Act I
The World Stage
World Population
How many people shared the planet
people on Earth when you were born
4.7 billion more people have arrived since
You arrived in a world with fewer than 4 billion. It has more than doubled since.
1 in 68 people alive today was born in 1967.
World Leaders
Who was in charge
United States President
Lyndon B. Johnson
President
UK Prime Minister
Harold Wilson
Prime Minister
UN Secretary-General
U Thant
United Nations
World Events
Defining moments of 1967
Super Bowl I played in Los Angeles - Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first AFL-NFL Championship Game
Six-Day War: Israel defeats Egypt, Jordan, and Syria in six days, capturing the Sinai Peninsula, West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights
Detroit race riot leaves 43 dead and over 2,000 buildings burned in one of the worst urban uprisings in US history
Che Guevara killed by Bolivian forces, becoming a worldwide symbol of revolution
Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa
Baby Names
Most popular names in 1967 (US)
Boys
Michael, David, James
Girls
Lisa, Kimberly, Karen
Atmosphere
CO₂ in the air you first breathed
CO₂ concentration (Keeling Curve)
+100.3 ppm since your birth
The air has 31% more CO₂ now than the day you took your first breath.
Act II
What Things Cost
Average Annual Salary
What workers took home
$7.7k US median household incomeAdjusted for inflation, that's worth about $72k in today's dollars.
Today: $80kPurchasing Power
Are we actually better off today?
What $8k in 1967 is worth right now
10% less purchasing power than today's median
Wages have grown, but housing, healthcare, and education have grown faster. The math isn't in your favor.
The Birth Lottery
Same year. Different world.
life expectancy at birth in 1967
life expectancy at birth in 1967
A 37.3-year gap, decided entirely by where you happened to be born. Same year, different world.
Everyday Prices
What things cost
Housing
Homes vs. salaries - then and now
Median home cost 2.9x the average annual salary
Median home now costs 5.3x the average annual salary
Housing has gotten 1.8x harder to afford relative to income. Your parents weren't exaggerating about how cheap houses were.
Act III
What Was Playing
Billboard Year-End #1
To Sir with Love
Lulu
Oscar Best Picture
A Man for All Seasons
Directed by Fred Zinnemann
Grammy Album of the Year
Sinatra: A Man and His Music
Frank Sinatra
TV Premieres
Shows born the same year as you
Sports
Champions of the year
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals
Baseball
F1 Champion
Denny Hulme
Formula One
Super Bowl
Green Bay Packers
35-10 vs Kansas City Chiefs
NBA Champion
Philadelphia 76ers
Basketball
Screen & Page
What everyone was watching and reading
Most-Watched Show
The Andy Griffith Show
Television
Fiction Bestseller
The Arrangement
Elia Kazan
Box Office #1
The Jungle Book
Film
Act IV
The State of Technology
Technology Milestone
Where technology stood
The first heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard; Apollo 1 fire kills three astronauts
Notable Tech Releases
What launched that year
Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs world's first successful human heart transplant in Cape Town
Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee during a launch rehearsal
Surveyor 3 lands on the Moon and takes soil samples
The first ATM is installed at Barclays Bank in London
Social Media Timeline
How old were you when these launched?
The Universe
Worlds discovered beyond our solar system
No exoplanets confirmed yet
confirmed and counting
When you were born, humanity had no proof that planets existed outside our solar system. Now we know they're everywhere.
Act V
Your Place in Time
🇺🇸 United States
Your country the year you arrived
Population
199M
people in United States
GDP per Capita
$4,336
per person per year
Your Birth Cohort
120M
babies born worldwide that year
Your birth year is closer to the moon landing than to today.
Notable Births
Born the same year as you
Kurt Cobain·Will Smith·Julia Roberts·Vin Diesel·Jamie Foxx
Life Expectancy
Have we made progress?
United States life expectancy at birth
United States life expectancy today
8 years of progress. Steady gains from better medicine, nutrition, and public health.
Computing Power
How much faster the machines have gotten
1.1 billion times more powerfulComputing power has roughly doubled every two years since you were born. That adds up to 1.1 billion×.
30 doublings since 1967Milestone Years
Your milestone birthdays
You turn 65 in 2032 · You turn 100 in 2067
Language
Words that didn't exist when you were born
Still Alive
Jonathan the tortoise was already 135 years old
a Seychelles giant tortoise living on Saint Helena island. He was already 135 years old the year you were born. He's still alive today at 194.
You arrived in a world of 3.5 billion people. Lyndon B. Johnson was in the White House. To Sir with Love by Lulu was on the radio. You arrived in a decade of upheaval. Civil rights, the space race, a world on the brink. And somehow, here you are.
In 1967, hearing a new voice meant tuning into the radio.
Today, you can clone your own voice with a few minutes of audio.
Hear what that sounds like →keep exploring