At A Glance

3 January 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
3 January 1967 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Green, Green Grass of Home” by Tom Jones.
Top Film of 1967
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1967 was The Jungle Book.
Star sign
The star sign for 3 January is Capricorn.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 3 January 1967 fell in the Year of the Horse.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 3 January 1967 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 3 January

  • 1959 Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state.
  • 1961 Cold War: After a series of economic retaliations against one another, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
  • 1961 A protest by agricultural workers in Baixa de Cassanje, Portuguese Angola, turns into a revolt, opening the Angolan War of Independence, the first of the Portuguese Colonial Wars.
  • 1962 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro.
  • 1976 The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly, comes into force.

Famous people born on 3 January

  • Florence Pugh, English actress (born 1996)
  • Mel Gibson, American-Australian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1956)
  • Michael Schumacher, German racing driver (born 1969)
  • J. R. R. Tolkien, English writer, poet, and philologist (1892–1973)

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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.
More events of 1967 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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