Historical Events In 1967

Oct 17 Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km

Oct 17 The Broadway play "Hair" is first performed

Oct 18 Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released

Oct 26 Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne

Oct 18 Soviet Venera 4 becomes the first probe to send data back from Venus

Jul 08 Billie Jean King concludes Wimbeldon sweep (singles, doubles & mix)

Jul 11 The first major "unit train" movement in Canada is inaugurated by Canadian Pacific - 3,700 tons of sulphuric acid from the Copper Cliff plant of CIL nr. Sudbury to Sarnia, Ontario.

Jul 11 Kenny Rogers forms first Edition

Jul 29 Explosion & Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, $100 million in damage

Jul 06 Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade

Jul 23 Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons

Jul 19 Race riots in Durham NC

Jul 12 Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested

Jul 02 Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), first foreigner (France) & first amateur to US Women's open golf tournament

Jul 24 Beatles sign a petition in The Times to legalize marijuana

Jul 16 Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida)

Jul 07 Vivian Leigh Scarlet in Gone with the Wind, dies at 53

Jul 30 Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed)

Jul 13 Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die

Jul 17 Race riots in Cairo Illinois

Jul 28 Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down

Jul 18 Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY

Jul 25 Construction begins on SF MUNI METRO (Market Street subway)

Jul 03 "News at 10" premieres on English TV

Jul 22 Carl Sandburg poet dies at 89

Jul 02 During Operation Bear Claw, Seventh Fleet Amphibious Force conducts helicopter assault 12 miles inland at Con Thien.

Jul 24 Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Qu‚bec libre! Long live free Quebec!' A lot of pople are not happy at his remarks

Jul 07 Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released

Jul 17 Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act

Jul 23 Race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit

Jul 19 US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)

Jul 11 Canadian Pacific inaugurates first major unit train, shipping 3,700 tons of sulfuric acid from Copper Cliff to CIL in Sarnia.

Jul 20 Race riots in Memphis Tenn

Jul 21 Basil Rathbone Johannesburg S Africa, actor, dies at 75

Jul 23 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)

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