At A Glance

25 May 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
25 May 1967 was a Thursday.
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 25 May is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 25 May 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for May is Emerald.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 25 May 1967 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 25 May

  • 1961 Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
  • 1963 The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • 1966 Explorer program: Explorer 32 launches.
  • 1968 The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, is dedicated.
  • 1973 In protest against the dictatorship in Greece, the captain and crew on Greek naval destroyer Velos mutiny and refuse to return to Greece, instead anchoring at Fiumicino, Italy.

Famous people born on May 25

  • Ian McKellen, English actor (born 1939)
  • Cillian Murphy, Irish actor (born 1976)
  • Anne Heche, American actress (1969–2022)
  • Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (1886–1945)

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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.
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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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