Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1967. This year saw 260 significant events. 41 notable figures were born. 5 notable figures passed away.
AFL Championship, War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo: Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills, 31-7; QB Len Dawson passes for 2 TDs, RB Mike Garrett runs for 2 TDs
Actor Lee Marvin (42) divorces Elizabeth Ebeling after 14 years of marriage
Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts takes his seat as the first African American popularly elected to the US Senate
Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (37) divorces second wife, British columnist Patricia Lewis after nearly 5 years of marriage
25,000 US and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City against the Viet Cong. Largest US airborne assault since World War II.
American singer Liza Minnelli (20) weds Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen (23) in New York City); divorce in 1974
Jimi Hendrix first burns his guitar (and his fingers) at Finsbury Park Astoria theatre in London; the guitar is sold at auction for nearly $500K, the building is currently a church
American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (25) divorces Sandi McTaggart (23) in Los Angeles, California, after 2-1/2 years of marriage
American General William Westmoreland says in a Vietnam War news conference that the enemy has "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily"
"Respect" is a song by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, originally recorded and released by himself in 1965 as a single from his third album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul.
Track Records releases "Are You Experienced" album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience - one of the most influential debut albums ever
NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Baltimore Orioles' Stu Miller
EMI rush releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in London and select markets in the UK, goes to #1 for 22 weeks in the UK and 15 weeks in the US
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Margrethe II of Denmark (27) weds Prince Henrik of Denmark (32) at the Naval Church of Copenhagen in Denmark
First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"
The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" goes to #1 in the United States and stays there for 15 weeks
The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, Nigeria-Biafra War, or Biafra War, was an armed conflict fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a...
Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, outlaws and romantic partners in the...
The Fugitive is an American crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television.
Sweden begins driving on the right-hand side of the road (Dagen H)
American actress and singer Rosemary Clooney (39) divorces Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer (54) for the second time, after she found out his affair with Stella Magee
American "Gilligan's Island" actor Bob Denver (32) weds second wife Jean Webber; divorce in 1970
Actor Morgan Freeman (30) weds Jeanette Adair Bradshaw
Magical Mystery Tour is a record by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States.
First radio pulsars are detected by British postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish at the University of Cambridge
South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first human-to-human heart transplant, on Louis Washkansky, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town; he survives for 18 days
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, premieres in NYC; Hepburn wins the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1968
Jacques Tati was a French mime, filmmaker, actor and screenwriter. In an Entertainment Weekly poll of the Greatest Movie Directors he was voted 46th (a list of the top 50 was published), though he...
"The Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
English land and boat racer Donald Campbell is killed while driving jet-powered boat Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water in England trying to beat his own water speed record
KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 75th governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.
Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with the intent of future resuscitation; his remains are stored at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation
The history of Togo can be traced to archaeological finds which indicate that ancient tribes were able to produce pottery and process tin.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
1st black government installed in Bahamas led by Lynden Pindling as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party
The Boston Strangler is the murderer of 13 women in Greater Boston during the early 1960s.
Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
Chicago Blizzard strikes with a record 23 inches of snow fall causing 800 buses and 50,000 automobiles to be abandoned
Bushfires in Australia are a widespread and regular occurrence that have contributed significantly to shaping the nature of the continent over millions of years.
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America.
"Wild Thing" cover version by "Senator Bobby" hits #20 on the pop singles chart
The Smothers Brothers were the American duo of brothers Tom and Dick Smothers, who performed music and comedy.
The Cultural and Ideological Revolution (Albanian: Revolucioni Ideologjik e Kulturor) was a period of political and social change in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, launched in 1966–1967...
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Montgomery County.
English Pirate Radio UKGM closes down
The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution addresses issues related to presidential succession and disability. It clarifies that the vice president becomes president...
Dutch speed skater Kees Verkerk becomes All-Around World Champion
"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber
Soyuz 1 was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz...
Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the U.S.
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being British colonies to states in free association with the United...
A West German court rules that impostor Anna Anderson failed to prove that she was missing Russian duchess Anastasia Romanov, ending a legal case that lasted almost 30 years
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.
Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100...
Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood...
Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)
Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death
Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith (February 28, 1945 – August 3, 2011) was an American professional football defensive end and actor.
Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCENT)-headquarter moves from France to Brunssum, Netherlands
Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
British harpist Shiela Bromberg plays with string section for the Sgt. Pepper track "She's Leaving Home", becomes the first female to perform on a Beatles recording
Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off Cornwall & spills oil
The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (FTAI; French: Territoire français des Afars et des Issas) was the name given to present-day Djibouti between 1967 and 1977, while it was still an...
University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
"Happy Together" is a song written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon and recorded by the American rock band the Turtles.
The 21st Annual Tony Awards ceremony was broadcast on March 26, 1967, from the Shubert Theatre in New York City on the ABC Television network.
WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1st British ombudsman Sir Edward Compton begins work
East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum
Amsterdam Marines chase "Nozems" or rebellious youth out of Central Station
Israeli Syrian border fights
1st Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight
Jonathan Frid makes his 1st appearance as 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins on TV's "Dark Shadows", show becomes a huge hit
French author Régis Debray caught in Bolivia
Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
Soyuz 1 spacecraft launches; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty when parachute fails
Abortion legalized in Colorado
KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967.
MLB Orioles pitchers Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Detroit Tigers at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
African American students seize finance building at Northwestern University
The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384,399 kilometres (238,854 mi), a distance roughly 30 times the width of Earth.
"Waterloo Sunset" is a song by English rock band the Kinks. It was released as a single on 5 May 1967 and featured on the album Something Else by the Kinks in September that year.
students seize administration building at Cheyney State College, Pennsylvania
The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a twin-engined, short-range jet airliner designed and built by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. Following the Fokker F27 Friendship, an early and commercially...
Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar
,000,000th US phone connected
Provo was a Dutch counterculture movement in the mid-1960s that focused on provoking violent responses from authorities using non-violent bait.
"In re Gault", US Supreme Court rules juveniles accused of crimes should be given same legal rights as adults
Philalphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium
Dont Look Back is a 1967 American documentary film directed by D. A. Pennebaker that covers Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour in England. In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United...
Silver hits a record $1.60 an ounce in London
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty, the objective of which is to prevent the spread of nuclear...
BBC bans the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life" due to the line "I'd love to turn you on" being construed as a drug reference
Government bans submarines near South Africa
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati.
Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and count them in the national census
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in...
Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19
Judge in Peoria, Illinois sentences American mass murderer Richard Speck to death in electric chair, after his jury conviction; later reduced to minimum 100 years in prison, he dies of a heart attack in prison in 1991
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Six Day War: Israel's navy and air force attack USS Liberty in Mediterranean Sea in broad daylight, mistaking it for an Egyptian ship; 34 US crewmen killed, 75 injured, and ship badly damaged
Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
50,000 attend first day of the Monterey International Pop Festival - beginning of the Summer of Love
"Somebody to Love" (originally titled "Someone to Love") is a rock song written by Darby Slick, originally recorded by the Great Society, and later by Jefferson Airplane.
Mohammed Ali [Cassius Clay] sentenced to 5 years by jury after 21 minutes of deliberation for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces during the Vietnam War
MLB New York Yankees take 5-3 lead in 11th, but lose to Boston 6-5, in first game of doubleheader; in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th, but lose 6-3
10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam outside of the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California; police disperse the crowd violently
Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars franchise and its fictional universe, the Indiana Jones franchise, and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts,...
Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
Former Congolese Prime Minister Moise Tsjombe's plane hijacked to Algeria
1st British colour TV broadcast, on BBC 2
"News at 10" premieres on British TV
Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Jean "Black Jack" Schramme (25 March 1929 – 14 December 1988) was a Belgian mercenary and planter. He managed a vast estate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1967.
EMI/Parlophone releases The Beatles single "All You Need Is Love" in the UK; it had been introduced to a global audience as part of the BBC's "Our World" television broadcast 12 days earlier
Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe," which goes on to win four Grammy awards
Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship
Newark ( NEW-ərk, locally ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.
Houston Astro Eddie Mathews hits his 500th home run off SF Giant Juan Marichal
LA Wolves defeat Washington Whips 6-5 in overtime to become United Soccer Association champions
American pop-rock group "The Monkees" perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York, with psychedelic rock Jimi Hendrix Experience as opening act;
Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour, after playing 7 of a planned 29 shows
Silver hits a record $1.87 an ounce in New York
First air-conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line)
1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)
43 die in a race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
Construction begins on the San Francisco Muni Metro (Market Street Subway)
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
Helmond Sport is a Dutch professional football club based in Helmond, North Brabant. Founded in 1967 following the acquisition of the professional license of RKSV Helmondia '55, the club achieved...
Radio 390 (1965–1967) was a pirate radio station on Red Sands Fort, (near Whitstable), a former Maunsell Fort on the Red Sands sandbar in the River Thames estuary. Previously the fort had been used...
A 6.5 earthquake strikes Caracas, Venezuela, causing significant damage
The 1967 Milwaukee riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967".
Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam
NFL New Orleans Saints play their first-ever preseason game, losing to the Los Angeles Rams 16-7 at Anaheim Stadium in California
45,000 US soldiers are sent to Vietnam
34th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934 attendees)
Bobbie Gentry is an American retired singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in the United States to compose and produce their own material. Gentry rose to international fame in...
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand meet to form the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, Nigeria-Biafra War, or Biafra War, was an armed conflict fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a...
Al Downing becomes the 12th pitcher to strike out the side on nine pitches
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans.
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo, FARDC) are the national military forces responsible for defending the...
WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Boston Red Sox player Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton at Fenway Park; injuries including a fractured cheekbone, dislocated jaw, and eye damage keep him from returning for a year and a half and lead to improvements in batting helmets
"All You Need Is Love" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in July 1967, with "Baby, You're a Rich Man" as its B-side.
Alvin Ralph Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "the Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager.
China's stockpile of nuclear weapons is estimated at 600 nuclear warheads as of 2025, making it the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal.
Minnesota Twin Dean Chance's second no-hitter of the month beats Cleveland 2-1
The 1967 Minnesota Twins season was the 7th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 7th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 67th overall in the American...
Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) was an American model, businesswoman and author. She is widely credited as being one of the first African-American supermodels.
Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make a 190-run stand for the 9th wicket against England
KMNE TV channel 7 in Bassett, Nebraska (PBS) begins broadcasting
KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
What's My Line? is a panel game show that originally ran in the United States, between 1950 and 1967, on CBS, originally in black and white and later in color, with subsequent American revivals.
Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Across his seven-decade career, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century, by his...
Hurricane Beulah kills 54 in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Texas
Surveyor 5 launches and makes a soft landing on the Moon on September 10
The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon.
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Chicago. They play in the American League Central division.
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and...
Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
Anni Pede runs the women's world record marathon in 3:07:26
Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in the 21st America's Cup yacht race at Newport, Rhode Island
The Republic of Benin was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in West Africa that existed for seven hours in 1967.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
Georgios Papandreou was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as the prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1965).
NFL St. Louis Cardinals' Jim Bakken kicks seven field goals against the Pittsburgh Steelers, setting an NFL record
WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
James Paul David Bunning (October 23, 1931 – May 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a...
Walter Edward Washington (April 15, 1915 – October 27, 2003) was an American civil servant and politician.
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 14 million weekly listeners.
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals) and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals), with David...
Roger Sessions' 7th Symphony premieres in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Jean Martinon conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
All Grateful Dead members are arrested by narcotics agents for possession of marijuana in San Francisco, California
Belgian King Baudouin inaugurates the world's biggest floodgate in Antwerp
Hassanal Bolkiah Muiz'zaddin Wad'daulah is Sultan of Brunei, reigning since 1967, and has also served as Prime Minister of Brunei since its independence from British rule in 1984.
Haight-Ashbury (San Francisco) hippies hold a funeral for "Hippie" to signify the end of "the Summer of Love"
The English rock band the Beatles, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are commonly regarded as the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.
CBS radio cancels "House Party"
13th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Paris ends after redefining the second using a cesium-beam atomic clock [1]
Barbra Streisand stars in the "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS
Memorial service for musical act manager Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue; mourners include Cilla Black, Gerry Marsden, The Fourmost, Billy J. Kramer, and The Beatles
MLB American League votes to allow Kansas City Athletics to move to Oakland, California and expand the league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams, later accelerated to 1969 due to pressure from Kansas City politicians
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the USSR sets the long jump record at 27.39 ft (8.35 m)
A purported Bigfoot is filmed at Bluff Creek in Northern California by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin
A torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in...
Denny Hulme becomes first New Zealander to win the F1 World Drivers Championship with 3rd place in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 5 points from team leader Jack Brabham
Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of A's by Charlie Finley
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
The Baltimore Four were four Catholic peace activists who poured blood on draft files at the Baltimore Customs House to protest the Vietnam War on October 17, 1967.
Danny Abramowicz begins an NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
Arthur Allyn says Chicago White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of...
ATS-3 launched by US to take first pictures of full Earth disc
Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curacao, kills 15
Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
Radio Leicester begins broadcasting on VHF, the 1st of 8 local British radio stations (now 40)
Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
ATS-3 satellite takes the first full-disk true-color picture of Earth
Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7
Carl Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
Orchestre de Paris, France's 1st full-time salaried orchestra, debuts, conducted by its founder Charles Münch
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 descending from 81km, causing its mid air destruction over the Mojave Desert
The English rock band the Beatles, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are commonly regarded as the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.
Davy Jones of the Monkees opens fashion boutique Zilch I in Greenwich Village, New York
The pound (symbol £, £N.Z. for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1933 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar.
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; Chinese: 電視廣播有限公司) is a Hong Kong television network that began broadcasting on 19 November 1967.
At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
George Thomas Seaver (November 17, 1944 – August 31, 2020), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "the Franchise", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball...
Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet (8,534,4 meters)
BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles, due to the suggestive lyric “Boy, you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down."
Caribair was a Puerto Rican airline based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, that served over a dozen destinations in the Caribbean as well as Miami.
Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return
Jimi Hendrix headlines bill, supporting acts include The Move and Pink Floyd, for 2 shows at Whitla Hall, Queens College, in Belfast - his only concerts in Ireland
33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA quarterback
British troops leave Aden and the rest of the Federation of South Arabia (FSA) ending British colonial rule; National Liberation Front (NLF) assumes power and renames the state as the People's Republic of South Yemen
Pacific Northwest Sports, Inc. is awarded one of the two American League baseball expansion franchises; the new team is named the Seattle Pilots
Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in the 76ers' 133-109 win over the Seattle SuperSonics and sets an NBA record for 22 free throw misses
USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan, USSR
The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976.
Final performances of soul singer Otis Redding: WEWS -TV teen dance show "Upbeat" in the afternoon, and evening gig at Leos's Casino, both in Cleveland, Ohio
The 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974) "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Ragnar Granit, Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for discoveries about the make-up of the eye
US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit
Greek King Constantine II attempts a counter-coup against the military junta; after the failure, Constantine flees to Italy
Arthur Kornberg and his colleagues synthesize a viable virus DNA in a test tube, an achievement lauded as the "creation of life in a test tube"
"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" is a Christmas song by the English rock band the Beatles, originally recorded for their fifth fan club Christmas record, Christmas Time Is Here Again! (1967).
Wilton Norman Chamberlain ( CHAYM-bər-lin; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player.
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt vanishes in mysterious circumstances while swimming near Melbourne
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead (after being swept out to sea swimming two days earlier)
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Vietnamese: Việt Nam Cộng hòa, VNCH), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975.
Brussels: NATO Council accept "Flexible Response" strategy
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
Ballon d'Or: Ferencváros forward Flórián Albert wins award for best European football player ahead of Manchester United midfielder Bobby Charlton and Celtic winger Jimmy Johnstone
Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
KSNT (channel 27) is a television station in Topeka, Kansas, United States, affiliated with NBC.
Star Trek's episode "Trouble With Tribbles" airs [1]
Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, LA Lakers beat Houston 147-118
François Pienaar is born
David Toms is born
R. Kelly, American musician, known for american r&b singer, was born on 1967-01-08. Robert Sylvester Kelly is an American former singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Dave Matthews, American musician, known for american singer-songwriter, was born on 1967-01-09.
Cindy Crawford, American model, television personality and actress, known for american model, television personality and actress, was born on 1967-02-20.
Kurt Cobain, American musician, known for american rock musician, was born on 1967-02-20. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American musician.
Alexis Denisof, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1967-02-25. Alexis Denisof is an American actor, primarily known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series Buffy…
Alan Davies, English entertainer, known for english entertainer, was born on 1967-03-06. Alan Roger Davies is an English actor, presenter, stand-up comedian, and writer.
Tom Glavine, American athlete, known for american baseball pitcher, was born on 1967-03-25.
Robin Wright, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1967-04-08. Robin Gayle Wright is an American actress, producer and director.
Cynthia Nixon, American actress and politician, known for american actress and politician, was born on 1967-04-09. Cynthia Ellen Nixon is an American actress, activist, and theatre director.
David Justice, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1967-04-14.
Greg Maddux, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1967-04-14.
Too Short, American musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1967-04-28. Todd Anthony Shaw, better known by his stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper.
John Daly is born
Janet Jackson, American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer, known for american singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer, was born on 1967-05-16.
Helena Bonham Carter, English actress, known for english actress, was born on 1967-05-26. Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress.
Wasim Akram, Sri Lankan athlete, known for pakistani former international cricketer, was born on 1967-06-03.
Julianna Margulies, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1967-06-08. Julianna Margulies is an American actress.
Kurt Browning is born
J. J. Abrams, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1967-06-27. Jeffrey Jacob Abrams () is an American filmmaker.
Mike Tyson, American athlete, known for american boxer and media personality, was born on 1967-06-30. Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024.
Moises Alou, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1967-07-03.
Enrique Peña Nieto is born
Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1967-07-23. Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor.
Martina McBride, American musician, known for american country singer, was born on 1967-07-29. Martina Mariea McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Halle Berry, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1967-08-14. Halle Maria Berry is an American actress.
Stéphane Charbonnier, French athlete, known for french satirist and journalist, was born on 1967-08-21.
Michael Cohen is born
Salma Hayek, American american actress, known for mexican and american actress, was born on 1967-09-02. Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American actress and film producer.
Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1967-09-09. Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter.
David Cameron is born
Doug McMillon, American businessman, known for american businessman, was born on 1967-10-17.
Jon Favreau, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1967-10-19. Jonathan Kolia Favreau is an American actor and filmmaker.
Scott Weiland, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1967-10-27.
David Schwimmer, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1967-11-02. David Lawrence Schwimmer is an American actor, director and producer.
Calvin Borel athlete, known for american jockey, was born on 1967-11-07. Calvin H.
Gordon Ramsay, British celebrity chef, known for british celebrity chef, was born on 1967-11-08.
Thomas Huber, German athlete, known for german climber and mountaineer, was born on 1967-11-18.
Kiefer Sutherland, British canadian actor, known for british and canadian actor, was born on 1967-12-21. Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland is a British and Canadian actor.
Mark Rutte, Dutch politician, known for dutch politician, was born on 1967-02-14. Mark Ruttek ˈrʏtə] ; born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician who has served as the 14th secretary general of…
Robert Oppenheimer theoretical physicist, known for american theoretical physicist, died on 1967-02-18. J.
Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, known for american poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, died on 1967-06-07.
Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani politician and author, known for pakistani politician and author, died on 1967-07-08.
Vivien Leigh, British actress, known for british actress, died on 1967-07-08. Vivian Mary Olivier, known professionally as Vivien Leigh ( LEE) and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British…
Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 1967-07-21.
AFL Championship, War Memorial Stadium, Buffalo: Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills, 31-7; QB Len Dawson passes for 2 TDs, RB Mike Garrett runs for 2 TDs
Actor Lee Marvin (42) divorces Elizabeth Ebeling after 14 years of marriage
Republican Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts takes his seat as the first African American popularly elected to the US Senate
Canadian actor Christopher Plummer (37) divorces second wife, British columnist Patricia Lewis after nearly 5 years of marriage
25,000 US and South Vietnamese troops launch Operation Junction City against the Viet Cong. Largest US airborne assault since World War II.
American singer Liza Minnelli (20) weds Australian singer-songwriter Peter Allen (23) in New York City); divorce in 1974
Jimi Hendrix first burns his guitar (and his fingers) at Finsbury Park Astoria theatre in London; the guitar is sold at auction for nearly $500K, the building is currently a church
American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson (25) divorces Sandi McTaggart (23) in Los Angeles, California, after 2-1/2 years of marriage
American General William Westmoreland says in a Vietnam War news conference that the enemy has "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily"
"Respect" is a song by American soul singer-songwriter Otis Redding, originally recorded and released by himself in 1965 as a single from his third album Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul.
Track Records releases "Are You Experienced" album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience - one of the most influential debut albums ever
NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career HR #500 off Baltimore Orioles' Stu Miller
EMI rush releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in London and select markets in the UK, goes to #1 for 22 weeks in the UK and 15 weeks in the US
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Margrethe II of Denmark (27) weds Prince Henrik of Denmark (32) at the Naval Church of Copenhagen in Denmark
First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"
The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" goes to #1 in the United States and stays there for 15 weeks
The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, Nigeria-Biafra War, or Biafra War, was an armed conflict fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a...
Bonnie and Clyde is a 1967 American biographical crime film directed by Arthur Penn and starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, outlaws and romantic partners in the...
The Fugitive is an American crime drama television series created by Roy Huggins and produced by QM Productions and United Artists Television.
Sweden begins driving on the right-hand side of the road (Dagen H)
American actress and singer Rosemary Clooney (39) divorces Puerto Rican actor José Ferrer (54) for the second time, after she found out his affair with Stella Magee
American "Gilligan's Island" actor Bob Denver (32) weds second wife Jean Webber; divorce in 1970
Actor Morgan Freeman (30) weds Jeanette Adair Bradshaw
Magical Mystery Tour is a record by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a double EP in the United Kingdom and an LP in the United States.
First radio pulsars are detected by British postgraduate Jocelyn Bell Burnell and her supervisor Antony Hewish at the University of Cambridge
South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first human-to-human heart transplant, on Louis Washkansky, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town; he survives for 18 days
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner", directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Hepburn, premieres in NYC; Hepburn wins the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1968
Jacques Tati was a French mime, filmmaker, actor and screenwriter. In an Entertainment Weekly poll of the Greatest Movie Directors he was voted 46th (a list of the top 50 was published), though he...
"The Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
English land and boat racer Donald Campbell is killed while driving jet-powered boat Bluebird K7 on Coniston Water in England trying to beat his own water speed record
KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
Lester Garfield Maddox Sr. (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003) was an American politician who served as the 75th governor of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.
Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with the intent of future resuscitation; his remains are stored at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation
The history of Togo can be traced to archaeological finds which indicate that ancient tribes were able to produce pottery and process tin.
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the fourth-most populous city in California and the 17th-most populous in the United States, with a population of 827,526 in 2024.
1st black government installed in Bahamas led by Lynden Pindling as leader of the Progressive Liberal Party
The Boston Strangler is the murderer of 13 women in Greater Boston during the early 1960s.
Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
Chicago Blizzard strikes with a record 23 inches of snow fall causing 800 buses and 50,000 automobiles to be abandoned
Bushfires in Australia are a widespread and regular occurrence that have contributed significantly to shaping the nature of the continent over millions of years.
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America.
"Wild Thing" cover version by "Senator Bobby" hits #20 on the pop singles chart
The Smothers Brothers were the American duo of brothers Tom and Dick Smothers, who performed music and comedy.
The Cultural and Ideological Revolution (Albanian: Revolucioni Ideologjik e Kulturor) was a period of political and social change in the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, launched in 1966–1967...
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the seat of Montgomery County.
English Pirate Radio UKGM closes down
The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution addresses issues related to presidential succession and disability. It clarifies that the vice president becomes president...
Dutch speed skater Kees Verkerk becomes All-Around World Champion
"Strawberry Fields Forever" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney.
D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber
Soyuz 1 was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the first crewed flight of the Soyuz...
Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the U.S.
USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
West Indies Associated States was the collective name for a number of islands in the Eastern Caribbean whose status changed from being British colonies to states in free association with the United...
A West German court rules that impostor Anna Anderson failed to prove that she was missing Russian duchess Anastasia Romanov, ending a legal case that lasted almost 30 years
Dominica, officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. It is part of the Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean Sea.
Grenada is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean Sea. The southernmost of the Windward Islands, Grenada is directly south of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and about 100...
Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
James Riddle Hoffa (February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood...
Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)
Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
Congo sentences ex-premier Moise Tsjombe to death
Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith (February 28, 1945 – August 3, 2011) was an American professional football defensive end and actor.
Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCENT)-headquarter moves from France to Brunssum, Netherlands
Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
British harpist Shiela Bromberg plays with string section for the Sgt. Pepper track "She's Leaving Home", becomes the first female to perform on a Beatles recording
Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off Cornwall & spills oil
The French Territory of the Afars and the Issas (FTAI; French: Territoire français des Afars et des Issas) was the name given to present-day Djibouti between 1967 and 1977, while it was still an...
University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
"Happy Together" is a song written by Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon and recorded by the American rock band the Turtles.
The 21st Annual Tony Awards ceremony was broadcast on March 26, 1967, from the Shubert Theatre in New York City on the ABC Television network.
WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1st British ombudsman Sir Edward Compton begins work
East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum
Amsterdam Marines chase "Nozems" or rebellious youth out of Central Station
Israeli Syrian border fights
1st Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight
Jonathan Frid makes his 1st appearance as 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins on TV's "Dark Shadows", show becomes a huge hit
French author Régis Debray caught in Bolivia
Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
Soyuz 1 spacecraft launches; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty when parachute fails
Abortion legalized in Colorado
KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967.
MLB Orioles pitchers Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Detroit Tigers at Memorial Stadium, Baltimore
African American students seize finance building at Northwestern University
The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384,399 kilometres (238,854 mi), a distance roughly 30 times the width of Earth.
"Waterloo Sunset" is a song by English rock band the Kinks. It was released as a single on 5 May 1967 and featured on the album Something Else by the Kinks in September that year.
students seize administration building at Cheyney State College, Pennsylvania
The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a twin-engined, short-range jet airliner designed and built by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. Following the Fokker F27 Friendship, an early and commercially...
Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar
,000,000th US phone connected
Provo was a Dutch counterculture movement in the mid-1960s that focused on provoking violent responses from authorities using non-violent bait.
"In re Gault", US Supreme Court rules juveniles accused of crimes should be given same legal rights as adults
Philalphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium
Dont Look Back is a 1967 American documentary film directed by D. A. Pennebaker that covers Bob Dylan's 1965 concert tour in England. In 1998, the film was selected for preservation in the United...
Silver hits a record $1.60 an ounce in London
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, commonly known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty or NPT, is an international treaty, the objective of which is to prevent the spread of nuclear...
BBC bans the Beatles' song "A Day in the Life" due to the line "I'd love to turn you on" being construed as a drug reference
Government bans submarines near South Africa
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati.
Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and count them in the national census
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September [O.S. 12 September] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in...
Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19
Judge in Peoria, Illinois sentences American mass murderer Richard Speck to death in electric chair, after his jury conviction; later reduced to minimum 100 years in prison, he dies of a heart attack in prison in 1991
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.
Six Day War: Israel's navy and air force attack USS Liberty in Mediterranean Sea in broad daylight, mistaking it for an Egyptian ship; 34 US crewmen killed, 75 injured, and ship badly damaged
Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
50,000 attend first day of the Monterey International Pop Festival - beginning of the Summer of Love
"Somebody to Love" (originally titled "Someone to Love") is a rock song written by Darby Slick, originally recorded by the Great Society, and later by Jefferson Airplane.
Mohammed Ali [Cassius Clay] sentenced to 5 years by jury after 21 minutes of deliberation for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces during the Vietnam War
MLB New York Yankees take 5-3 lead in 11th, but lose to Boston 6-5, in first game of doubleheader; in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th, but lose 6-3
10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam outside of the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California; police disperse the crowd violently
Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
George Walton Lucas Jr. is an American filmmaker and philanthropist. He created the Star Wars franchise and its fictional universe, the Indiana Jones franchise, and founded Lucasfilm, LucasArts,...
Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
Former Congolese Prime Minister Moise Tsjombe's plane hijacked to Algeria
1st British colour TV broadcast, on BBC 2
"News at 10" premieres on British TV
Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
Jean "Black Jack" Schramme (25 March 1929 – 14 December 1988) was a Belgian mercenary and planter. He managed a vast estate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1967.
EMI/Parlophone releases The Beatles single "All You Need Is Love" in the UK; it had been introduced to a global audience as part of the BBC's "Our World" television broadcast 12 days earlier
Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, North Carolina (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe," which goes on to win four Grammy awards
Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship
Newark ( NEW-ərk, locally ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.
Houston Astro Eddie Mathews hits his 500th home run off SF Giant Juan Marichal
LA Wolves defeat Washington Whips 6-5 in overtime to become United Soccer Association champions
American pop-rock group "The Monkees" perform at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in Queens, New York, with psychedelic rock Jimi Hendrix Experience as opening act;
Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour, after playing 7 of a planned 29 shows
Silver hits a record $1.87 an ounce in New York
First air-conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line)
1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)
43 die in a race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
Construction begins on the San Francisco Muni Metro (Market Street Subway)
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
Helmond Sport is a Dutch professional football club based in Helmond, North Brabant. Founded in 1967 following the acquisition of the professional license of RKSV Helmondia '55, the club achieved...
Radio 390 (1965–1967) was a pirate radio station on Red Sands Fort, (near Whitstable), a former Maunsell Fort on the Red Sands sandbar in the River Thames estuary. Previously the fort had been used...
A 6.5 earthquake strikes Caracas, Venezuela, causing significant damage
The 1967 Milwaukee riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967".
Izaak Samkalden becomes mayor of Amsterdam
NFL New Orleans Saints play their first-ever preseason game, losing to the Los Angeles Rams 16-7 at Anaheim Stadium in California
45,000 US soldiers are sent to Vietnam
34th NFL Chicago College All-Star Game at Soldier Field: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934 attendees)
Bobbie Gentry is an American retired singer-songwriter. She was one of the first female artists in the United States to compose and produce their own material. Gentry rose to international fame in...
Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand meet to form the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Biafran War, Nigeria-Biafra War, or Biafra War, was an armed conflict fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a...
Al Downing becomes the 12th pitcher to strike out the side on nine pitches
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans.
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: Forces armées de la république démocratique du Congo, FARDC) are the national military forces responsible for defending the...
WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Boston Red Sox player Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels pitcher Jack Hamilton at Fenway Park; injuries including a fractured cheekbone, dislocated jaw, and eye damage keep him from returning for a year and a half and lead to improvements in batting helmets
"All You Need Is Love" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in July 1967, with "Baby, You're a Rich Man" as its B-side.
Alvin Ralph Dark (January 7, 1922 – November 13, 2014), nicknamed "Blackie" and "the Swamp Fox", was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager.
China's stockpile of nuclear weapons is estimated at 600 nuclear warheads as of 2025, making it the world's third-largest nuclear arsenal.
Minnesota Twin Dean Chance's second no-hitter of the month beats Cleveland 2-1
The 1967 Minnesota Twins season was the 7th season for the Minnesota Twins franchise in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, their 7th season at Metropolitan Stadium and the 67th overall in the American...
Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 – August 1, 2009) was an American model, businesswoman and author. She is widely credited as being one of the first African-American supermodels.
Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make a 190-run stand for the 9th wicket against England
KMNE TV channel 7 in Bassett, Nebraska (PBS) begins broadcasting
KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
What's My Line? is a panel game show that originally ran in the United States, between 1950 and 1967, on CBS, originally in black and white and later in color, with subsequent American revivals.
Jerry Lewis was an American comedian, actor, singer, filmmaker and humanitarian. Across his seven-decade career, he is regarded as one of the greatest comedians of the 20th century, by his...
Hurricane Beulah kills 54 in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Texas
Surveyor 5 launches and makes a soft landing on the Moon on September 10
The Saturn V is a retired American super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon.
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Chicago. They play in the American League Central division.
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and...
Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
Anni Pede runs the women's world record marathon in 3:07:26
Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Australia) in the 21st America's Cup yacht race at Newport, Rhode Island
The Republic of Benin was a short-lived unrecognized secessionist state in West Africa that existed for seven hours in 1967.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
Georgios Papandreou was a Greek politician, the founder of the Papandreou political dynasty. He served three terms as the prime minister of Greece (1944–1945, 1963, 1964–1965).
NFL St. Louis Cardinals' Jim Bakken kicks seven field goals against the Pittsburgh Steelers, setting an NFL record
WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
James Paul David Bunning (October 23, 1931 – May 26, 2017) was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a...
Walter Edward Washington (April 15, 1915 – October 27, 2003) was an American civil servant and politician.
BBC Radio 2 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It is the most popular station in the United Kingdom with over 14 million weekly listeners.
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965 by Syd Barrett (guitar, vocals), Nick Mason (drums), Roger Waters (bass guitar, vocals) and Richard Wright (keyboards, vocals), with David...
Roger Sessions' 7th Symphony premieres in Ann Arbor, Michigan with Jean Martinon conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
All Grateful Dead members are arrested by narcotics agents for possession of marijuana in San Francisco, California
Belgian King Baudouin inaugurates the world's biggest floodgate in Antwerp
Hassanal Bolkiah Muiz'zaddin Wad'daulah is Sultan of Brunei, reigning since 1967, and has also served as Prime Minister of Brunei since its independence from British rule in 1984.
Haight-Ashbury (San Francisco) hippies hold a funeral for "Hippie" to signify the end of "the Summer of Love"
The English rock band the Beatles, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are commonly regarded as the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.
CBS radio cancels "House Party"
13th General Conference on Weights and Measures in Paris ends after redefining the second using a cesium-beam atomic clock [1]
Barbra Streisand stars in the "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS
Memorial service for musical act manager Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue; mourners include Cilla Black, Gerry Marsden, The Fourmost, Billy J. Kramer, and The Beatles
MLB American League votes to allow Kansas City Athletics to move to Oakland, California and expand the league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams, later accelerated to 1969 due to pressure from Kansas City politicians
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the USSR sets the long jump record at 27.39 ft (8.35 m)
A purported Bigfoot is filmed at Bluff Creek in Northern California by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin
A torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in...
Denny Hulme becomes first New Zealander to win the F1 World Drivers Championship with 3rd place in the Mexican Grand Prix at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez; wins title by 5 points from team leader Jack Brabham
Joe DiMaggio is hired as executive VP of A's by Charlie Finley
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
The Baltimore Four were four Catholic peace activists who poured blood on draft files at the Baltimore Customs House to protest the Vietnam War on October 17, 1967.
Danny Abramowicz begins an NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
Arthur Allyn says Chicago White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting
The Vietnam War (1 November 1955 – 30 April 1975) was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam (Democratic Republic of Vietnam) and South Vietnam (Republic of...
ATS-3 launched by US to take first pictures of full Earth disc
Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curacao, kills 15
Carl Burton Stokes (June 21, 1927 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician and diplomat of the Democratic Party who served as the 51st mayor of Cleveland, Ohio.
Radio Leicester begins broadcasting on VHF, the 1st of 8 local British radio stations (now 40)
Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
ATS-3 satellite takes the first full-disk true-color picture of Earth
Packers' Travis Williams returns 2 kickoffs for TDs against Browns, setting largest margin of Browns defeat (48), winning 55-7
Carl Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
Orchestre de Paris, France's 1st full-time salaried orchestra, debuts, conducted by its founder Charles Münch
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 descending from 81km, causing its mid air destruction over the Mojave Desert
The English rock band the Beatles, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, are commonly regarded as the foremost and most influential band in popular music history.
Davy Jones of the Monkees opens fashion boutique Zilch I in Greenwich Village, New York
The pound (symbol £, £N.Z. for distinction) was the currency of New Zealand from 1933 until 1967, when it was replaced by the New Zealand dollar.
Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; Chinese: 電視廣播有限公司) is a Hong Kong television network that began broadcasting on 19 November 1967.
At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
George Thomas Seaver (November 17, 1944 – August 31, 2020), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "the Franchise", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball...
Phillip and Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet (8,534,4 meters)
BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles, due to the suggestive lyric “Boy, you've been a naughty girl you let your knickers down."
Caribair was a Puerto Rican airline based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, that served over a dozen destinations in the Caribbean as well as Miami.
Browns' Carl Ward sets club record with a 104-yd kickoff return
Jimi Hendrix headlines bill, supporting acts include The Move and Pink Floyd, for 2 shows at Whitla Hall, Queens College, in Belfast - his only concerts in Ireland
33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA quarterback
British troops leave Aden and the rest of the Federation of South Arabia (FSA) ending British colonial rule; National Liberation Front (NLF) assumes power and renames the state as the People's Republic of South Yemen
Pacific Northwest Sports, Inc. is awarded one of the two American League baseball expansion franchises; the new team is named the Seattle Pilots
Philadelphia center Wilt Chamberlain scores 52 points in the 76ers' 133-109 win over the Seattle SuperSonics and sets an NBA record for 22 free throw misses
USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan, USSR
The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976.
Final performances of soul singer Otis Redding: WEWS -TV teen dance show "Upbeat" in the afternoon, and evening gig at Leos's Casino, both in Cleveland, Ohio
The 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Guatemalan writer Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974) "for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Ragnar Granit, Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for discoveries about the make-up of the eye
US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit
Greek King Constantine II attempts a counter-coup against the military junta; after the failure, Constantine flees to Italy
Arthur Kornberg and his colleagues synthesize a viable virus DNA in a test tube, an achievement lauded as the "creation of life in a test tube"
"Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" is a Christmas song by the English rock band the Beatles, originally recorded for their fifth fan club Christmas record, Christmas Time Is Here Again! (1967).
Wilton Norman Chamberlain ( CHAYM-bər-lin; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player.
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt vanishes in mysterious circumstances while swimming near Melbourne
Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt is officially presumed dead (after being swept out to sea swimming two days earlier)
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China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
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1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, LA Lakers beat Houston 147-118
François Pienaar is born
David Toms is born
R. Kelly, American musician, known for american r&b singer, was born on 1967-01-08. Robert Sylvester Kelly is an American former singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Dave Matthews, American musician, known for american singer-songwriter, was born on 1967-01-09.
Cindy Crawford, American model, television personality and actress, known for american model, television personality and actress, was born on 1967-02-20.
Kurt Cobain, American musician, known for american rock musician, was born on 1967-02-20. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – c. April 5, 1994) was an American musician.
Alexis Denisof, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1967-02-25. Alexis Denisof is an American actor, primarily known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series Buffy…
Alan Davies, English entertainer, known for english entertainer, was born on 1967-03-06. Alan Roger Davies is an English actor, presenter, stand-up comedian, and writer.
Tom Glavine, American athlete, known for american baseball pitcher, was born on 1967-03-25.
Robin Wright, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1967-04-08. Robin Gayle Wright is an American actress, producer and director.
Cynthia Nixon, American actress and politician, known for american actress and politician, was born on 1967-04-09. Cynthia Ellen Nixon is an American actress, activist, and theatre director.
David Justice, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1967-04-14.
Greg Maddux, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1967-04-14.
Too Short, American musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1967-04-28. Todd Anthony Shaw, better known by his stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper.
John Daly is born
Janet Jackson, American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer, known for american singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer, was born on 1967-05-16.
Helena Bonham Carter, English actress, known for english actress, was born on 1967-05-26. Helena Bonham Carter is an English actress.
Wasim Akram, Sri Lankan athlete, known for pakistani former international cricketer, was born on 1967-06-03.
Julianna Margulies, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1967-06-08. Julianna Margulies is an American actress.
Kurt Browning is born
J. J. Abrams, American filmmaker, known for american filmmaker, was born on 1967-06-27. Jeffrey Jacob Abrams () is an American filmmaker.
Mike Tyson, American athlete, known for american boxer and media personality, was born on 1967-06-30. Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024.
Moises Alou, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1967-07-03.
Enrique Peña Nieto is born
Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1967-07-23. Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor.
Martina McBride, American musician, known for american country singer, was born on 1967-07-29. Martina Mariea McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Halle Berry, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1967-08-14. Halle Maria Berry is an American actress.
Stéphane Charbonnier, French athlete, known for french satirist and journalist, was born on 1967-08-21.
Michael Cohen is born
Salma Hayek, American american actress, known for mexican and american actress, was born on 1967-09-02. Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American actress and film producer.
Adam Sandler, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1967-09-09. Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter.
David Cameron is born
Doug McMillon, American businessman, known for american businessman, was born on 1967-10-17.
Jon Favreau, American actor and filmmaker, known for american actor and filmmaker, was born on 1967-10-19. Jonathan Kolia Favreau is an American actor and filmmaker.
Scott Weiland, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1967-10-27.
David Schwimmer, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1967-11-02. David Lawrence Schwimmer is an American actor, director and producer.
Calvin Borel athlete, known for american jockey, was born on 1967-11-07. Calvin H.
Gordon Ramsay, British celebrity chef, known for british celebrity chef, was born on 1967-11-08.
Thomas Huber, German athlete, known for german climber and mountaineer, was born on 1967-11-18.
Kiefer Sutherland, British canadian actor, known for british and canadian actor, was born on 1967-12-21. Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland is a British and Canadian actor.
Mark Rutte, Dutch politician, known for dutch politician, was born on 1967-02-14. Mark Ruttek ˈrʏtə] ; born 14 February 1967) is a Dutch politician who has served as the 14th secretary general of…
Robert Oppenheimer theoretical physicist, known for american theoretical physicist, died on 1967-02-18. J.
Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, known for american poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, died on 1967-06-07.
Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani politician and author, known for pakistani politician and author, died on 1967-07-08.
Vivien Leigh, British actress, known for british actress, died on 1967-07-08. Vivian Mary Olivier, known professionally as Vivien Leigh ( LEE) and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British…
Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player, known for american baseball player, died on 1967-07-21.