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In your 59 years you’ve been around for…

  • 13 Prime Ministers
  • 2 monarchs
  • the first Moon landing
  • 15 World Cups
  • +4.7 billion people on Earth

1967

The world you arrived into

1967

The Six-Day War redrew the Middle East

In June 1967, six days of fighting between Israel and its neighbours changed the map of the region.

1967

The first human heart transplant

On 3 December 1967, Dr Christiaan Barnard carried out the world’s first human heart transplant in Cape Town.

1967

The first Super Bowl

On 15 January 1967, Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs in the first ever AFL–NFL World Championship Game.

1967

The Abortion Act was passed

In October 1967, Parliament legalised abortion in Great Britain under set conditions — one of several landmark social laws that year.

1967

What people were listening to

Now playing in 1967

  • The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

    Released on 1 June 1967, it changed what a pop album could be.

  • Procol Harum released "A Whiter Shade of Pale"

    The organ-driven single became the sound of the summer of 1967.

  • Engelbert beat the Beatles

    "Release Me" kept The Beatles’ "Strawberry Fields Forever" off the top of the charts.

  • "San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)"

    Scott McKenzie’s anthem became the calling card of the Summer of Love.

1967

At the cinema and on television

television

Colour television arrived in the UK

On 1 July 1967, BBC Two broadcast Wimbledon in colour — the first regular colour service in Europe.

movies

The Jungle Book premiered

Disney’s last film personally overseen by Walt reached cinemas in October 1967.

movies

James Bond returned in You Only Live Twice

Sean Connery’s fifth Bond film arrived in June 1967, complete with a volcano lair.

movies

The Graduate arrived

Dustin Hoffman and "one word: plastics" hit cinemas in December 1967.

1967

Technology looked very different

  1. The world’s first cash machine

    On 27 June 1967, Barclays in Enfield dispensed cash from a machine for the first time.

  2. Concorde took to the air

    The supersonic airliner made its maiden flight from Bristol on 2 March 1967.

1967

People who share your birth year

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Kurt Cobain was born

The voice of a future generation arrived on 20 February 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington.

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Nicole Kidman was born

The actor arrived on 20 June 1967 in Honolulu.

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Julia Roberts was born

The future Pretty Woman arrived on 28 October 1967 in Georgia.

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Vin Diesel was born

The actor arrived on 18 July 1967 — the same month as co-star Will Ferrell (16 July).

1967

What things cost

  • An average UK house about £4,000
  • A pint of beer about 10p
  • A gallon of petrol about 33p (roughly 7p a litre)

Indicative UK averages from sample data — being verified and expanded.

When these arrived

You were only…

  • 2 The Moon landing 1969
  • 4 The first email 1971
  • 12 The Sony Walkman 1979
  • 22 The World Wide Web was invented 1989
  • 27 The PlayStation 1994
  • 31 Google was founded 1998

A gentle reality check

Things that are younger than you

  • 1969 The Moon landing
  • 1969 Concorde's first flight
  • 1969 Colour TV arrived on BBC1
  • 1971 Decimal currency in the UK
  • 1971 The first email
  • 1972 Pong, the arcade hit
  • 1973 The first mobile phone call
  • 1975 Microsoft was founded
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1967 vs today

A few things have changed since you arrived

A few things 1967 Today
  • An average UK house about £4,000 about £290,000
  • A pint about 10p about £4.60
  • Petrol about 33p (roughly 7p a litre) about £1.40 a litre
  • Everyone on Earth about 3.5 billion about 8.2 billion

Indicative sample data — being verified and expanded.

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