Life in 1967

Today, David is turning 45! Whoo-Hoo! So in honor of that, I thought it would be fun to go back and see what life was like in 1967, the year David was born.

COST OF LIVING IN 1967

Average cost of new house: $14,250
Average income per year: $7,300
Average monthly rent: $125
Gas per gallon: 33 cents
Average cost of a new car: $2,750
Cost of a movie ticket: $1.25
The federal minimum wage: $1.40 an hour

IN MUSIC

• The Doors' self-titled debut album is released.
• The Monkees third record, Headquarters, was released.

• The first Rolling Stone Magazine is published.
• Respect is recorded by Aretha Franklin and released in April.
• Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas.
• The Beatles legendary release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, nicknamed "The Soundtrack of the Summer of Love"; it would be number one on the albums charts throughout the summer of 1967. 

IN SPORTS

• The 1967 NFL season was the 48th regular season of the National Football League. The league expanded to 16 teams with the addition of the New Orleans Saints.  
• The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10.
• The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. 
• The Green Bay Packers become the first team in the modern era to win their third consecutive NFL Championship, 21-17 over the Dallas Cowboys in what became known as "The Ice Bowl".

IN THE MOVIES 

• The Graduate
• Casino Royale 
• The Jungle Book
• Bonnie & Clyde 
• Cool Hand Luke 
• The Dirty Dozen 
• In The Heat of The Night 
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner  
• Thoroughly Modern Millie  
• Barefoot in the Park  

• To Sir, with Love (Oh, a Singleton favorite!!) 

IN TELEVISION

• The Beverly Hillbillies  
• The Lucy Show  
• Doctor Who  
• General Hospital  
• Bewitched  
• Jeopardy!  
• Peyton Place  
• Hogan's Heroes  
• I Dream of Jeannie  
• Tom and Jerry  
• Star Trek  
• The Monkees  

IN THE NEWS 

• Jimmy Hoffa begins his 8-year sentence for attempting to bribe a jury. 
• The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery. 
• The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight. 
• Near Newark, New Jersey, the Plainfield, NJ, riots also occur. 
• U.S. Navy pilot John McCain is shot down over North Vietnam and made a POW.  
• U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

PEOPLE BORN IN 1967

(There were so many that I had to narrow it down - popular year!)

• Dave Matthews 
• Benicio del Toro 
• Kurt Cobain 
• Lauren Graham  
• Anderson Cooper 
• Paul Giamatti 
• Nicole Kidman 
• Pamela Anderson  
• Will Ferrell 
• Vin Diesel 
• Philip Seymour Hoffman 
• Matt LeBlanc 
• Deion Sanders 
• Ty Burrell 
• Harry Connick, Jr. 
• Macy Gray 
• Faith Hill 
• Mira Sorvino 
• Guy Pearce 
• Toni Braxton 
• Keith Urban 
• Julia Roberts 
• Jimmy Kimmel 
• Lisa Bonet 
• Boris Becker 
• Mark Ruffalo 
• Jamie Foxx 
• Tony Siragusa  
• Kenny Lofton 
• Vanilla Ice

1967 GRAMMY AWARDS 

• Record of the Year “Up, Up and Away,” 5th Dimension  
• Album of the Year Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles (Capitol)  
• Song of the Year “Up, Up and Away,” Jimmy L. Webb, songwriter  
• Best Vocal Performance, Male “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” Glen Campbell  
• Best Vocal Performance, Female “Ode to Billie Joe,” Bobbie Gentry  
• Best Rhythm and Blues Recording “Respect,” Aretha Franklin (Atlantic)

1967 EMMY AWARDS 

• Outstanding Dramatic Series Mission: Impossible (CBS)  
• Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Bill Cosby, I Spy  
• Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Series Barbara Bain, Mission: Impossible  
• Outstanding Comedy Series The Monkees (NBC)  
• Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Don Adams, Get Smart!  
• Outstanding Continued Performance By an Actress in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series Lucille Ball, The Lucy Show  
• Outstanding Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Don Knotts, The Andy Griffith Show: “Barney Comes to Mayberry”  
• Outstanding Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Frances Bavier, The Andy Griffith Show  
• Outstanding Variety Series The Andy Williams Show (NBC)