At A Glance
19 May 1967 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 May 1967 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “The Happening” by The Supremes.
- 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 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 May 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 May 1967 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 19 May
- 1959 The North Vietnamese Army establishes Group 559, whose responsibility is to determine how to maintain supply lines to South Vietnam; the resulting route is the Ho Chi Minh trail.
- 1961 Venera program: Venera 1 becomes the first man-made object to fly by another planet by passing Venus (the probe had lost contact with Earth a month earlier and did not send back any data).
- 1962 A birthday salute to U.S. President John F. Kennedy takes place at Madison Square Garden, New York City. The highlight is Marilyn Monroe's rendition of "Happy Birthday".
- 1963 The New York Post Sunday Magazine publishes Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail.
- 1971 Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
Famous people born on May 19
- Malcolm X, American minister and activist (1925–1965)
- Lainey Wilson, American singer-songwriter (born 1992)
- Archie Manning, American football player (born 1949)
- Dusty Hill, American singer-songwriter and bass player (1949–2021)
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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