1967 - What happened in 1967 ?

January 1967

Monday 02:

Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the second successful heart transplant.

Wednesday 04:

Donald Campbell dies as his jet-powered Bluebird K7 crashes during an attempt to break the water speed record.

Friday 06:

United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.

Wednesday 18:

Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler," is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life in prison.

Friday 27:

More than 60 nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space.

February 1967

Thursday 02:

The American Basketball Association is formed.

Friday 03:

Ronald Ryan is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. The last person to be executed in Australia.

Tuesday 07:

A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.

Friday 10:

The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.

Monday 27:

Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.

March 1967

Thursday 09:

Josef Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.

Sunday 12:

Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become President of Indonesia.

Tuesday 14:

The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.

Friday 31:

Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar for the first time at London's Astoria Theatre. He is sent to the hospital afterwards for burns on his hands.

April 1967

Saturday 01:

The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.

Thursday 20:

A Swiss Britannia turboprop crashes at Toronto, Canada, killing 126.

Sunday 23:

A group of young radicals are expelled from the Nicaraguan Socialist Party (PSN). This group goes on to found the Socialist Workers Party (POS).

Monday 24:

Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily."

Thursday 27:

Expo '67 opens in Montreal, Quebec.

May 1967

Monday 08:

The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.

Sunday 14:

Mickey Mantle becomes the sixth member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York.

Monday 22:

Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, the longest-running children's series on U.S. television, airs its first episode.

Tuesday 23:

Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, laying the foundations for the Six Day War.

Tuesday 30:

The Nigerian state of Biafra secedes, sparking a civil war.

June 1967

Friday 02:

Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into fights, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.

Monday 05:

Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.

Thursday 08:

Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.

Tuesday 13:

Solicitor General Thurgood Marshall is nominated as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Sunday 18:

Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival.

July 1967

Saturday 01:

The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.

Thursday 06:

Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.

Wednesday 12:

Four days of race riots begin in Newark, New Jersey that will claim the lives of 27 people.

Friday 14:

Eddie Mathews becomes the seventh member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, California.

Monday 24:

During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians.

August 1967

Tuesday 01:

Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

Monday 07:

Vietnam War: The People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.

Tuesday 08:

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded.

Wednesday 09:

United States Marines begin a new operation in the Que Son Valley.

Wednesday 30:

Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

September 1967

Saturday 02:

The microstate Principality of Sealand unilaterally declares its independence.

Sunday 03:

Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right

Sunday 10:

The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.

Friday 15:

Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas, writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation.

Saturday 30:

BBC Radio 1 is launched; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names. Tony Blackburn presents the first show.

October 1967

Monday 02:

Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.

Monday 09:

A day after being caught, Che Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.

Wednesday 11:

Afghan Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal resigns for health reasons

Thursday 12:

Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives were futile because of North Vietnam's opposition

Saturday 21:

Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, DC. A peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting the facility (event lasts until October 23; 683 people will be arrested). Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe.

November 1967

Thursday 02:

Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "the Wise Men"conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.

Friday 03:

Around Dak To (located about 280 miles (450 km) north of Saigon near the Cambodian border), heavy casualties are suffered on both sides, with the Americans narrowly winning the battle on November 22.

Tuesday 07:

US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Thursday 09:

Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft from Cape Kennedy.

Thursday 30:

The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

December 1967

Sunday 03:

The luxury train 20th Century Limited completes its last run from New York City, New York to Chicago, Illinois (the train was inaugurated on June 15, 1902).

Monday 04:

Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta (235 of the 300-strong Viet Cong battalion were killed).

Sunday 17:

Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908) disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria