the 51 people on board. To date, it is the deadliest aviation accident in Latvian history. The investigation revealed the cause of the accident to be pilot error.

Historical Context for December 30, 1967

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