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

Saturday 01:

The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.

Friday 07:

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

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.

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.

Friday 12:

At Queen Elizabeth Hall, England, Pink Floyd stages the first-ever quadraphonic rock concert.

Wednesday 17:

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

Monday 22:

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

Tuesday 30:

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

June 1967

Monday 05:

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

Tuesday 13:

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

Friday 23:

Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.

Sunday 25:

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

Tuesday 27:

World's first ATM installed in Enfield, London.

July 1967

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.

Wednesday 19:

A Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 and a Cessna 310 collided in mid-air over Hendersonville, North Carolina killing 82

Sunday 23:

12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city (43 killed, 342 injured and ~1,400 buildings burned).

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.

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

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 10:

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

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

Tuesday 17:

The musical Hair opens at the Anspacher Theater on Broadway.

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.

Thursday 09:

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

Saturday 11:

Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.

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.

Wednesday 29:

Vietnam War: US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.

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