1967 - What happened in 1967 ?

January 1967

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.

Sunday 22:

Simon & Garfunkel perform live at Philharmonic Hall in the Lincoln Center, New York City. The recording is not released until 16 July 2002.

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.

Sunday 09:

The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) takes its maiden flight.

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).

Friday 28:

1967 - Expo 67 opens in Montréal, Québec, Canada

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 08:

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

Wednesday 17:

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

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.

Thursday 25:

Celtic_F.C. become the first British team to reach a European_Cup final and also to win it, beating Inter_Milan 2-1 in normal time.

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.

Saturday 10:

Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Sunday 18:

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

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.

Monday 10:

Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

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

August 1967

Tuesday 01:

Israel annexes East Jerusalem.

Wednesday 02:

The second Blackwall Tunnel opens in Greenwich, London.

Tuesday 08:

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

Monday 14:

UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Thursday 09:

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

Sunday 19:

The Establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.

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