| 1967-11-17
Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, US President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
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| 1967-01-06
Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
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| 1967-02-04
Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
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| 1967-04-01
The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
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| 1967-06-04
Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew.
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| 1967-07-12
The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
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| 1967-02-27
Dominica gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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| 1967-01-27
More than sixty nations sign the Outer Space Treaty banning nuclear weapons in space.
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| 1967-06-12
The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
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| 1967-09-30
BBC Radio 1 is launched and Tony Blackburn presents its first show; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.
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| 1967-06-02
Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
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| 1967-07-01
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.
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| 1967-10-29
London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall.
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| 1967-09-02
The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates.
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| 1967-04-24
Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
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| 1967-08-08
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
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| 1967-05-22
The L'Innovation department store in the centre of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
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| 1967-02-02
The American Basketball Association is formed.
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| 1967-11-15
The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
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| 1967-06-12
Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data).
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| 1967-03-26
Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City
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| 1967-06-09
Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
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| 1967-11-09
First issue of Rolling Stone Magazine is published.
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| 1967-11-09
Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
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| 1967-10-04
Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
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| 1967-11-22
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.
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| 1967-01-27
Apollo program: Apollo 1 – Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center.
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| 1967-11-19
The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
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| 1967-05-24
Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
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| 1967-10-08
Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
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| 1967-04-30
The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.
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| 1967-02-13
American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
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| 1967-11-03
Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
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| 1967-05-30
The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war.
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| 1967-03-14
The body of President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
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| 1967-11-30
The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.
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| 1967-07-24
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.
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| 1967-10-13
The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.
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| 1967-10-29
Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.
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| 1967-11-07
US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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| 1967-10-14
The Vietnam War: The folk singer Joan Baez is arrested concerning a physical blockade of the U.S. Army's induction center in Oakland, California.
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| 1967-11-17
French author Régis Debray is sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in Bolivia.
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| 1967-10-20
A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin.
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| 1967-08-24
Led by Abbie Hoffman, a group of hippies temporarily disrupt trading at the NYSE by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing a cease in trading as the brokers scramble to grab them up.
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| 1967-01-23
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
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| 1967-08-02
The second Blackwall Tunnel opens in Greenwich, London.
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| 1967-11-11
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.
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| 1967-06-05
Six-Day War begins: The Israeli air force launches simultaneous pre-emptive attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
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| 1967-01-15
The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10
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| 1967-06-27
The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London.
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| 1967-09-10
The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
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| 1967-10-26
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran.
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| 1967-08-01
Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
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| 1967-05-08
The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
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| 1967-07-29
During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
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| 1967-09-20
The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.
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| 1967-12-13
Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels
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| 1967-08-07
Vietnam War: the People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
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| 1967-11-07
Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.
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| 1967-07-29
Vietnam War: off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
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| 1967-04-04
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
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| 1967-10-10
The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.
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| 1967-06-14
Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.
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| 1967-04-28
Expo 67 opens to the public in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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| 1967-06-23
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.
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| 1967-08-14
UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
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| 1967-05-23
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.
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| 1967-07-10
Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
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| 1967-03-09
Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15, crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26.
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| 1967-04-09
The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight.
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| 1967-07-01
Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, which officially made Canada its own federal dominion.
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| 1967-11-29
Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
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| 1967-11-30
The People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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| 1967-03-06
Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
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| 1967-10-09
A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
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| 1967-01-04
Donald Campbell is killed on Coniston Water while attempting to break the world water speed record.
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| 1967-06-28
Israel annexes East Jerusalem.
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| 1967-04-24
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."
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| 1967-12-17
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria and was presumed drowned.
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| 1967-05-27
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
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| 1967-11-05
The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. The survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees.
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| 1967-11-14
The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman".
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| 1967-05-27
Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
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| 1967-04-23
Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) was a manned spaceflight, Launched into orbit carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov.
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| 1967-07-23
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. It will leave 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.
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| 1967-10-21
Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, D.C.. 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. Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe.
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| 1967-01-12
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
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| 1967-10-02
Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
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| 1967-08-30
Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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| 1967-12-21
Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, after living for 18 days after the transplant.
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| 1967-11-02
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.
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| 1967-06-10
Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
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| 1967-10-18
The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
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| 1967-02-10
The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
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| 1967-10-12
Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile because of North Vietnam's opposition
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| 1967-09-08
The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
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| 1967-05-17
Six-Day War: President Abdul Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
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| 1967-04-21
A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
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| 1967-12-03
At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).
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| 1967-06-25
Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television programme: Our World
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| 1967-09-04
Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
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| 1967-12-15
The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
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| 1967-03-18
The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
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| 1967-12-04
Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta.
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| 1967-06-13
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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| 1967-06-07
Israeli forces enter Jerusalem during the Six-Day War.
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| 1967-07-06
Biafran War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
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| 1967-02-03
Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
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| 1967-11-18
The United Kingdom government devalued the Pound sterling from $2.80 to £2.40.
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| 1967-06-10
The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
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| 1967-07-07
Beginning of the civil war in Biafra.
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| 1967-11-21
Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
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| 1967-09-03
Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
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| 1967-05-13
Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
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| 1967-04-27
Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.
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| 1967-05-11
Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta.
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| 1967-01-18
Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
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| 1967-06-08
Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
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| 1967-12-19
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead.
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| 1967-06-02
Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
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| 1967-04-29
After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
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