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2 November 1967 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 2 November 1967 was a Thursday.
- 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 2 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 2 November 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 2 November 1967 was New Moon.
On this day: 2 November
- 1960 Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
- 1964 King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal.
- 1965 Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
- 1966 The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- 1967 Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
Famous people born on 2 November
- Marie Antoinette, Austrian-French queen consort of Louis XVI of France (1755–1793)
- Shah Rukh Khan, Indian film actor, producer and television host (born 1965)
- David Schwimmer, American actor (born 1966)
- Warren G. Harding, American journalist and politician, 29th President of the United States (1865–1923)
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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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