At A Glance

19 June 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
19 June 1967 was a Monday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Groovin'” by The Young Rascals.
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 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 19 June 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 19 June 1967 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 19 June

  • 1960 Charlotte Motor Speedway holds its first NASCAR race, the inaugural World 600.
  • 1961 Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 1964 The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate.
  • 1965 Nguyễn Cao Kỳ becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
  • 1978 Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.

Famous people born on June 19

  • Macklemore, American rapper (born 1983)
  • Zoe Saldaña, American actress (born 1978)
  • James VI and I (1566–1625)
  • Robin Tunney, American actress (born 1972)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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