What Interesting/Important Happened in 1967?
Wouldn’t it be great if you had a place where you could find out what are the most interesting happenings of the year of your birth?
Well, we read your mind! Therefore, in the following article, we serve you the list of the biggest highlights of the year 1967 including a lot of fun facts you will surely be delighted to know.
So, if you were born in 1967, just keep reading!
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Kurt Cobain Was Born
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Nirvana’s fans, are you there? If a day in your life can’t pass without listening to their grungy music, we’re sure you celebrate the year of Kurt Cobain’s birth just as much as yours. Well, actually, these are the same year because Cobain was also born in 1967!
You probably already know his tragic destiny. But now you’re about to find out even more chilling detail about his life. The legend says that Cobain was only 14 when he predicted he was going to become a world-famous rockstar, and then, while being at the top of the world, he would – kill himself.
In case you’re interested to learn more about his tragic death, don’t hesitate to check out this article of ours.
But how did it come that Cobain decided to become a musician? It was his 14th birthday when his uncle offered him to chose between two gifts – a bike or a guitar. You can guess what his choice was.
After that, he even dropped the high school to form a fresh new band of a stinky name – Fecal Matter. And then, one day, he accidentally met Krist Novoselic, and that’s where it all started.
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Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts Were Born
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And now, time for the movie lovers. Although it seems like they don’t age at all, these two divas of the film industry are your age-mates!
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Last year, Nicole Kidman has been ranked fifth on The New York Time’s list of the greatest actors in the 21st century so far. Well, according to her success and millions of fans all around the globe, we can consider that ranking true even when it comes to the 20th century.
Have you already seen The Hours from 2002? In this movie, Kidman is starring as Virginia Woolf and that role brought her the Academy Award for Best Actress. So, if you haven’t watched it yet, make sure to add it to your movie playlist.
However, that’s not all – she was nominated for Oscar three times more, for her roles in Moulin Rouge!, Rabbit Hole, and Lion. But let’s altogether remind ourselves of her first movie ever, Bush Christmas. She was only 15 years old back then!
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And Julia, she had some serious struggles in life, but in the end, her enormous talent brought her enormous success in the world of acting.
Just like Kidman, Roberts has an Oscar in her hands for her performance in Erin Brockovich. But when it comes to salaries, hardly any actress could top her.
For example, just for her role in Mona Lisa Smile, she was paid $25 million! But not only did she profit from her movies, but as well did the movie makers. Roberts’ movies altogether worthed almost $3 billion! So, it is understandable why she is one of the most bankable actresses in the world.
And moreover – she’s one of the most beautiful women in the world. People magazine gave her that title for a record five times!
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David Guetta Was Born
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Modern generations have danced so many nights away to his uplifting songs, but he is actually the age-mate of their moms and dads. David Guetta, the best DJ in the world at the moment and during the past decade, was born in 1967 as well!
Don’t think that we’re subjective in calling him the best. He was officially voted as the number one DJ in the world back in 2011, and again in 2020.
Do you remember that back in time When Love Takes Over ruled the music scene? Interestingly, in 2013, it was crowned as the best dance-pop collaboration of all time by Billboard, believe it or not!
So, how does it feel to dance to the best dancing song ever, hah?
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Jimi Hendrix and The Doors Released Debut Albums
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Now, talking about these music legends is a real throwback for those who loved to listen to them on vinyl. It was a long time ago, in 1967, when both Hendrix and The Doors released their debut albums.
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Are You Experienced by Jimi even today is considered one of the greatest debut albums in the history of music. It was ranked 30th on the newest Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Besides, even four songs from the album found their place on the list of the 500 Greatest Songs of all Time by the same magazine (and these are: Hey Joe, Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, and The Wind Cries Mary).
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The Doors’ debut album, on the other hand, was simply named – The Doors. If you’re young enough not to remember this legendary album, just play Light My Fire and see why this song was so glorified by everybody back in time and why it was the single that opened the door to The Doors towards infinite fame.
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Hair Premiered
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Back in 1967, the Hair musical had its off-Broadway premiere in New York City, and the very next year, it debuted on Broadway for the first time of the following 1750 performances! It reminded all the people on the planet how important was to fight the war, wherever it may be burning, and to spread love and peace.
We all still whistle Let the Sunshine In from time to time, don’t we? Very soon after the musical came out, all of its songs turned into true anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement and today are considered to be anthems of the idea of overall peace in the world as well.
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Summary
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Thus, 1967 was the year that brought us a lot of art to enjoy even more than a half-century later.
Would you like to know if the following 1968 was equally interesting? If you said yes, then be free to check out our next article!
