At A Glance

18 November 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
18 November 1967 was a Saturday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “To Sir With Love” by Lulu.
Top Film of 1967
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1967 was The Jungle Book.
Bestselling Novel of 1967
“The Arrangement” by Elia Kazan was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1967.
Top-Rated TV Show
“The Andy Griffith Show” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1967–68 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 18 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 November 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 November 1967 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 18 November

  • 1961 Vietnam War: United States President John F. Kennedy sends 18,000 military advisors to South Vietnam.
  • 1963 The Bell Telephone Company introduces the first push-button telephone.
  • 1970 U.S. President Richard Nixon asks the U.S. Congress for $155 million in supplemental aid for the Cambodian government.
  • 1971 Oman declares its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1978 The McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet makes its first flight, at the Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, United States.

Famous people born on November 18

  • Duncan Sheik, American singer-songwriter and composer (1969–2026)
  • Owen Wilson, American actor (born 1968)
  • Chloë Sevigny, American actress, model, and fashion designer (born 1974)
  • Caleb Williams, American football player (born 2001)

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Events of 1967 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1967 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • April 9 – The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.
  • April 24 – 18 – year-old S. E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel The Outsiders is published.
  • June 2 – The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released in the U.S.

Life in the US in 1967

President

Lyndon B. Johnson

Gas (per gallon)

$0.33

Loaf of Bread

$0.22

Average House

$15,900

Weekly Wage

$115

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