At A Glance
23 October 1967 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 October 1967 was a Monday.
- 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 23 October is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 October 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 October 1967 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 23 October
- 1955 Prime Minister Ngô Đình Diệm defeats former emperor Bảo Đại in a referendum and founds the Republic of Vietnam.
- 1956 Secret police shoot several anti-communist protesters, igniting the Hungarian Revolution.
- 1958 Belgian artist Peyo's comic characters, the Smurfs, make their debut in Spirou magazine.
- 1965 Vietnam War: The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), in conjunction with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, launches an operation seeking to destroy Communist forces during the siege of Plei Me.
- 1970 Gary Gabelich sets a land speed record in a rocket-powered automobile called the Blue Flame, fueled with natural gas.
Famous people born on October 23
- Margaret Qualley, American actress (born 1994)
- Ryan Reynolds, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1976)
- Emilia Clarke, English actress (born 1986)
- "Weird Al" Yankovic, American comedy musician, writer, and actor (born 1959)
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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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