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AJSummerOfLove_Trends.appHeader = "fact file|America in 1967";
AJSummerOfLove_Trends.appFooter = "MSNBC.com research/Alex Johnson. Sources: U.S. Census; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; U.S. Consumer Price Index archive; Information Please; The Recording Academy; Motion Picture Academy of America; Academy of Television Arts & Sciences; Nielsen Media Research; Annual Bestsellers, 1960-1969; Publisher’s Weekly";
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• Population: 198,712,056 (2007: 300,888,812)
• Life expectancy: 70.5 years (2007: 78)
• Population 25 or older with a high school diploma: 51 percent (2005: 85 percent)
• Most popular baby names: Michael and Lisa (2005: Jacob and Emily)";
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• Thurgood Marshall is appointed the first black Supreme Court justice
• The U.S. troop level in Vietnam reaches 525,000
• Communist China announces it has the H-bomb
• Christiaan Barnard performs the first heart transplant. The patient lives 18 days.
• Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin’s daughter, defects to the West
• The draft board refuses to exempt heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. He is stripped of his title.
• The alleged Boston Strangler is recaptured
• World Expo ’67 opens in Montreal
• The first Boeing 737 makes its maiden flight
• Pulsars are discovered
• The first automatic teller machine goes into service in London
• Jayne Mansfield dies in a car crash ";
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• Dow Jones Industrial Average peak: 943
• Dow Jones Industrial Average low: 786
• Federal spending: $157.46 billion
• Federal debt: $340.4 billion
• Inflation: 2.8 percent
• Unemployment: 3.8 percent
• New home: $24,600
• Median household income: $7,143
• First-class stamp: 5 cents
• Gallon of regular gas: 33 cents
• Dozen eggs: 49 cents
• Gallon of milk: $1.03 ";
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• World Series: St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox in seven games
• National League most valuable player: Orlando Cepeda, 1B, St. Louis Cardinals
• National League rookie of the year: Tom Seaver, P, New York Mets
• American League most valuable player: Carl Yastrzemski, OF, Boston Red Sox
• American League rookie of the year: Rod Carew, 2B, Minnesota Twins
• Super Bowl II: Green Bay 33, Oakland 14
• College football national champion: Southern California (10-1)
• Heisman Trophy: Gary Beban, quarterback, UCLA
• NBA champion: Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors in six games
• College basketball national champion: UCLA (30-0)
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BILLBOARD TOP 10
1. “Little Bit o’ Soul” — The Music Explosion
2. “The Letter” — 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 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”";
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RATINGS
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”
11. “Bewitched”
12. “The Beverly Hillbillies”
13. “The Ed Sullivan Show”
14. “The Virginian”
15. “The CBS Friday Night Movie”
16. “Green Acres”
17. “The Lawrence Welk Show”
18. “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour”
19. “Gentle Ben”
20. “Tuesday Night at the Movies”
EMMY AWARDS
Drama
• Best Drama — “Mission: Impossible”
• Best Actor — Bill Cosby, “I Spy”
• Best Actress — Barbara Bain, “Mission: Impossible”
• Supporting Actor — Eli Wallach, “Xerox Special: The Poppy Is Also a Flower”
• Supporting Actress — Agnes Moorehead, “Wild, Wild West”
Comedy
• Best Comedy — “Get Smart!”
• Best Actor — Don Adams, “Get Smart!”
• Best Actress — Lucille Ball, “The Lucy Show”
• Supporting Actor — Don Knotts, “The Andy Griffith Show: Barney Comes to Mayberry”
• Supporting Actress — Frances Bavier, “The Andy Griffith Show”
• Best Variety Show — “The Andy Williams Show”";
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FICTION
1. “The Arrangement,” Elia Kazan
2. “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” William Styron (tie)
2. “The Chosen,” Chaim Potok (tie)
4. “Topaz,” Leon Uris
5. “Christy,” Catherine Marshall
6. “The Eighth Day,” Thornton Wilder
7. “Rosemary’s Baby,” Ira Levin
8. “The Plot,” Irving Wallace
9. “The Gabriel Hounds,” Mary Stewart
10. “The Exhibitionist,” Henry Sutton
NONFICTION
1. “Death of a President,” William Manchester
2. “Misery Is a Blind Date,” Johnny Carson
3. “Games People Play,” Eric Berne
4. “Stanyan Street & Other Sorrows,” Rod McKuen
5. “A Modern Priest Looks at His Outdated Church,” James Kavanaugh
6. “Everything but Money,” Sam Levenson
7. “Our Crowd,” Stephen Birmingham
8. “Edgar Cayce — The Sleeping Prophet,” Jess Stearn (tie)
8. “Better Homes and Gardens Favorite Ways with Chicken” (tie)
8. “Phyllis Diller’s Marriage Manual,” Phyllis Diller (tie)";
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