At A Glance

21 January 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
21 January 1967 was a Saturday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “I'm a Believer” by The Monkees.
Top Film of 1967
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1967 was The Jungle Book.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 January 1967 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 January 1967 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 21 January

  • 1960 Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia, with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey, on board.
  • 1963 The Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ends operation.
  • 1968 Vietnam War, Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins.
  • 1971 The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
  • 1976 Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.

Famous people born on 21 January

  • Ingrid Alexandra, Crown Princess of Norway (born 2004)
  • Geena Davis, American actress and producer (born 1956)
  • Grigori Rasputin, Russian mystic (1869–1916)
  • IShowSpeed, American YouTuber and online streamer (born 2005)

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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