At A Glance

21 November 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
21 November 1967 was a Tuesday.
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 21 November is Scorpio.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 November 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for November is Topaz.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 November 1967 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 21 November

  • 1964 The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge opens to traffic. At the time it is the world's longest bridge span.
  • 1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
  • 1969 U.S. President Richard Nixon and Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō agree on the return of Okinawa to Japanese control in 1972. The U.S. retains rights to bases on the island, but these are to be nuclear-free.
  • 1969 The first permanent ARPANET link is established between UCLA and SRI.
  • 1970 Vietnam War: Operation Ivory Coast: A joint United States Air Force and Army team raids the Sơn Tây prisoner-of-war camp in an attempt to free American prisoners of war thought to be held there.

Famous people born on November 21

  • Goldie Hawn, American actress, singer, and producer (born 1945)
  • Isabel May, American actress (born 2000)
  • Björk, Icelandic singer-songwriter (born 1965)
  • Jena Malone, American actress and singer (born 1984)

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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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