Time Capsule: 1967

News & Economy

President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey

Population: 198,712,056
Life expectancy: 70.5 years

Dow-Jones High: 943
Dow-Jones Low: 786

Cost of a new home: $24,600.00
Cost of a new car: $--
Median Household Income: $7,143.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05
Cost of a gallon of gas: $0.33
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.49
Cost of a gallon of milk: $1.03

News Headlines

Communist China Announces It Has H-bomb 

Christiaan Barnard Performs First Heart Transplant in Captown South Africa 

US Bombers Raid Hanoi 

Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's Daughter Defects To West 

Newark Black Riots End After Six Days 26 Dead 

Detroit Riots End after 8 Days 43 Dead 

3 Astronauts Die In Apollo I Fire On Launch Pad 

US Suffers highest Weekly Casualties 

Draft Board Refuses Exemption For Ali 

Man Said To Be Boston Strangler Is Recaptured 

Stalin's Daughter Defects 

Dr. Christian Barnard Does First Heart Transplant In Cape Town South Africa

Music

Billboard Top 10
1. Little Bit O' Soul - The Music Explosion 
2. Letter, The - The Box Tops 
3. Happy Together - The Turtles 
4. Soul Man - Sam & Dave 
5. Windy - The Association 
6. Respect - Aretha Franklin 
7. Incense & Peppermints - Strawberry Alarm Clock 
8. I Think We're Alone Now - Tommy James And The Shondells 
9. Groovin' - The Young Rascals 
10. Gimme Some Lovin' - The Spencer Davis Group

Top Albums
• Supremes' Greatest Hits - Diana Ross 
• More of the Monkees - Monkees 
• Sounds Like - Herb Albert and the Tijuanna Brass

Grammy Awards

Album of the Year: 
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles
Best New Artist:
Bobbie Gentry
Best Pop Duo or Group: 
“Up, Up and Away,” 5th Dimension
Best Pop Female Vocal: 
“Ode to Billie Joe,” Bobbie Gentry
Best Pop Male Vocal: 
“By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” Glen Campbell
Record of the Year:
“Up, Up and Away,” 5th Dimension
Song of the Year: 
“Up, Up and Away”  

Movies

Top 4 Movie Money Makers
The Jungle Book -$141,843,612 
The Graduate -$104,397,102 
Born Losers -$36,000,000 
I AM Curious -$20,238,100

Academy Awards

Best Actor: Rod Steiger: In the Heat of the Night
Best Actress: Katharine Hepburn: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Best Director: Mike Nichols: The Graduate
Best Picture: In the Heat of the Night
Best Supporting Actor: George Kennedy: Cool Hand Luke
Best Supporting Actress: Estelle Parsons: Bonnie and Clyde

Television

Americas Top 10 TV Favorites
1. The Andy Griffith Show
2. The Lucy Show
3. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
4. Gunsmoke
5. Family Affair
6. Bonanza
7. The Red Skelton Hour
8. The Dean Martin Show
9. The Jackie Gleason Show
10. Saturday Night at the Movies

Emmy Awards

Drama...
Best Drama - Mission: Impossible (CBS)
Best Actor - Bill Cosby, I Spy
Best Actress - Barbara Bain, Mission: Impossible

Comedy...
Best Comedy - Get Smart (NBC)
Best Actor - Don Adams, Get Smart!
Best Actress - Lucille Ball, The Lucy Show

Sports

Football
Super Bowl II:
Green Bay 33 - Oakland 14
Pro MVP:
Johnny Unitas, Baltimore, QB

College Football Champion:
USC
Heisman Trophy:
Gary Beban, UCLA, QB

Basketball
NBA Championship:
Philadelphis 76ers over SF Warriors 4-2
NBA MVP:
Wilt Chamberlain, Philadelphia

NCAA National Champions:
UCLA  30-0

Baseball
World Series Champs:
St.L. Cardinals over Boston Red Sox 4-3
National League
MVP: Orlando Cepeda, St.L
Rookie of the Year: Tom Seaver, NY
American League
MVP: Carl Yastrzemski, Bos
Rookie of the Year: Rod Carew, Min

Odds 'N Ends

Christiaan Barnard performs first heart transplant 

First black to be appointed to Supreme Court is Thurgood Marshall 

US bombs Hanoi 

Fads; Mickey Mouse watches, saunas, psychedelic stuff 

Carol Stokes, a black, is elected mayor of Cleveland 

Burger King is purchased by Pillsbury 

Coed dorms open in some colleges 

Final episode for The Fugitive is aired, gets a 50% rating 

The first "Super Bowl" is played in Los Angeles 

Six Day War 

R. M. Dolby invents way to eliminate background "hiss" in recordings 

Hit songs; "Penny Lane", "By The Time I Get To Phoenix", "Cabaret"