Born on 31 January 1967

At A Glance

31 January 1967 at a glance

Day of the week

31 January 1967 was a Tuesday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Green, Green Grass of Home” by Tom Jones 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 31 January is Aquarius.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 31 January 1967 fell in the Year of the Horse.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 31 January 1967 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 31 January

• 1958 Cold War: Space Race: The Explorer 1, the first successful American satellite, detects the Van Allen radiation belt.
• 1961 Project Mercury: Mercury-Redstone 2: The chimpanzee Ham travels into outer space.
• 1966 The Soviet Union launches the unmanned Luna 9 spacecraft as part of the Luna program.
• 1968 Vietnam War: Viet Cong guerrillas attack the United States embassy in Saigon, and other attacks, in the early morning hours, later grouped together as the Tet Offensive.
• 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.

Famous people born on 31 January

• Julián Alvarez, Argentine footballer (born 2000)
• Justin Timberlake, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1981)
• Minnie Driver, English singer-songwriter and actress (born 1970)
• Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (1919–1972)

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