Wednesday, February 6, 2008

1967




In 1967 (the year you were born)



Lyndon B. Johnson is president of the US



President Johnson and Soviet premiere Aleksei Kosygin agree not to let any crisis push them into war



Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first black Supreme Court justice



The first home microwave is released by Amana



Dave Matthews, Kurt Cobain, Liz Phair, Vin Diesel, Julia Roberts, and Anna Nicole Smith are born



St. Louis Cardinals win the World Series



Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl I



Boston Bruins win the Stanley Cup



Disney's The Jungle Book and The Graduate are the top grossing films



One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is published



Paul McCartney announces that all four members of the Beatles have "dropped acid"



For the first time, Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire during a concert in London



Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released



The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published



The FCC orders that cigarette ads on television, radio and in print must include a warning about the health risks of smoking

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