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TV shows• Bonanza• The Red Skelton Hour• The Andy Griffith Show• The Lucy Show• The Jackie Gleason Show• Green Acres
• Daktari• Bewitched• Beverly Hillbillies• Gomer Pyle, USMC
Music• “To Sir With Love,” Lulu
• “The Letter,” Box Tops• “Ode to Billie Joe,” Bobby
Gentry• “Windy,” Association
• “I’m A Believer,” Monkees• “Light My Fire,” Doors
• “Happy Together,” Turtles• “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You,”
Frankie Valli
BORN THIS YEAR: Will Ferrell, actor. Above left: Julia Roberts, actress; Vin Diesel, actor;
Pam Anderson, actress; Kurt Cobain, musician
• Income per year ....... $7,300• Minimum wage ........... $1.40• New house ............ $14,250• Monthly rent ................. $125• New car .................... $2,750• Gallon of gas .................. 33¢• Dozen eggs ................. $1.10• Gallon of milk ............... $1.03• Loaf of bread .................. 22¢• First-class stamp .............. 5¢• Movie ticket ................. $1.25
AVERAGE COSTOF LIVING
967
1967 Chevy Camaro SS
1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT remember when...
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Evel Knievel
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Lyndon B. Johnson36th President of the U.S.
Served from Nov. 22, 1963 to Jan. 20, 1969
World Events• Six-Day War — Arab
forces attack Israel begin-ning the Yom Kippur War when Arab forces were defeated and Israel took possession of additional territory
• Pirate radio stations in the U.K. were outlawed
• Earthquake in Cara-cas, Venezuela kills 240
• Foot and Mouth epidemic in Britain is the worst this century and the govern-ment issued additional guidelines to help stop the spread of the disease including stopping all horse racing
• Presidential hopeful U.S. Navy pilot John McCain is shot down over
• Interracial marriage is declared constitutional by the Supreme Court in the “Loving v. Virginia” case and
barred Virginia and by im-plication other states from making interracial marriage a crime
• The 25th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified which deals with succession to the Presidency
• Thurgood Marshall be-comes first black justice on the Supreme Court
• Muhammad Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing induc-tion into Army
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Hubert Humphrey38th Vice President of the U.S.Served from Jan. 20, 1965 to Jan. 20, 1969
“The noblest search is the search for excellence.”
– Johnson
North Vietnam and spends 5-1/2 years in prison
• Soccer riot in Sivas, Turkey kills 41
• The tanker “Torrey Canyon” runs aground on rocks off Land’s End, U.S., causing an ecological di-saster
• Nuclear Space Weap-ons Treaty is ratified by world powers
U.S. News• Race riots break
out in a number of cit-ies including Cleveland, Newark and Detroit
John McCain
Loving v. Virginia
• President Johnson asks for 6% increase on taxes to support the Viet-nam War
• Tens of thousands Vietnam War protesters march in Washington, D.C.
Popular Culture• Evel Knievel jumps his motor-
cycle over 16 cars lined up in a row• Beatles release “Sgt. Pepper’s
Lonely Hearts Club Band”• Elvis Presley marries Priscilla• Carroll Shelby Mustang GT-
500 Fastback released
Movies• The Dirty Dozen• You Only Live Twice• Casino Royale• A Man for All Seasons• Thoroughly Modern Millie• To Sir, With Love• Guess Who’s Com-
ing to Dinner?
1967 Chevy Corvette
