At A Glance

15 November 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
15 November 1967 was a Wednesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Baby Now That I've Found You” by The Foundations.
Top Film of 1967
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1967 was The Jungle Book.
Star sign
The star sign for 15 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 15 November 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 15 November 1967 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 15 November

  • 1965 Craig Breedlove sets a land speed record of 600.601 mph (966.574 km/h) in his car, the Spirit of America, at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.
  • 1966 Project Gemini: Gemini 12 completes the program's final mission, when it splashes down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 1968 The Cleveland Transit System becomes the first transit system in the western hemisphere to provide direct rapid transit service from a city's downtown to its major airport.
  • 1971 Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
  • 1976 René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.

Famous people born on 15 November

  • Shailene Woodley, American actress (born 1991)
  • Jonny Lee Miller, English-American actor (born 1972)
  • Erwin Rommel, German field marshal (1891–1944)
  • Karl-Anthony Towns, Dominican-American basketball player (born 1995)

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Events of 1967 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '1967 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 23 January – Milton Keynes, a village situated in northern Buckinghamshire, is formally designated as a new town by the government, incorporating nearby towns and villages including Bletchley and Newport Pagnell.
  • 11 April – Tom Stoppard's tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead receives its Old Vic premiere in London.
  • 13 April – Casino Royale, the first of two unofficial James Bond films not produced by Eon Productions, is released. A parody, it is the only film to star David Niven as James Bond.

Life in 1967

Prime Minister

Harold Wilson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

14p

Loaf of Bread

9p

Average House

£4,010

Weekly Wage

£21.00

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