What happened in 1967
123 entries recorded for 1967, listed by date. That was 59 years ago.
1967 at a glance
- Years ago
- 59 (as of 2026)
- Century
- 20th century
- Decade
- 1960s
- Generation born
- Generation X
- Entries here
- 123
- Breakdown
- 122 historical events · 1 deaths
January
- January 2
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan began his career in government when he was sworn in as the 33rd governor of California.
- January 4
The Doors
The Doors released their eponymous debut album.
- January 5
Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is established following the seizure of power from local city officials by revolutionaries.
- January 6
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
- January 12
James Bedford
Seventy-three-year-old psychology professor James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
- January 14
Counterculture of the 1960s
Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love.
- January 15
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the American football championship game now known as Super Bowl I.
- January 22
Somoza family
Between dozens and hundreds of anti-Somocista demonstrators are killed by the Nicaraguan National Guard in Managua.
- January 23
Diplomacy
Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Ivory Coast are established.
- January 23
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of conti
- January 25
South Vietnam
South Vietnamese junta leader Nguyễn Cao Kỳ fired his rival Nguyễn Hữu Có while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.
- January 27
Cold War
Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes.
- January 27
Apollo program
Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
- January 27
Apollo 1
A fire during a launch simulation for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Kennedy killed astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
- January 29
Mantra-Rock Dance
The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
February
- February 4
Lunar Orbiter program
Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.
- February 5
Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution: The January Storm revolt in Shanghai reached its apogee as Maoist rebels proclaimed the establishment of the Shanghai People's Commune, a move the previously supportive Mao Zedong criticized.
- February 10
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- February 13
Codex Madrid (Leonardo)
American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain.
- February 18
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist and academic (born 1904)
March
- March 9
Trans World Airlines
Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio, following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people.
- March 9
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, defected to the United States.
- March 10
Progressive rock
British progressive-rock band Pink Floyd released their first single, "Arnold Layne".
- March 12
Suharto
General Suharto (pictured) seized power from President Sukarno when the Provisional People's Consultative Assembly sworn him in as acting president of Indonesia.
- March 14
John F. Kennedy
The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
- March 18
Oil tanker
The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast.
- March 26
Central Park be-ins
Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City.
- March 30
Delta Air Lines Flight 9877
Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashes at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, killing 19.
April
- April 9
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 took its maiden flight, eventually becoming the most produced commercial passenger jet airliner in the world.
- April 14
Gnassingbé Eyadéma
After leading a military coup three months earlier, Gnassingbé Eyadéma installed himself as President of Togo, a post that he held until 2005.
- April 21
General election
A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
- April 21
Tornado outbreak of April 21, 1967
A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000. Belvidere sustains over 500 casualties as a violent tornado strikes the high school. Another tornado near Chicago causes another 500 casualties, devastating Oak Lawn.
- April 21
1967 Belvidere tornado
A violent tornado strikes multiple schools and destroys houses in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, causing over 450 casualties.
- April 23
Soviet space program
Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit.
- April 24
Astronaut
Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission.
- April 24
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily".
- April 27
Expo 67
The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately attending.
- April 28
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: Boxer Muhammad Ali refuses his induction into the United States Army and is subsequently stripped of his championship and license.
- April 29
Muhammad Ali
After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
May
- May 8
Davao (province)
The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
- May 10
Northrop M2-F2
The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dollar Man.
- May 12
Jimi Hendrix
The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced.
- May 13
Zakir Husain
Zakir Husain took office as the first elected Muslim President of India.
- May 20
Popular Movement of the Revolution
The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- May 25
Kapsan faction incident
Having purged a group of rivals, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Il Sung delivered the "May 25 teaching", entrenching his son Kim Jong Il as his designated successor.
- May 26
The Beatles
The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, one of the first progressive rock albums, was released.
- May 27
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline.
- May 27
1967 Australian referendum (Aboriginals)
Australians voted overwhelmingly to include Indigenous Australians in population counts for constitutional purposes and to allow the federal government to make special laws affecting them in states.
June
- June 2
Luis Monge (mass murderer)
Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States.
- June 2
West Berlin
Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group 2 June Movement.
- June 2
Killing of Benno Ohnesorg
Benno Ohnesorg, a German university student, was killed in West Berlin while protesting against the visit of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran; the anarchist militant 2 June Movement was later named after the incident.
- June 4
British Midland International
A chartered British Midland Airways aircraft crashed near Stockport, England, killing 72 of the 84 people on board.
- June 4
Canadair North Star
Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England.
- June 5
Operation Focus
Following Israel's initiation of Operation Focus with the goal to neutralise the Egyptian Air Force, Syrian Air Force, and the Royal Jordanian Air Force, the Six-Day War begins.
- June 7
Six-Day War
Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem.
- June 8
Israeli Air Force
The Israeli Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 people and wounding 171 others.
- June 8
Six-Day War
Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident: A United States Navy spy ship is attacked by the Israeli Air Force and Navy, resulting in 34 deaths and 171 wounded.
- June 9
Six-Day War
Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria.
- June 10
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
- June 12
Supreme Court of the United States
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws restricting interracial marriage in the landmark civil rights case Loving v. Virginia.
- June 14
Mariner program
Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
- June 17
Nuclear weapons testing
Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon.
- June 18
Jimi Hendrix
American musician Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage at the end of a performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in California.
- June 23
Cold War
Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference.
- June 25
Our World (1967 TV program)
More than an estimated 400 million people viewed Our World, the first live international satellite television production.
- June 29
Jayne Mansfield
Actress Jayne Mansfield (pictured), her boyfriend Sam Brody, and their driver were killed in a car accident outside of New Orleans, while her children Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska Hargitay escaped with only minor injuries.
July
- July 3
Aden Emergency
The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny.
- July 6
Nigerian Civil War
Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
- July 12
1967 Newark riots
Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
- July 19
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22, and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collide over Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA. Both aircraft are destroyed and all passengers and crew are killed, including John T. McNaughton, an advisor to Robert McNamara.
- July 24
Montreal
During a speech in Montreal, French president Charles de Gaulle (pictured) declared "Long live free Quebec!", a statement that was interpreted as support for Quebec independence from Canada.
- July 24
Charles de Gaulle
During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"); the statement angered the Canadian government and many Anglophone Canadians.
- July 29
North Vietnam
Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
August
- August 13
Night of the Grizzlies
Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.
- August 14
Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967
UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act 1967 declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
- August 25
George Lincoln Rockwell
George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, is assassinated by a former member of his group.
- August 25
American Nazi Party
Founder of the American Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated by John Patler, a former member of his group.
- August 30
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African-American Supreme Court justice.
September
- September 1
1967 Arab League summit
At an Arab League summit, eight nations issued the Khartoum Resolution, declaring that there would be "no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, [and] no negotiations with it".
- September 1
Six-Day War
Six-Day War: The Khartoum Resolution is issued at the Arab Summit, and eight countries adopt the "three 'no's against Israel".
- September 2
Roy Bates
Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).
- September 3
Dagen H
Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
- September 4
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
- September 10
1967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum
The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
- September 20
Greek case
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark submit the Greek case alleging human rights violations by the Greek junta.
- September 20
Queen Elizabeth 2
The Cunard Liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched in Clydebank, Scotland.
- September 20
L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu in a taped lecture sent to all Scientologists.
- September 23
1967 coho salmon fishing disaster
Seven people die, 46 people are injured, and more than 150 boats capsize when a squall hits Lake Michigan during Michigan's first coho salmon sport fishing season.
October
- October 2
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- October 4
Omar Ali Saifuddien III
Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son.
- October 8
Che Guevara
Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. Guevara would be executed the next day.
- October 8
Marxism
Marxist revolutionary and guerrilla leader Che Guevara was captured near La Higuera, Bolivia.
- October 9
Che Guevara
A day after his capture, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
- October 15
The Motherland Calls
The Motherland Calls (depicted in coat of arms), a colossal statue in Volgograd, Russia, which commemorates the casualties of the Battle of Stalingrad, was dedicated, becoming the then-tallest statue in the world.
- October 18
Soviet Union
The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
- October 18
Venera 4
The Soviet space probe Venera 4 became the first spacecraft to perform direct in situ analysis of the environment of another planet (Venus).
- October 20
Patterson–Gimlin film
Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed an unidentified subject, which they claimed was Bigfoot, at Six Rivers National Forest in California.
- October 26
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran.
- October 27
Philip Berrigan
American Catholic priest Philip Berrigan led a protest against the Vietnam War by pouring blood over Selective Service records in Baltimore, Maryland.
November
- November 2
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
- November 3
Vietnam War
Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
- November 4
Iberia Flight 062
Iberia Flight 062 crashes in Blackdown, West Sussex, killing all 37 people on board including British actress June Thorburn.
- November 9
Rolling Stone
The first issue of Rolling Stone, an American magazine focusing on music, politics and popular culture, was published.
- November 14
Theodore Maiman
American physicist Theodore Maiman was given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser.
- November 16
Aeroflot Flight 2230
Aeroflot Flight 2230 crashed after takeoff from Koltsovo Airport, Russia, killing all 107 people aboard.
- November 22
United Nations Security Council Resolution 242
UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–Israeli peace settlement.
- November 22
United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 242 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
- November 28
Pulsar
The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
- November 28
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a "bit of scruff" in data from a radio telescope, which turned out to be from PSR B1919+21, the first discovered pulsar.
- November 29
United States Secretary of Defense
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
- November 30
South Yemen
The People's Republic of Southern Yemen gains its independence from the United Kingdom
- November 30
Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930
Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
- November 30
Pakistan People's Party
The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman.
December
- December 3
Cardiothoracic surgery
Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard (pictured) performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
- December 6
Adrian Kantrowitz
American physician Adrian Kantrowitz and his team performed the world's first pediatric heart transplant at Maimonides Medical Center in New York City.
- December 10
Otis Redding
Soul and blues singer, Otis Redding, along with members of his back-up group, The Bar-Kays, are killed when their helicopter crashes in Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin.
- December 13
Constantine II of Greece
Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels.
- December 15
Silver Bridge
The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.
- December 17
Harold Holt
Harold Holt, the prime minister of Australia, disappeared while swimming near Portsea, Victoria; his body was never recovered.
- December 19
Harold Holt
Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead.
- December 21
Louis Washkansky
Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a human-to-human heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant.
- December 28
Muriel Siebert
American businesswoman Muriel Siebert became the first woman to own a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.
- December 30
Aeroflot Flight L-51
Aeroflot Flight L-51 crashes near Liepāja International Airport in Liepāja, Latvia, killing 43.
Questions about 1967
What happened in 1967?
This site records 123 entries for 1967, including Ronald Reagan on January 2. They are listed below by date.
How long ago was 1967?
59 years ago, counting from 2026. Anyone born in 1967 turns 59 this year.
Which century is 1967 in?
1967 falls in the 20th century, in the 1960s.
Which generation was born in 1967?
Generation X (1965–1980). The latch-key generation; first to grow up with personal computers.
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