At A Glance

18 July 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
18 July 1967 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “All You Need Is Love” by The Beatles.
Top Film of 1967
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1967 was The Jungle Book.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 July 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 July 1967 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 18 July

  • 1944 World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.
  • 1966 Human spaceflight: Gemini 10 is launched from Cape Kennedy on a 70-hour mission that includes docking with an orbiting Agena target vehicle.
  • 1968 Intel is founded in Mountain View, California.
  • 1976 Nadia Comăneci becomes the first person in Olympic Games history to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
  • 1992 A picture of Les Horribles Cernettes was taken, which became the first ever photo posted to the World Wide Web.

Famous people born on 18 July

  • Kristen Bell, American actress (born 1980)
  • Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, singer, and film producer (born 1982)
  • James Norton, English actor (born 1985)
  • Vin Diesel, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1967)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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