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1967 | - Price of a 16-oz beer: $0.26
- Inflation-adjusted price: $1.97 (#16 most expensive in last 68 years)
- Number of U.S. breweries: 153
- U.S. beer production: 116.6 million barrels (+6.2% change from previous year) | 

A 4.2% ABV pale lager called Gablinger's Diet Beer debuts in 1967, hoping to capture a market that had eluded Coors prior to World War II: America's health-conscious beer drinker. Gablinger's fails, too, but the inventor sells the recipe to Meister Brau which is eventually acquired by Miller and turned into the world's first successful light beer, reborn as Miller Lite in 1973.
Long before the ghastly snowmobile, getting around Norway required a pair of skis. It likely didn't take long for Norwegians to figure out they could move much faster if their working dogs or horses pulled them. Thus, skijoring was born. No longer strictly a mode of transportation, skijøring is now a competitive sport where skiers are pulled behind a horse, dog, or motorized vehicle down a snowy course. The fastest time wins. Several mountain communities in America and Canada host equestrian-based competitions with events in Steamboat Springs and Leadville, Colorado, among North America's oldest.
Mucho antes de la horrible moto de nieve, moverse por Noruega requería un par de esquís. Probablemente no les tomó mucho tiempo a los noruegos darse cuenta de que podrían moverse mucho más rápido si sus perros o caballos de trabajo los tiraran. Así nació skijoring. Ya no es estrictamente un medio de transporte, skijøring es ahora un deporte competitivo en el que los esquiadores son arrastrados detrás de un caballo, un perro o un vehículo motorizado por un campo cubierto de nieve. El que lo haga más rápido gana. Varias comunidades de montaña en América y Canadá organizan concursos ecuestres con eventos en Steamboat Springs y Leadville, Colorado, entre los más antiguos de América del Norte.