June 1967

Thursday 01:

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

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.

Saturday 10:

Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Sunday 11:

Mexico becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

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).

Tuesday 13:

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

Wednesday 14:

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

Sunday 18:

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

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.

Wednesday 28:

Israel annexes East Jerusalem.