At A Glance

18 October 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
18 October 1967 was a Wednesday.
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 18 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 October 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 October 1967 was Full Moon.

On this day: 18 October

  • 1954 Texas Instruments announces the Regency TR-1, the first mass-produced transistor radio.
  • 1963 Félicette, a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.
  • 1967 The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
  • 1978 Based on the world's first children's art museum, the Henrik Igityan National Centre for Aesthetics opened in Yerevan.
  • 1979 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a federal government license.

Famous people born on 18 October

  • Zohran Mamdani, American politician, mayor of New York City (born 1991)
  • Milo Yiannopoulos, British journalist and public speaker (born 1984)
  • Zac Efron, American actor and singer (born 1987)
  • Barry Keoghan, Irish actor (born 1992)

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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