At A Glance
19 December 1967 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 December 1967 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Daydream Believer” by The Monkees.
- 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 19 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 December 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 December 1967 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 19 December
- 1961 India annexes Daman and Diu, part of Portuguese India.
- 1972 Apollo program: The last crewed lunar flight, Apollo 17, carrying Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans, and Harrison Schmitt, returns to Earth.
- 1974 Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- 1981 Sixteen lives are lost when the Penlee lifeboat goes to the aid of the stricken coaster Union Star in heavy seas.
- 1983 The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Famous people born on December 19
- Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor and producer (born 1980)
- Karim Benzema, French footballer (born 1987)
- Lauren Boebert, American politician (born 1986)
- Alyssa Milano, American actress, television personality, and activist (born 1972)
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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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