At A Glance

11 July 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
11 July 1967 was a Tuesday.
Irish Chart Song in 1967
The Irish chart song for 1967 was “Release Me” by Engelbert Humperdinck.
Top Film of 1967
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1967 was The Jungle Book.
Star sign
The star sign for 11 July is Cancer.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 11 July 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for July is Ruby.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 11 July 1967 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 11 July

  • 1960 France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger.
  • 1962 First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
  • 1962 Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth.
  • 1971 The nationalization of all large copper mines in Chile is completed.
  • 1972 The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.

Famous people born on 11 July

  • Yul Brynner, Russian-American actor and dancer (1920–1985)
  • Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host (born 1963)
  • John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States (1767–1848)
  • Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (1274–1329)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1967 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1967 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 9 January – Demonstrations by the National Farmers' Association (NFA) caused major chaos when farm machinery blocked many roads.
  • 7 April – The American Friendship 7 mission astronaut John Glenn was interviewed by RTÉ Television during a three-day visit to Ireland.
  • 30 June – Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Ireland for a holiday with her children, Caroline and John. She was received at the president's residence, Áras an Uachtaráin, where she was an overnight guest, by President Éamon de Valera and his wife, Sinéad.

Life in Ireland in 1967

Taoiseach

Jack Lynch

Petrol (per litre)

3s 4d/gal

Loaf of Bread

11d

Average House

£3,600

Weekly Wage

£8 10s

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