Welcome - 1967 - a year of many happenings

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World Events

• 1967 found Israeli and Arab forces battle; Six-Day War ends with Israel occupying Sinai Peninsula, Golan Heights, Gaza Strip and West Bank.
• Right-wing military coup deposes King Constantine II of Greece.
• Communist China announces explosion of its first hydrogen bomb.
• The US and USSR propose a nuclear nonproliferation treaty.
  

US Events

• Three Apollo astronauts, Col. Virgil I. Grissom, Col. Edward White II, and Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee are killed in spacecraft fire during simulated launch.
• USS Liberty is accidently attacked by Israeli military forces on 8 June.
• Racial violence in Detroit; 7,000 National Guardsmen aid police after night of rioting. Similar outbreaks occur in New York City's Spanish Harlem, Rochester, N.Y., Birmingham, Ala., and New Britain, Conn.
• Thurgood Marshall sworn in as first black US Supreme Court justice .
• Earth Day is celebrated for the first time.
• March on the Pentagon - 22 October - Protesters burning Draft Cards

Economics

US GDP(1998 dollars): $833.6 billion
Federal spending: $157.46 billion
Federal debt: $340.4 billion
Consumer Price Index: 33.4
Unemployment: 3.8%
Average Cost of a new house: $14,250.00
Average Income per year
(current dollars): $7,300
Average Montly Rent: $125.00
Gas per Gallon: 33 cents
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05

Sports

• First Super Bowl - 15 January 1967
  Green Bay d. Kansas City (35-10)

• World Series
  St. Louis Cardinals d. Boston Red Sox (4-3)

• NBA Championship
  Philadelphia 76ers d. SF Warriors (4-2)

• Stanley Cup
  Toronto d. Montreal (4-2)

• Wimbledon
  Women: Billie Jean King d. A. Jones(6-3 6-4)
  Men: John Newcombe d. W. Bungert (6-3 6-1 6-1)

• Kentucky Derby Champion
  Proud Clarion

• NCAA Football Championship
  UCLA d. Dayton (79-64)

• NCAA Basketball Championship
  USC (10-1-0)

Entertainment

Events
• Congress creates PBS
  
  
• Rolling Stone and New York Magazine debut,
  spawning the popularity of special-interest and regional magazines.

Movies
• The Graduate, Bonnie and Clyde, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?,
  In the Heat of the Night, Cool Hand Luke

Entertainment Awards

Pulitzer Prizes
• Fiction The Fixer, Bernard Malamud
• Music Quartet No. 3, Leon Kirchner
• Drama A Delicate Balance, Edward Albee

People Born in 1968

• Pamela Anderson
• Boris Becker
• Kurt Cobain
• Harry Connick, Jr.
• Laura Dern
• Vin Diesel
• Will Ferrell
• Jamie Foxx
• Faith Hill
• Nicole Kidman
• Tim McGraw
• Julia Roberts
• Deion Sanders
• Anna Nicole Smith
• Vanilla Ice
• Emily Watson

Billboard Top 20 Hits of 1967
1.  To Sir With Love, Lulu	11.  Little Bit O'Soul, The Music Explosion
2.  The Letter, The Box Tops	12.  I Think We're Alone Now, Tommy James and The Shondells
3.  Ode to Billie Joe, Bobby Gentry	13.  Respect, Aretha Franklin
4.  Windy, The Association	14.  I Was Made to Love Her, Stevie Wonder
5.  I'm a Believer, The Monkeys	15.  Come Back When You Grow Up, Bobby Vee and The Strangers
6.  Light My Fire, The Doors	16.  Kind of a Drag, The Buckinghams
7.  Somethin' Stupid, Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra	17.  Sweet Soul Music, Arthur Conley
8.  Happy Together, The Turtles	18.  Expressway to Your Heart, The Soul Survivors
9.  Groovin, The Young Rascals	19.  Soul Man, Sam and Dave
10.  Can't Take My Eyes Off You, Frankie Valli	20.  Never My Love, The Association