At A Glance

30 December 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
30 December 1967 was a Saturday.
Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
“Snoopy's Christmas” by The Royal Guardsmen 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 30 December is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 December 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 December 1967 was New Moon.

On this day: 30 December

  • 1944 King George II of Greece declares a regency, leaving the throne vacant.
  • 1947 Cold War: King Michael I of Romania is forced to abdicate by the Soviet Union-backed Communist government of Romania.
  • 1954 The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.
  • 1972 Vietnam War: Operation Linebacker II ends.
  • 1987 Stella Sigcau, Prime minister of the South African Bantustan of Transkei, is ousted from power in a bloodless military coup led by General Bantu Holomisa.

Famous people born on 30 December

  • LeBron James, American basketball player, producer and businessman (born 1984)
  • Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress (born 1982)
  • Tracey Ullman, English-American actress, singer, director, and screenwriter (born 1959)
  • Tiger Woods, American golfer (born 1975)

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

John McEwen

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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Famous Faces Born in the 1960s

Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.

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