Page 12: Historical Events In 1967

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

Jul 17   Race riots in Cairo Illinois   

Jul 18   Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66   

Jul 18   Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY.   

Jul 19   Race riots in Durham NC.   

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

Jul 20   Race riots in Memphis Tenn   

Jul 21   Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies.   

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

Jul 22   1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC).   

Jul 22   Carl Sandburg poet dies at 89.   

Jul 22   Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years), dies at 89   

Jul 22   Jimi Hendrix quits as openoing act of the Monkees' tour   

Jul 23   43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2000 injured, 442 fires)   

Jul 23   Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons   

Jul 23   Race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit.   

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

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 24   Little Billy Rhodes, dies of stroke at 72.   

Jul 24   Race riot in Cambridge Maryland   

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

Jul 25   W Gombrowicz, writer, dies at 62.   

Jul 26   Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79.   

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

Jul 29   Explosion and Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin results in the deaths of 134, $100 million in damage.   

Jul 29   Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage.   

Jul 30   Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies at 59   

Jul 30   Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed)   

Jul 31   Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81.   

Aug 01   US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5   

Aug 02   Claude A Barnett, founder (Associated Negro Press), dies at 77.   

Aug 02   US's Lunar Orbiter 5 launched; enters lunar orbit Aug 5.   

Aug 04   34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70934).   

Aug 04   British pirate radio station Radio 355 goes off the air.   

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Jan 02   Harlon barnett: Nfl safety (minn vikings)   

Jan 02   Jón gnarr: Icelandic comedian   

Jan 03   Demetri davis: Wlaf tight end (barcelona dragons)   

Jan 03   Helena bonham carter: London, actress (getting it right)   

Jan 03   Joseph amor: San jose, video game record holder (space invaders)   

Jan 03   Magnus gustafsson: Sweden, tennis star   

Jan 04   David wayne toms: Monroe la, pga golfer (1992 northern telecom-3rd)   

Jan 04   Michael "mike" peterson: Wash dc, rower (olympics-1996)   

Jan 01   Maurice leyland: Cricketer (41 tests for england, 2764 runs),    

Jan 03   Jack ruby: Assassin who killed assassin lee harvey oswald,    

Jan 04   Donald campbell: Boat racer,   

Jan 06   Arnhem "tata" joseph weiss: "the zigeunerbaron," buried   

Jan 07   Carl schuricht: Composer,   

Jan 08   Zbigniew cybulski: Polish actor (see you tommorrow),    

Jan 10   Emerson treacy: Actor (prowler),    

Jan 14   Renato lunelli: Composer,