October 1967

Monday 02:

Thurgood Marshall sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.

Sunday 08:

Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.

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

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.