Page 8: Historical Events In 1967
Friday, 13 February 2026
May 01 Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (The Fixer) 


May 03 Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University. 


May 04 Bengt Axel von Torne, composer, dies at 75 


May 04 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7. 


May 06 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College 


May 06 Zakir Hussain elected inaugural Moslem President of India. 


May 07 Judith Evelyn, dies of cancer at 54 


May 08 Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39. 


May 08 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army 


May 09 Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies 


May 09 The inaugural flight of the short haul Fokker F-28 Fellowship is made 


May 10 Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges 


May 10 Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia 


May 10 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 


May 11 "Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances. 


May 11 100000000th US phone connected. 


May 11 Great Britain, Ireland and Denmark apply for EG membership. 


May 12 In this year, H Rap Brown formally adopts in place of Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. 


May 12 Julius Kalas, composer, dies at 64. 


May 13 Frank McGrath, actor (Wagon Train), dies at 64 


May 13 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries. 


May 15 Edward Hopper, US painter (House by Railroad), dies at 84 


May 15 Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman. 


May 16 Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium 


May 17 Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back" 


May 17 John Wesley Work, composer, dies at 65. 


May 18 Andy Clyde, Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick, dies at 75 


May 18 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London. 


May 18 Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law", upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial 


May 19 The United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom agree to ban nuclear weapons from outer space. 


May 19 US bombs Hanoi. 


May 19 USSR ratifies treaty with England and US banning nuclear weapons in space. 


May 20 10000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam 


May 20 BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references) 


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