1967
IT HAPPENED IN…1967
A launch pad fire during testing at Cape Kennedy
took the lives of Apollo astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward H. White,
and Roger B. Chaffee.
The Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional state
laws forbidding interracial marriages.
The worst race riots in U.S. history broke out in
over 100 cities. Five
days of rioting in Detroit, Michigan left 43 people dead and caused
$200 million in property damage.
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as America’s first
black Supreme Court justice.
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali (born Cassius
Clay) was indicted after refusing induction into the U.S. Army and
subsequently stripped of his boxing title.
A July announcement indicated the U.S. would
increase troop strength in Vietnam to 525,000 by the end of 1968.
The “Summer of Love” was observed in San
Francisco, California.
The U.S. population passed 200 million November
22, 1967.
The 100 millionth U.S. telephone was installed.
America had half of the world’s phones.
Network television premieres included “The Carol
Burnett Show,” “Ironsides,” “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” “The
Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” and “Mannix.”
“The Andy Griffith Show” was the top rated network television
show.
The Green Bay Packers won the first annual Super
Bowl over the Kansas City Chiefs.
The Beatles released the
Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely
Hearts Club Band album.
McDonald’s introduced the “Big Mac” in
Pittsburgh, and opened their first restaurant outside the U.S. in
Canada.
Amana introduced the first microwave oven for
U.S. consumers.
The Japanese manufactured Datsun 510 sedan was
first offered for sale in the U.S.
IBM opened a plant in Austin, Texas to
manufacture Selectric typewriters.
3,474 U.S. soft drink bottling plants were in
operation.
(Figure 1967-01,
Saturday Evening Post)
Hires was a major sponsor of the Sacramento Cup
Unlimited Hydroplane races held October 2, 1967 on Folsom Lake,
northeast of Sacramento, California.
The race was won by Miss
Bardahl, driven by Billy Schumacher.
Celluloid, pinback buttons measuring 2.0" in diameter admitted a
child for $1.00 and an adult for $2.00.
(Figure 1967-02, child's pinback button)
(Figure 1967-03, adult's pinback button)
The lower left edge of this tin sign is marked "MADE IN CANADA - BARKER - 67." Hires and the arcs are embossed, and the edges are rolled.
(Figure 1967-04, tin sign, 29.0" x 12.0")
The bottom edge of this tin sign is also marked "MADE IN CANADA - BARKER - 67."
(Figure 1967-05, tin sign, 35.0" x 8.0")
This pressed wood menu board was manufactured for distribution in Canada. It was hung by a metal chain attached to the back.
(Figure 1967-06, menu board, 24.0" x 16.0")