The world has experienced phenomenal change over the last 40 years. Here is a look back at some of the headlines, statistics and notable firsts in the year ACS was founded:

World Population

• 1967          3.45 billion
• 2007          6.6 billion

Momentous Moments

• Dr Christian Barnard performed the first ever successful heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa
• Francis Chichester completed the first solo voyage around the world in a yacht
• The world’s first commercial household microwave went on sale
• The first colour television broadcasts began in the UK on BBC2
• 1967 was the Summer of Love
• Concorde was unveiled in Toulouse, France
• Twiggy hit the world of fashion and changed a generation
• The world’s largest passenger liner, The Queen Elizabeth II, was launched
•  Man was only two years away from landing on the moon.

Entertainment

The 1960’s were without doubt a vibrant decade in the fields of music, literature, TV and Films, and the year 1967 didn’t disappoint:

• The Nobel Prize for Literature went to Guatemalan writer Miguel Angel Asturias
• The Academy Award for Best Picture went to A Man for All Seasons
• The Beatles release Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
• The BBC launch Radio 1

Popular television: Lassie Mission Impossible Z Cars The Avengers The Saint Lost in Space Star Trek Batman and Robin Top of the Pops

Hit songs included: Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harem Daydream Believer The Monkees San Fancisco Scott Walker I can see for Miles The Who Light my Fire The Doors Ruby Tuesday The Rolling Stones All you Need is Love The Beatles Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison Itchycoo Park Small Faces

Films: To Sir With Love The Jungle Book The Graduate Bonnie and Clyde The Dirty Dozen  The Producers A Man for All Seasons

Sport

In the world of sport there were notable firsts and memorable records:

• At Wimbledon, John Newcombe became men’s champion and Billie Jean King became the women’s champion
• Mark Spitz wins the first of his many Olympic swimming gold medals in the 4x100 relay in Mexico City aged only 17
• Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first ever Superbowl
• In 1967 Maureen Wilton sets a world record in the women’s marathon with a time of 3:15:22. In 2007 Paula Radcliffe has improved the time by an astonishing 1 hour, holding the current record at 2:15:25
• New Zealander, Denny Hulme, drove his way to the Formula 1 world championship
• The American Basketball Association is formed
• Celtic became the first UK football club to win the European Cup, beating Inter Milan 2-1 in the final in Lisbon.  The team also won the Scottish league and Scottish Cup, thus becoming the first team to complete the domestic and European Treble
• St Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox 4-3 to win baseballs World Series
• Golfer, Gay Brewer, won the 1967 US Masters competition