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.

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.

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).

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.