At A Glance
25 December 1967 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 December 1967 was a Monday.
- 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 25 December is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 December 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 December 1967 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 25 December
- 1950 The Stone of Scone, traditional coronation stone of British monarchs, is taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students. It later turns up in Scotland on April 11, 1951.
- 1962 The Soviet Union conducts its final above-ground nuclear weapon test, in anticipation of the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
- 1963 Turkish Cypriot Bayrak Radio begins transmitting in Cyprus after Turkish Cypriots are forcibly excluded from Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation.
- 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 performs the first successful Trans-Earth injection (TEI) maneuver, sending the crew and spacecraft on a trajectory back to Earth from Lunar orbit.
- 1977 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin meets in Egypt with its president Anwar Sadat.
Famous people born on 25 December
- Isaac Newton, English physicist and mathematician (1642–1727)
- Justin Trudeau, Canadian educator and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada (born 1971)
- Nawaz Sharif, Pakistani politician, 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1949)
- Humphrey Bogart, American actor (1899–1957)
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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