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March 5, 1967

On March 5, 1967, lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38. The year's #1 song was "To Sir With Love" by Lulu. Dana Barros, Olga Tañón, Lara Jill Miller would arrive in the same year.

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1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1967th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 967th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1960s decade.

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On March 5, 1967

  1. 1967 Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38.

    1967 aviation accident

    Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 was a regularly scheduled Convair 580 flight on March 5, 1967, from Chicago, Illinois to Detroit, Michigan with stops at Lafayette, Indiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, Columbus, Ohio and Toledo, Ohio. The aircraft crashed near Marseilles, Ohio, killing all 38 passengers and crew on board. This remains the deadliest aviation accident in the state of Ohio.

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Died on March 5, 1967

Mischa Auer Russian-American actor (1905–1967)
Mohammad Mosaddegh Prime Minister of Iran from 1951 to 1953
Georges Vanier Governor General of Canada from 1959 to 1967

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The class of 1967

Others born in 1967

Dana Barros 1967– American basketball player and coach
Olga Tañón 1967– Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
Lara Jill Miller 1967– American actress
Mike Portnoy 1967– American drummer and songwriter
David J. C. MacKay 1967– English physicist, engineer, and academic (died 2016)
Sherri Shepherd 1967– American actress, comedian, and television personality

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