Historical Events In 1967

Apr 11 F Borngen discovers asteroid #3539 Weimar

Apr 19 US Surveyor III lands on Moon

Apr 20 US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon

Apr 27 Expo '67 opens in Montreal

Apr 20 US planes bomb Haiphong for first time during the Vietnam War

Apr 03 Natal British Columbia a coal mine explosion kills 15 and injures 9 miners

Apr 01 Helicopter squadron HAL 3 activated at Vung Tau

Apr 04 Dutch De Young government forms

Apr 19 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)

Apr 11 Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr

Apr 23 Russian Vladimir Komarov becomes the first man to make two spaceflights

Apr 17 Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off

Apr 23 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes first in-flight casualty

Apr 28 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title

Apr 05 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit

Apr 25 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland

Apr 28 Expo 67 opens in Montreal

Apr 21 Military coup in Greece

Apr 03 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum

Apr 21 Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC

Apr 22 Tom Conway actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62

Apr 25 The Commons passes Act unifying the Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Army, and Royal Canadian Air Force into one unit, the Canadian Armed Forces. A sad day for the Canadian military

Apr 17 Operation Linebacker II began in Mekong Delta

Apr 01 Robert Gauchie found by rescue workers after 58 day search; bush pilot forced down in remote section of NWT.

Apr 11 In Ottawa Ontario Bower Edward Featherstone convicted under the Official Secrets Act of acquiring confidential naval charts

Apr 24 Frank Overton actor (12 O'Clock High), dies at 48

Apr 04 Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station

Apr 05 Philadelphia '76er Wilt Chamberlain sets NBA record of 41 rebounds

Apr 03 WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn NY (PBS) begins broadcasting

Apr 17 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20

Apr 18 Manitoba imposes 5% sales tax, effective June 1.

Apr 21 Dodgers first rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)

Apr 29 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"

Apr 06 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1804 Chebotarev

Apr 09 First Boeing 737 rolls out

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