1967 - What happened in 1967 ?

January 1967

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.

Sunday 15:

Super Bowl I is played -- The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.

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

Friday 07:

Six-Day War: Israeli fighters shoot down seven Syrian MIG-21s.

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).

Thursday 27:

Expo '67 opens in Montreal, Quebec.

Saturday 29:

After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

May 1967

Monday 01:

Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Beaulieu.

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.

Wednesday 17:

Six-Day War: President Abdul Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.

Tuesday 30:

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

June 1967

Thursday 01:

The Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is released; Don Dunstan becomes Premier of South Australia

Monday 12:

Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).

Wednesday 14:

The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.

Sunday 25:

1967 - First global satellite television programme – "Our World"

Tuesday 27:

World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.

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.

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.

Saturday 29:

At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake. The phenomenon lasted for 35 seconds, leaving aproximately 500 deaths.

August 1967

Tuesday 01:

Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

Wednesday 02:

The second Blackwall Tunnel opens in Greenwich, London.

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 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

Monday 04:

Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines launch a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces. The ensuingfour-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.

Sunday 17:

Jim Morrison and The Doors defy CBS censors on The Ed Sullivan Show. Morrison sang the lyrics, "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" from the song, Light My Fire when asked not to.

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.

Saturday 14:

Vietnam War: Folk singer Joan Baez is arrested in a blockade of the military induction center in Oakland, California.

Tuesday 17:

The musical Hair opens at the Anspacher Theater on Broadway.

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.

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.

Wednesday 22:

UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement.

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