The Year Was 1967
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 2.78%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 905
Average Cost of new house $14,250.00
Average Income per year $7,300.00
Average Monthly Rent $125.00
Gas per Gallon 33 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,750.00
Movie Ticket $1.25
Polaroid Camera $50.00
Parker Pen Set $11.95
The Federal Minimum Wage is increased to $1.40 an hour
World Series Champions – St. Louis Cardinals
Superbowl I Champions – Green Bay Packers
NBA Champions – Philadelphia 76ers
Stanley Cup Champs – Toronto Maple Leafs
U.S. Open Golf – Jack Nicklaus
U.S. Tennis (Men/Ladies) – Jack Newcombe/Billie Jean King
Wimbledon (Men/Women) – Jack Newcombe/Billie Jean King
NCAA Football Champions - USC
NCAA Basketball Champions - UCLA
Kentucky Derby – Proud Clarion
Time Magazine's Man of the Year – Lyndon B. Johnson
Miss America – Jane Jayme (Lavern, OK)
Miss USA – Sylvia Hitchcock (Alabama)/Cheryl Patton (Florida)
"The Quotes"
“What we have here is a failure to communicate.” - Strother Martin in ‘Cool Hand Luke’
"We rob banks." - Warren Beatty, as Clyde Barrow, in 'Bonnie and Clyde'
"Because I’m worth it" - L'Oréal
"Our repairmen are the loneliest guys in town" - Maytag Appliances
"Mrs. Robinson, you're trying to seduce me... aren't you?" - Dustin Hoffman in 'The Graduate'
"They call me MISTER TIBBS" - Sidney Poitier, in 'In The Heat Of The Night'
"Plastics." - Walter Brooke, in 'The Graduate'
The Scandals, Sad and Odd News
Olympic champion, Ewa Klobukowska, failed the newly-introduced gender test before the European Cup in 1967 and was consequently banned from competing and stripped of her records; a year later, she gave birth to her first child.
In the 1960s, there were numerous sightings of a "Mothman" in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. After the 1967 collapse of the Silver Bridge that killed 47 people, no one saw it ever again.
The Mothers of Invention did not play the Monterey Pop Festival because Frank Zappa "refused to share a stage with the inferior San Francisco bands" (Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead).
Soldiers testing Agent Orange in Canada were told the chemical was completely safe and sprayed it on each other to cool off. It causes cancer.
Political outlaw Che Guevara was shot 9 times during his execution before he was pronounced dead on October 9, 1967. The Bolivian Army did this so that there was no hope of him escaping prison and that there was no drama in regard to a trial.
In spite of what you may still hear today, Walt Disney was not frozen right after his death in late 1966.
Sitting close to the TV will not damage your eyesight. The myth spread after it was discovered that TVs made prior to 1967 emitted excessive radiation.
Airplane Celebrity Death: Otis Redding
Automobile Celebrity Death: Jayne Mansfield
According to Article VIII of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, you can be arrested for a crime committed anywhere in the known universe!
Countercultural icon Abbie Hoffman led a group of anticapitalists to the New York Stock Exchange, where they dropped dollar bills from the balcony onto the floor as traders scrambled to retrieve the cash. He also led a group of 50,000 people and tried to levitate the Pentagon with their combined psychic power.
The Doors earned a lifetime ban from the Ed Sullivan show after agreeing to censor the lyrics to their hit "Light My Fire," but ended up singing the original lyrics anyway.
1967 Pop Culture News
Shizo Kanakuri has the record for the slowest time in the men's Olympic marathon: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes, and 20.3 seconds. He disappeared in 1912 and was given a chance to finish in 1967. He said, "Along the way, I got married, had 6 children and 10 grandchildren."
Doritos first sold nationally as a basic corn tortilla chip in 1967, Nacho Cheese wasn't sold until 1972, and much later Cool Ranch in 1986.
The National Heart Institute and the Atomic Energy Agency began a ten-year effort to develop an artificial heart powered by plutonium-238. The atomic hearts would have pumped human blood with the energy provided by the radioactive decay of that isotope.
Pamela Anderson is oficially Canada's "Centennial Baby", having been the first baby born on July 1, 1967, the 100th anniversary of Canada's official founding.
The first handheld calculator invented.
The Berkeley Barb, a counterculture newspaper, published a fake story about extracting hallucinogenic chemicals from bananas to raise moral questions about banning drugs. People didn't realize it was a hoax and began smoking banana peels to try to get high.
The United States and Russia signed a treaty, agreeing not to nuke the Moon.
Traffic in Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right, on September 3, 1967. Approximately 90 per cent of Swedes already drove left-hand drive (LHD) vehicles at the time.
Major William "Pete" Knight flew a plane at Mach 6.7 or 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h) , a speed which remains the fastest anyone has ever flown an aircraft.
The largest Emerald, the 'Gachala Emerald' was found. It weighed in at 858 carats.
In January, The Beatles recorded a 14-minute avant-garde performance that remains unreleased to this day, known as "Carnival of Light" and is considered the holy grail of missing Beatles' songs.
Protesters requested a permit to levitate the Pentagon 300 feet in the air, through songs and chants, to exorcise it of its evil and end the Vietnam War. Authorities agreed to only 3 feet.
Religious practices were officially banned in Albania between 1967 to 1991. This made Albania the first and only constitutionally atheist state to ever exist.
The original London Bridge in London was relocated to Lake Havasu City, Arizona in.
Audrey Hepburn suffered from a severe water phobia. While shooting Two for the Road, Albert Finney had to throw her into a swimming pool. During filming, divers were placed off-camera for her comfort. The fear on her face during the scene is real.
The Monkees sold more records than The Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.
The first woman to run the Boston Marathon, Katherine Switzer, was chased down by organizers who hadn't realized at the start that she was a woman: "Race official Jock Semple attempted to remove her from the race, and is noted to have shouted, 'Get the hell out of my race and give me those numbers.'"
Rolling Stone began publication.The first issue sold about 5,000 copies.
The Big Mac had two previous names, both of which failed in the marketplace: the Aristocrat, which consumers found difficult to pronounce and understand, and Blue Ribbon Burger. The Big Mac debuted at a Uniontown, Pennsylvania restaurant this year, selling for 45 cents.
Having been tested in a few outlets, 7-11's Slurpees became avaiable in all locations in 1967.
There are no current statistics on religion in Tanzania. Home to many faiths, its census hasn't asked about religion since this year in order to avoid fights over which was the biggest.
Cost of a Superbowl ad in 1967: $42,000.
The 'Shag Harbor UFO Crash' in Nova Scotia, Canada was one of the few such incidents where a Government agency formally declared UFO involvement.
S.E. Hinton wrote The Outsiders when she was only 15 years old and it has sold 500k copies a year since 1967.
The President of the University of Oregon missed out on having The Graduate filmed at the school in 1967. Not wanting to make the same mistake again, he allowed for another movie to be filmed there around a decade later. That movie was Animal House.
South African doctor Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant.
The Last Emperor of China lived until 1967, and was a communist prisoner for years tending a vegetable garden simply as "Prisoner No. 981"
1967's Most Popular Christmas Gifts
Kerplunk, Johnny Astto, Talking GI Joe action figures, Mega Bloks, Newton’s cardle, Uncle Fester’s Mystery Light Bulb, Li-Brite, Ants in the Pants Game
1967's Most Popular TV Shows
- The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
- The Lucy Show (CBS)
- Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. (CBS)
- Gunsmoke (CBS)
- Family Affair (CBS)
- Bonanza (NBC)
- The Red Skelton Show (CBS)
- The Dean Martin Show (NBC)
- The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
- Betwitched (ABC)
Popular Music Artists
Aretha Franklin, The Association, The Beatles, Bettye Swan, Carla Thomas, Dionne Warwick, The 4 Seasons, The Four Tops, Freddie Scott, Gene Chandler, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Hollies, Jackie Wilson, James Brown, Joe Tex, Jr. Walker & the All Stars, King Curtis, The Lovin Spoonful, The Mamas & the Papas, Martha and the Vandellas, The Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, The Monkees, Nancy Sinatra, Otis Redding, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Percy Sledge, Petula Clark, The Rascals, Sam & Dave, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, Tammi Terrell, Tommy James & the Shondells, Wilson Pickett
The Biggest Pop Artists of 1967
December 31, 1966 - February 17, 1967: The Monkees - I'm a Believer
February 18, 1967 - March 3, 1967: The Buckinghams - Kind of a Drag
March 4, 1967 - March 10, 1967: The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
March 11, 1967 - March 17, 1967: The Supremes - Love Is Here and Now You're Gone
March 18, 1967 - March 24, 1967: The Beatles - Penny Lane
March 25, 1967 - April 14, 1967: The Turtles - Happy Together
April 15, 1967 - May 12, 1967: Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid
May 13, 1967 - May 19, 1967: The Supremes - The Happening
May 20, 1967 - June 2, 1967: Young Rascals - Groovin'
June 3, 1967 - J, 1967: Aretha Franklin - Respect
July 1, 1967 - July 28, 1967: The Association - Windy
July 29, 1967 - August 18, 1967: The Doors - Light My Fire
August 19, 1967 - August 25, 1967: The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
August 26, 1967 - September 22, 1967: Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
September 23, 1967 - October 20, 1967: Box Tops - The Letter
October 21, 1967 - November 24, 1967: Lulu - To Sir With Love
November 25, 1967 - December 1, 1967: Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
December 2, 1967 - December 29, 1967: The Monkees - Daydream Believer
December 30, 1967 - January 19, 1968: The Beatles - Hello, Goodbye
Popular Movies
Bonnie and Clyde
Cool Hand Luke
The Dirty Dozen
From the Maddening Crowd
The Gnome-Mobile
The Graduate
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Hombre
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
In Cold Blood
In Like Flint
In the Heat of the Night
The Jungle Book
Point Blank
Son of Godzilla
Valley of the Dolls
Wait Until Dark
Week End
You Only Live Twice