At A Glance

13 February 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
13 February 1967 was a Monday.
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
“I'm a Believer / (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone” by The Monkees was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
Top Film of 1967
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1967 was The Jungle Book.
Star sign
The star sign for 13 February is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 13 February 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for February is Amethyst.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 13 February 1967 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 13 February

  • 1960 With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
  • 1960 Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • 1961 An allegedly 500,000-year-old rock is discovered near Olancha, California, US, that appears to anachronistically encase a spark plug.
  • 1967 American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
  • 1975 Fire at One World Trade Center (North Tower) of the World Trade Center in New York.

Famous people born on 13 February

  • Stockard Channing, American actress (born 1944)
  • Henry Rollins, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1961)
  • Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician (born 1950)
  • Robbie Williams, English singer-songwriter (born 1974)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1967 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '1967 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 18 January – The Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky begins a controversial visit to Australia.
  • 7 February – Black Tuesday in Tasmania – massive bushfires devastate much of the Tasmanian capital of Hobart and surrounding areas.
  • 8 March – La Trobe University is officially opened.

Life in Australia in 1967

Prime Minister

Harold Holt

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$0.06

Loaf of Bread

$0.16

Average House

$8,500

Weekly Wage

$37.00

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