The Year 1967 in Review: Facts, Trivia, and Historic Highlights

This quick read is a collection of fun facts, trivia, and historic events from the year 1967. Discover the year’s top news stories, most influential people, sports facts, grocery prices, entertainment trivia, and much more.

1. In 1967, bell-bottoms, Barbie dolls, and the Beatles were all on center stage. Chicken pot pies and pineapple upside-down cake were crowd-pleasers, and Michael and Karen were popular baby names. In 1967 as well, the words "aerobics," "biotech," "blue flu," "ego trip," "ibuprofen," "paramedic," "primary care," "sports drink," and "word processing" all appeared in print for the first time.
2. Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th president of the United States, and Hubert H. Humphrey was the nation’s vice president.
3. Average annual household income: $7,300.00
4. Average cost of a new home: $14,250.00
5. Average monthly rent: $125.00
6. Average price of a new car: $2,750.00
7. Homicide rate (per 100,000): 6.8
8. Inflation rate: 2.78 percent
9. Minimum wage: $1.40/hour
10. Unemployment rate: 3.8 percent
11. Clerk typist: $2.00/hour
12. Lab technician: $100.00/week
13. Machinist: $4.00/hour
14. Registered nurse: $6,700/year
15. Secretary: $100.00/week
16. American companies and brands established during 1967 included Big Lots, JanSport, The Money Store, Perry Ellis, Quest Diagnostics, Ralph Lauren, and Southwest Airlines.
17. Consumer products launched during the year included Close-Up toothpaste, Fantastik cleaning products, Fiddle Faddle, Ho Hos, mini-cassettes, pizza rolls, Product 19 breakfast cereal, Twix candy bars, and Ultra Brite toothpaste.
18. In 1967, Congress passed the Wholesome Meat Act, the Public Broadcasting Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the National Park Foundation Act, and the Supplemental Defense Appropriations Act.
19. On January 2, at the 33rd Orange Bowl, Florida beat Georgia Tech, 27-12.
20. On January 2, at the 33rd Sugar Bowl, Alabama beat Nebraska, 34-7.
21. On January 2, at the 53rd Rose Bowl, Purdue beat Southern California, 24-13.
22. On January 15, at Super Bowl I, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10, at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
23. On February 2, the American Basketball Association (ABA) was formed. (The 1967-68 ABA season took place from October 13, 1967, to May 4, 1968.)
24. From March 30 to April 10, 18,000 members of AFTRA—the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists—staged the union's first national strike.
25. On April 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) began operations in Washington, DC.
26. April 10: The AFTRA strike was settled just in time for the Academy Awards presentation.
27. April 10: At the 1967 Academy Awards, Fred Zinnemann’s A Man for All Seasons won six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design.
28. May 1: Rock and roll singer Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Beaulieu were married in Las Vegas.
29. On May 2, the Toronto Maple Leafs clinched the Stanley Cup by defeating the Montreal Canadiens in six games.
30. On May 25, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment was added to the United States Constitution. In simple terms, the 25th Amendment states that “If the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the vice president becomes president.” (Congress initially proposed the 25th Amendment in the aftermath of President John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.)
31. From June to October, the Summer of Love took place in San Francisco, when "as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged on San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury neighborhood."
32. On June 4, at the 19th Primetime Emmy Awards, The Monkees (NBC) won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and Mission: Impossible (CBS) won an Emmy for Outstanding Dramatic Series.
33. A Barclays bank branch in Enfield, northern London, "ceremoniously unveiled" the world's first automated teller machine (ATM) on June 27.
34. During July and August, race riots erupted in over 150 U.S. cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Newark, New York City, Rochester, and Toledo. The unrest was fueled by chronic poverty, police brutality, and racial inequality.
35. On July 19, the New York City Transit Authority unveiled the first air-conditioned subway cars.
36. On July 23, Branch Rickey, Lloyd Waner, and Red Ruffing became members of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
37. On July 23, Roger Pingeon of France won the 54th Tour de France.
38. July 27: President Johnson established the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (aka the Kerner Commission) to investigate the violence that had erupted in a number of U.S. cities since 1965.
39. August 29: The final episode of ABC's The Fugitive was broadcast to over 78 million viewers.
40. August 30: Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
41. September 11: The Carol Burnett Show premiered on CBS and ran for 11 seasons.
42. Between October and December, the Queen Mary luxury liner took her "last great cruise" from Southampton, England, to Long Beach, California.
43. On October 10, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the UK ratified the Outer Space Treaty, which "bans the stationing of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in outer space, prohibits military activities on celestial bodies, and details legally binding rules governing the peaceful exploration and use of space."
44. On October 12, the St. Louis Cardinals won the World Series by defeating the Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3.
45. Because of growing opposition to the Vietnam War, large-scale anti-war protests took place throughout 1967 in many U.S. cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. For example, on October 21, "over 100,000 protesters marched from the Lincoln Memorial to the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War. Hippies and veterans alike clashed with U.S. marshals in one of the largest demonstrations against the war that day."
46. On December 3, Dr. Cristian Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant in South Africa.
47. December 15: The Silver Bridge over the Ohio River in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapsed, killing 46.
48. December 28: Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
49. In 1967, Bonanza and The Andy Griffith Show were the two most popular TV shows, The Graduate was a top-rated film, and The Arrangement was a best-selling fiction book.
50. A McDonald's restaurant in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, sold the world's first Big Mac for 45 cents. (Today, McDonald's sells about 17 Big Macs every second.)
51. The sports drink Gatorade was developed at the University of Florida for their football team. Gatorade also became the official sports drink for the National Football League (NFL).
52. Yellow margarine finally became legal in Wisconsin, which was the last state to allow coloring to be added to margarine.
53. The one hundred millionth telephone was installed in the U.S.
54. General Motors manufactured their 100,000,000th vehicle.
55. Texas Instruments unveiled the first electronic handheld calculator.
56. Fashion trends for women included flowing skirts, velvet bell-bottoms, and Afros. Men's fashion trends were slim-fit trousers, button-down shirts, polo shirts, and patterned sports jackets.
57. Famous people born in 1967 were Anderson Cooper, Faith Hill, Jimmy Kimmel, Julia Roberts, Kate Walsh, Keith Urban, Lauren Graham, Pamela Anderson, Tim McGraw, and Toni Braxton.
58. Bread (white): Two 11.5-ounce loaves for 45 cents
59. Butter: 75 cents for a one-pound package
60. Cake mixes (Betty Crocker, assorted flavors): 29 cents a box
61. Cheese (Kraft, American slices): Two 12-ounce packages for $1.00
62. Coffee (Maxwell House, all grinds): 75 cents for a 16-ounce can
63. Eggs (large): 55 cents a dozen
64. Fruit cocktail (Del Monte): 19 cents for a 30-ounce can
65. Hot dogs (Hygrade): 99 cents for a two-pound package
66. Juice (Tropicana, orange): 49 cents for a half gallon
67. Milk: 43 cents a gallon
68. Potatoes: Two pounds for 19 cents
69. Spaghetti (Chef Boyardee): 99 cents for seven 15-ounce cans
70. TV dinner (Morton's, three courses): 59 cents for a 17-ounce package

References:

1. https://popculturemadness.com/1967-fun-facts-trivia-history/
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_in_the_United_States
3. https://www.infoplease.com/year/1967
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