At A Glance

31 March 1967 at a glance

Day of the week
31 March 1967 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Happy Together” by The Turtles.
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 31 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 31 March 1967 fell in the Year of the Goat.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 31 March 1967 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 31 March

  • 1964 Brazilian General Olímpio Mourão Filho orders his troops to move towards Rio de Janeiro, beginning the coup d'état and 21 years of military dictatorship.
  • 1966 The Soviet Union launches Luna 10 which later becomes the first space probe to enter orbit around the Moon.
  • 1966 The Labour Party under Harold Wilson wins the 1966 United Kingdom general election.
  • 1968 American President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to the nation of "Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam" in a television address. At the conclusion of his speech, he announces: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President."
  • 1970 Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit.

Famous people born on March 31

  • Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor (born 1971)
  • Christopher Walken, American actor (born 1943)
  • Angus Young, Scottish-Australian guitarist and songwriter (born 1955)
  • Rhea Perlman, American actress (born 1948)

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.
More events of 1967 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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