How many years ago was 1967?

How long ago was 1967?

To put into perspective how long ago 1967 was:

• A person who turned 21 in 1967 is now 78 years of age.
• The teenagers that existed in 1967 are now 70–76 years old.
• Five decades have passed since then.
• The United States was still embroiled in the Vietnam War.
• The assassination of JFK had occurred only four years previously.
• Man hadn't walked on the moon yet.
• The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1.49 inches per year. That means that it has moved away by about 85 inches since 1967.
• There have been roughly 2,964 weekends since then.
• Names such as Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Jack Nicholson, David Bowie, Margaret Thatcher, Elton John, and Charles Manson were not famous at the time.
• Popular songs that year included the likes of "I'm A Believer" by The Monkees, "Kind Of A Drag" by Buckinghams, "Ruby Tuesday" by The Rolling Stones, "Love Is Here And Now You're Gone" by The Supremes, "Penny Lane" by The Beatles, and "Happy Together" by The Turtles.
• Films such as "Valley of the Dolls", "Gone with the Wind (reissue)", "Reflections in a Golden Eye", "To Sir, with Love", "In the Heat of the Night", and "Barefoot in the Park" were playing at movie theaters in 1967.
• Martin Luther King was still alive in 1967.
• The Earth has travelled 257 billion miles through space since 1967.
• Video game consoles did not exist in 1967.
• Pocket calculators didn't exist.
• Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 143 centimeters since 1967.
• A person who was born that year has had roughly 114–171 colds in their lifetime.
• The world has gone through 228 seasons of weather.
• The minidress was still relatively new.
• The hippie subculture was still popular.
• People didn't have answering machines.
• The afro hairstyle was popular at the time.