EVENTS OF 1967
- Beatles released "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band"
- First Boeing 747 was manufactured and flown commercially
- 8-track portable cartridge players were popular in cars
- Evel Knievel jumped his motorcycle over 16 cars
- 475,000 U.S. troops were serving in Vietnam
- A fire in Apollo 1 Command Module killed astronauts Grissom, White and Chaffee
- Albert DeSalvo (the Boston Strangler) was sentenced to life in prison
- Jimmy Hoffa was convicted of defrauding the Teamsters union and jury tampering
- John McCain was shot down over North Vietnam and spent the following 5-1/2 years in prison
- The first Super Bowl took place on January 15th with the Green Bay Packers beating the Kansas City Chiefs. 60 million people watched the game
- Cost of Living Facts:
- Average income per year was $7,300
- Average monthly rent was $125
- Federal minimum wage was increased to $1.40
- Cost of an average new house was $14,250
- Average cost of a new car was $2,750
- Cost of gasoline was 33 cents per gallon
- Movie ticket was $1.25
- Keith Richards, Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful were busted for drugs
- Muhammad Ali was stripped of his Boxing World Championship for refusing to be inducted into the armed services
- Otis Redding died in a plane crash at the age of 26
- The 25th amendment to the Constitution was adopted - outlining U.S. Presidential succession
- The Detroit riots started after police raided an unlicensed drinking club Where friends were celebrating the return of 3 Vietnam veterans. 7,000 members of the National Guard were later deployed to keep the peace
- Andy Warhol opened a screen printing business - his first subject was Marilyn Monroe
- Six-Day Arab-Israeli War was waged
- Summer of Love
- Tens of Thousands Marched on Washington protesting the Vietnam War
- The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine was published
- Thurgood Marshall became the first Black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court
- Michigan had 94 Drive-in theaters
- Twiggy became a fashion sensation
- Mini skirts continued to get shorter while paper clothing was a short-lived fashion trend
- Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA record with 41 rebounds in one basketball game
- World's first heart transplant was performed
- The Newlywed Game premiered on ABC
- First-ever ATM machine was installed
- Alexander Calder's La Grande Vitesse (meaning "the great swiftness" or "grand rapids") was commissioned - the first public sculpture funded by a grant from the NEA
- Movies released during 1967 included: "The Graduate", "Bonnie and Clyde" and ""Cool Hand Luke
- Popular musicians included : The Rolling Stones, The Supremes, Elvis, The Doors, Bob Dylan, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, Jimmy Hendrix, Cream, Pink Floyd and David Bowie