Here is a page of trivia and events from 1967.

State Information:

• The population in California was 19,153,000  With approximately 400,000 in Fresno County.

• There were 9.1 marriages per 1000 people  and  4.4 divorces for every 1000 people. 18.3 babies born for every 1000 people. 

• 85% of all households had a telephone, 88% had a washing machine, but only 47% had AC.

• 14.3% were living below the poverty level,  23% had incomes between $10,000-$15,000   3% had $25,000 or more                   Median Income was $8500.

The World Lost:   

•  Actors:   Nelson Eddy, Bert Lahr, Vivien Leigh, Jayne Mansfield,  Claude Raines, Basil Rathbone, &  Spencer Tracy.       

•  Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger Chaffee, &  Vladimir Komarov.      Activist:  Che Guevara                                                        

• Physicist:  Robert Oppenheimer                  

•  Author:  Carl Sandburg

• Musicians John Coltrane,  Woody Guthrie, & Otis Redding    

 The World Gained: 

• Musicians: Harry Connick Jr., Dave Matthews, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill  & Keith Urban                                                                                                               

• Olympic Skater Debi Thomas  Comedians:    Will Ferrell & Carlos Mencia

• Actors: Nicole Kidman & Vin Diesel.    

                                                              In The News:          

• Apollo 1: U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward Higgins White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when fire erupts in their Apollo spacecraft during a launch pad test.                                                                       

• The Federal Hourly Minimum Wage was set at $1.40 an hour.  

• Elvis Presley (32) married Priscilla Beaulieu (20)  in Las Vegas

• NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hit career HR  #500                                               

• Mister Rogers' Neighborhood premiered                                          

• The Six Day War erupted in the Middle East                                     

•  Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court justice, was sworn in as an associate justice of he U.S. Supreme Court     

• Race riots took place across the country                                                               

• The first heart transplant operation in the U.S. was on December 6, 1967

• Flower children made the Haight-Ashbury District in San Francisco their epicenter.   

• The President’s Crime Commission recommended the creation of a single national number for emergency phone calls. ATT reserved 911 in 1968.

• The US declared the eagle an endangered species.

What Was On Television?

• Dragnet

• “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”

• Bewitched

• "Mission Impossible" premiered

• TV journalist Charles Kuralt (1934-1997) hit the nation’s roads

• President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a bill establishing PBS

• Star Trek's "Trouble With Tribbles" 1st aired.

• The Flying Nun

• Ironside

• Mannix

• Herculoids / CBS

• The Superman, Aquaman Hour of Adventure / CBS

• Jonny Quest

• Spiderman

• George of the Jungle / ABC

The Cars To Own Were:

• Pontiac GTO

• Shelby Mustang

• Camaro

In Sports:

• Super Bowl I: Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs Score: 35-10

• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Boston Red Sox Series: 4-3

• NBA: Philadelphia 76ers vs. San Francisco Warriors Series: 4-2

At the Movies:

•  The Dirty Dozen

• You Only Live Twice

• Casino Royale

• A Man for All Seasons

• Thoroughly Modern Millie

• Barefoot in the Park

• Georgy Girl

• To Sir With Love

• Grand Prix

• Hombre

• Bonnie and Clyde

• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

• In the Heat of the Night

Music Must Haves:

• Louis Armstrong recorded "What a Wonderful World."

• The Doors Album- The Doors premiered

• Jimi Hendrix released Purple Haze

• "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

What did I tell you, 1967 was a very busy year!

C Ponderosa Lions Club December 2007