In 1967
The minimum wage in the United States was increased to $1.40 an hour. The Dow ended the year at 905. Gas cost 33 cents per gallon and a ticket to the movies cost $1.25.
Detroit's civil disturbance lasted five days; 43 people were killed and 342 were injured.
U.S. astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were killed when fire broke out in their Apollo 1 spacecraft during a launch pad test.
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Super Bowl I.
Ernesto "Che" Guevara, Woody Guthrie, Langston Hughes and John Coltrane died.
The Monkees received an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, and Mission: Impossible was named Outstanding Dramatic Series. Frank Sinatra's "Strangers in the Night" won a Grammy for Record of the Year. Sinatra: A Man and His Music won an Album of the Year Grammy, and Song of the Year went to "Michelle," by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. A Man for All Seasons received a Best Picture Oscar.
