01 Jan 1967
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CRU becomes the CAFA and turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
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01 Jan 1967
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FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
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01 Jan 1967
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Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
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01 Jan 1967
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Kansas City Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game
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01 Jan 1967
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St. Helena adopts constitution
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01 Jan 1967
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Tonga revises constitution
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02 Jan 1967
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Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California |
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03 Jan 1967
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"Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
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03 Jan 1967
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Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion
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03 Jan 1967
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WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
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05 Jan 1967
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KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
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06 Jan 1967
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"Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
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06 Jan 1967
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2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
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06 Jan 1967
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KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
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06 Jan 1967
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Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta. |
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07 Jan 1967
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"Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV
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09 Jan 1967
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Georgia legislature seats Rep Julian Bond
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10 Jan 1967
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Lester Maddox inaugurated as Governor of Georgia
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10 Jan 1967
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Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven
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10 Jan 1967
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PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network
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10 Jan 1967
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Edward Brooke, takes (Senator-R-MA) seat as 1st popular elected black
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11 Jan 1967
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Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
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12 Jan 1967
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Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. |
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12 Jan 1967
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Louisville KY, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
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13 Jan 1967
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Coup in Togo
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13 Jan 1967
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Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
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14 Jan 1967
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Sonny and Cher release "Beat Goes On"
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14 Jan 1967
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Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, takes place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. |
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14 Jan 1967
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Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
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14 Jan 1967
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Sonny & Cher release "The Beat Goes On"
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14 Jan 1967
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New York Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
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14 Jan 1967
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20,000 attend the Human Be-In, San Francisco
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15 Jan 1967
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The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles. The Green Bay Packers defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10. |
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15 Jan 1967
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Super Bowl I Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10 in Los Angeles; Super Bowl MVP Bart Starr, Green Bay, Quarterback
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16 Jan 1967
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Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Alabama) black sheriff in 20th century
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16 Jan 1967
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1st black government installed in Bahamas
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18 Jan 1967
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20th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 3-0 at Montreal
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18 Jan 1967
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Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment. |
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18 Jan 1967
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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18 Jan 1967
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Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison
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18 Jan 1967
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20th NHL All-Star Game: Montr
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18 Jan 1967
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Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada
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19 Jan 1967
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Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
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21 Jan 1967
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US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
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21 Jan 1967
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US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
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22 Jan 1967
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NFL Pro Bowl East beats West 20-10
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23 Jan 1967
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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. |
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23 Jan 1967
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Diplomatic relations between the Soviet Union and Côte d'Ivoire are established. |
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23 Jan 1967
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Stan Musial is named GM of Cards
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26 Jan 1967
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USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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27 Jan 1967
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The United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. |
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27 Jan 1967
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Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. |
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27 Jan 1967
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Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee
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27 Jan 1967
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Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records
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27 Jan 1967
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New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)
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27 Jan 1967
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Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed
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28 Jan 1967
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Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"
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29 Jan 1967
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The "ultimate high" of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg. |
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29 Jan 1967
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"Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson New York City NY after 107 performances
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29 Jan 1967
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Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
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29 Jan 1967
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Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ
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29 Jan 1967
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WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1967
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Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives
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01 Feb 1967
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WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Feb 1967
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Bolivia adopts its constitution
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02 Feb 1967
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Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
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03 Feb 1967
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"Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
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03 Feb 1967
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Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. |
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04 Feb 1967
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"Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
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04 Feb 1967
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US launches Lunar Orbiter 3
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04 Feb 1967
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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. |
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05 Feb 1967
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"Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
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05 Feb 1967
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Anastasio Somoza elected President of Nicaragua
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05 Feb 1967
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Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren
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06 Feb 1967
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Cultural Revolution in Albania
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06 Feb 1967
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Heavyweight Cassius Clay beats Ernie Terrell in Houston
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06 Feb 1967
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Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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08 Feb 1967
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Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games)
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08 Feb 1967
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Peter (Asher) and Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership
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08 Feb 1967
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Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down
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10 Feb 1967
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25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
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10 Feb 1967
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The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. |
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12 Feb 1967
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Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
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12 Feb 1967
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Pirate Radio Free Harlem (NYC) begins transmitting
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12 Feb 1967
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Kees Verkerk becomes world champion all round skater
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13 Feb 1967
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American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain. |
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14 Feb 1967
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Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
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14 Feb 1967
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Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
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14 Feb 1967
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Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
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15 Feb 1967
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1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted
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15 Feb 1967
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French Diad
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15 Feb 1967
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Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23)
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15 Feb 1967
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D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber
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16 Feb 1967
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Red Ruffing selected to Hall of Fame
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17 Feb 1967
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Beatles release "Penny Lane" and"Strawberry Fields"
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17 Feb 1967
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Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"
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17 Feb 1967
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Kosmos 140 (Soyuz test) launches into Earth orbit
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18 Feb 1967
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Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
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18 Feb 1967
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Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
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19 Feb 1967
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Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater
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22 Feb 1967
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25,000 US and South Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
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22 Feb 1967
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Barbara Garson's "MacBird" premieres in New York NY
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22 Feb 1967
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Sling-shot goal post & 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL
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23 Feb 1967
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25th amendment (Presidential succession) declared ratified
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23 Feb 1967
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John Herbert's "Fortune & Men's Eyes" premieres in New York NY
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23 Feb 1967
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Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner
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23 Feb 1967
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US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
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26 Feb 1967
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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26 Feb 1967
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event
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Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champion
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27 Feb 1967
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Antigua and St. Christopher-Nevis become associated states of the UK
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27 Feb 1967
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Pink Floyd release their 1st single "Arnold Layne"
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27 Feb 1967
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Dominica gains independence from England
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27 Feb 1967
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Rio de la Plata Treaty
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28 Feb 1967
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Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal
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01 Mar 1967
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Dominica and St. Lucia gain independence from Britain
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01 Mar 1967
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House of Reps expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)
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01 Mar 1967
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Queen Elizabeth Hall (South Bank Center) opens in London
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01 Mar 1967
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WMET (now WHSW) TV channel 24 in Baltimore, Maryland (IND) 1st broadcast
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02 Mar 1967
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event
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9th Grammy Awards: Strangers in Night, Michele wins
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03 Mar 1967
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Grenada gains partial independence from Britain
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03 Mar 1967
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event
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White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
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04 Mar 1967
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event
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Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler and Ford (GRB)
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04 Mar 1967
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Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Belousova and Protopopov (USSR)
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04 Mar 1967
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Worlds Ladies Fig Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (US)
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05 Mar 1967
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event
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WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
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06 Mar 1967
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event
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2nd Academy of Country Music Awards
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06 Mar 1967
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Jimmy Hoffa enters Lewisburg Federal Prison
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06 Mar 1967
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Muhammad Ali is order by selective service to be inducted
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06 Mar 1967
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WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, Georgia (PBS) begins broadcasting
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06 Mar 1967
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Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. |
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07 Mar 1967
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Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union and jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
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08 Mar 1967
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New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)
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09 Mar 1967
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Trans World Airlines Flight 553, a Douglas DC-9-15, crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26. |
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11 Mar 1967
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Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
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12 Mar 1967
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Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become Acting President of Indonesia. |
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12 Mar 1967
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Austria's Reinhold Bachler ski jumps 505 feet
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12 Mar 1967
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Indonesian congress deprives President Sukarno of authority
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13 Mar 1967
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Congo sentences ex-premier Mo
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13 Mar 1967
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Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You When The Water's Running" premieres in New York NY
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14 Mar 1967
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The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery. |
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14 Mar 1967
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1st NFL-AFL common draft, Baltimore Colts pick Bubba Smith
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14 Mar 1967
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JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial
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15 Mar 1967
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event
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WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville / Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast
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15 Mar 1967
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AFCENT-headquarter moves to Brunssum
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15 Mar 1967
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Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil
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16 Mar 1967
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event
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Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
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18 Mar 1967
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Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock and spills oil
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18 Mar 1967
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The supertanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off the Cornish coast. |
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18 Mar 1967
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Beatles' "Penny Lane" single goes #1
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18 Mar 1967
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Oil tanker Torrey Canyon hits a rock off the Isles of Scilly Cornwall UK & spills oil
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19 Mar 1967
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French Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France
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19 Mar 1967
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event
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Marilynn Smith wins LPGA St Petersburg Orange Golf Classic
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20 Mar 1967
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event
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Supremes release "The Happening"
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20 Mar 1967
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Supremes release "The Happening"
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20 Mar 1967
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event
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WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Mar 1967
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event
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Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
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22 Mar 1967
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Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title in 1st Madison Square Garden fight
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24 Mar 1967
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event
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University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam
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25 Mar 1967
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29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton 79-64
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25 Mar 1967
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The Turtles' "Happy Together" goes #1
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25 Mar 1967
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UCLA wins its 3rd national basketball championship in 4 years
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25 Mar 1967
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event
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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25 Mar 1967
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event
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Who & Cream make US debut at Murray the K's Easter Show
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26 Mar 1967
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Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City |
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26 Mar 1967
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21st Tony Awards: Homecoming & Cabaret win
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26 Mar 1967
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event
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Venice Ladies' Golf Open
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26 Mar 1967
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event
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Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio
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28 Mar 1967
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event
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"Sherry!" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 65 performances
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28 Mar 1967
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UN Secretary General U Thant makes public proposals for peace in Vietnam
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29 Mar 1967
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event
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WCMU TV channel 14 in Mount Pleasant MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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30 Mar 1967
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event
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Cover picture of Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper" is photographed
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31 Mar 1967
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1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)
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31 Mar 1967
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Jimi Hendrix begins his tradition of burning his guitar
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01 Apr 1967
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event
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1st British ombudsman sir Edward Compton begins work
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01 Apr 1967
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The United States Department of Transportation begins operation. |
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02 Apr 1967
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event
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Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
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02 Apr 1967
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event
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Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational
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03 Apr 1967
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event
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113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum
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03 Apr 1967
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event
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WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
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04 Apr 1967
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event
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Amsterdam Marines chase out "nozems" of Central Station
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04 Apr 1967
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Dutch De Young government forms
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04 Apr 1967
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Marines chase "Nozems" out of Amsterdam Central Station
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04 Apr 1967
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event
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church. |
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05 Apr 1967
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event
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ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit
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06 Apr 1967
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event
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Premier Pompidou forms new French government
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07 Apr 1967
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event
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Israeli / Syrian border fights
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07 Apr 1967
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event
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Tom Donahue, SF dj begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM)
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07 Apr 1967
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event
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Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times. |
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09 Apr 1967
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event
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"At the Drop of Another Hat" closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances
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09 Apr 1967
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event
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1st Boeing 737 rolls out
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09 Apr 1967
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event
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31st Golf Masters Championship: Gay Brewer Jr wins, shooting a 280
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09 Apr 1967
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event
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The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight. |
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10 Apr 1967
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event
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39th Academy Awards - "Man For All Seasons, " E Taylor and P Scofield win
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11 Apr 1967
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event
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"Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances
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11 Apr 1967
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event
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Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress & reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr
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11 Apr 1967
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event
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Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead", premieres
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14 Apr 1967
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event
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Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
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14 Apr 1967
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Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
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14 Apr 1967
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event
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Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years. |
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14 Apr 1967
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General Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes President of Togo
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14 Apr 1967
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event
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In the Vietnam War, US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time
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14 Apr 1967
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event
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Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
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15 Apr 1967
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event
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"Wait A Minim!" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 performances
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16 Apr 1967
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event
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"Walking Happy" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances
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16 Apr 1967
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event
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Yankees beat Boston 7-6 in 18 innings
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17 Apr 1967
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event
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Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
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17 Apr 1967
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event
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Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20
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19 Apr 1967
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event
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"Casino Royale" premieres
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19 Apr 1967
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event
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Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't)
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19 Apr 1967
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event
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US Surveyor III lands on Moon
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19 Apr 1967
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event
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"Casino Royale" premieres
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19 Apr 1967
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event
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71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45
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19 Apr 1967
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event
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Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4
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20 Apr 1967
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event
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US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during the Vietnam War
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20 Apr 1967
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event
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US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon
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20 Apr 1967
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event
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French author R
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20 Apr 1967
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New York Mets' Tom Seaver's 1st victory, beats Chicago Cubs, 6-1
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20 Apr 1967
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event
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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21 Apr 1967
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event
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EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in the Netherlands
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21 Apr 1967
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event
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Greek military junta of 1967–74: 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. |
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21 Apr 1967
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event
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Los Angeles Dodgers 1st rain out in Los Angeles (after 737 consecutive games)
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21 Apr 1967
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Svetlana Alliluyeva (Josef Stalin's daughter) defects in NYC
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21 Apr 1967
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Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
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22 Apr 1967
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Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
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23 Apr 1967
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Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
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23 Apr 1967
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Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit. |
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23 Apr 1967
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Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty when its parachute lines became tangled and the parachutes failed to open properly upon return to Earth
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23 Apr 1967
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Ladies Golf Invitational
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24 Apr 1967
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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." |
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24 Apr 1967
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Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. |
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24 Apr 1967
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21st NBA Championship Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2
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25 Apr 1967
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Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
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25 Apr 1967
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Abortion legalized in Colorado
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25 Apr 1967
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Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders", premieres in NYC
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26 Apr 1967
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"Hallelujah, Baby!" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 performances
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26 Apr 1967
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event
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KSPS TV channel 7 in Spokane WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Apr 1967
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San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
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27 Apr 1967
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Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ
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27 Apr 1967
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Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day. |
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27 Apr 1967
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Expo '67 opens in Montr
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27 Apr 1967
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US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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28 Apr 1967
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Expo 67 opens in Montr
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28 Apr 1967
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Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army & stripped of boxing title
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29 Apr 1967
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Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
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29 Apr 1967
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After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title. |
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29 Apr 1967
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Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
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30 Apr 1967
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The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station. |
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30 Apr 1967
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Baltimore Orioles' Stu Miller & Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Detroit Tigers
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30 Apr 1967
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Highest tower in the world finished, 537 meters (USSR)
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30 Apr 1967
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational
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30 Apr 1967
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New York Mets pitcher Tom Seaver wins his 1st game
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01 May 1967
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Anastasio Somoza Debayle becomes President of Nicaragua
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01 May 1967
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Elvis Presley and Pricilla Beaulieu wed
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01 May 1967
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Jelle Zijlstra becomes President of the Netherlands Bank
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01 May 1967
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Priscilla Beaulieu and Elvis Presley wed in Las Vegas
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01 May 1967
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Pulitzer prize awarded to Bernard Malamud (Fixer)
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03 May 1967
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Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University
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04 May 1967
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Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7
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06 May 1967
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400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College
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06 May 1967
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93rd Kentucky Derby: Bobby Ussery on Proud Clarion wins in 2:00.6
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06 May 1967
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Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22)
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06 May 1967
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Zakir Hussain elected 1st Moslem President of India
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07 May 1967
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event
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open
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08 May 1967
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Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
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08 May 1967
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The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental. |
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09 May 1967
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1st flight of Fokker F-28 Fellowship
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09 May 1967
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Gijsbert van Hall resigns as Mayor of Amsterdam
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10 May 1967
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Foundation AZ soccer team forms in Alkmaar
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10 May 1967
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Hank Aaron only inside the park homerun (vs Jim Bunning)
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10 May 1967
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Keith Richards, Brian Jones & Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
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10 May 1967
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event
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Stockholm Vietnam-Tribunal declares US aggression in Vietnam/Cambodia
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11 May 1967
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event
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"Sing, Israel Sing" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances
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11 May 1967
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Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, detained since April 21[1] by the Greek military junta is transferred to an Athens prison. |
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11 May 1967
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event
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100,000,000th US phone connected
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11 May 1967
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event
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Great Britain, Ireland & Denmark apply for EG membership
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12 May 1967
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event
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H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as Chairman of Student
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12 May 1967
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Provo disbands in the Netherlands Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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12 May 1967
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H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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13 May 1967
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Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969. |
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13 May 1967
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event
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New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits career homerun #500 off Stu Miller
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13 May 1967
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Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries
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14 May 1967
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Mickey Mantle's 500th homerun off Oriole's Stu Miller
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14 May 1967
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event
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Pirate Radio Station 270 (England) closes down
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15 May 1967
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event
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Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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15 May 1967
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Paul McCartney meets his future wife Linda Eastman
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16 May 1967
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Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium
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17 May 1967
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Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. |
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17 May 1967
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event
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Dylan's 1965 UK Tour is released as the film "Don't Look Back"
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18 May 1967
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event
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Tenn Gov Ellington repeals "Monkey Law, " upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial
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18 May 1967
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event
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Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
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18 May 1967
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Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law", upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial
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19 May 1967
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US bombs Hanoi
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19 May 1967
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event
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USSR ratifies treaty with England & US banning nuclear weapons in space
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20 May 1967
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The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. |
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20 May 1967
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event
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10,000 demonstrate against war in Vietnam
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20 May 1967
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event
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93rd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2
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20 May 1967
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event
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BBC bans Beatle's "A Day in the Life" (drug references)
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21 May 1967
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event
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"Sing, Israel Sing" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 14 performances
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21 May 1967
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event
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Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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22 May 1967
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The L'Innovation department store in the center of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured. |
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22 May 1967
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event
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"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" debuts on NET (now PBS)
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22 May 1967
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event
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Egyptian president Nasser closes Straits of Tiran to Israel
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22 May 1967
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event
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Fire at L'Innovation department store kills 322 (Brussels, Belgium)
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23 May 1967
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Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping. |
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23 May 1967
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event
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Government bans submarines near South Africa
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24 May 1967
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Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel. |
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24 May 1967
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event
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AFL grants a franchise to the Cincinnati Bengals
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25 May 1967
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Celtic F.C. from Glasgow, Scotland, becomes the first ever Northern European team to win the European Cup; with previous winners being from Spain, Italy and Portugal. |
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25 May 1967
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event
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Celtic wins 12th Europe Cup 1 in Lisbon
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25 May 1967
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event
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John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic painted Rolls Royce
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27 May 1967
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event
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"Sherry!" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 65 performances
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27 May 1967
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Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. |
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27 May 1967
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event
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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. |
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28 May 1967
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event
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Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 2nd Violin concerto
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28 May 1967
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event
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Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip
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28 May 1967
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event
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USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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29 May 1967
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event
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Australian Paul McManus waterskis barefoot for 1:30:19
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29 May 1967
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event
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Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
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30 May 1967
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event
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The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. |
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30 May 1967
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event
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Biafra declares independence from Nigeria
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30 May 1967
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event
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King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo
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30 May 1967
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event
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Robert "Evel" Knievel's motorcycle jumps 16 automobiles
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30 May 1967
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event
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Yankee Whitey Ford, nearing 41, announces his retirement from baseball
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31 May 1967
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event
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Bayern M
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01 Jun 1967
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event
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Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, DC
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01 Jun 1967
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event
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles is released. |
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02 Jun 1967
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event
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Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston
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02 Jun 1967
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event
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Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States. |
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02 Jun 1967
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event
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Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June. |
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03 Jun 1967
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event
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99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8
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04 Jun 1967
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event
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19th Emmy Awards: Mission Impossible, Monkees, Don Knotts and Lucy Ball
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04 Jun 1967
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event
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KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
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04 Jun 1967
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event
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Monkees take home an Emmy for their Outstanding comedy Series
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05 Jun 1967
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event
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6 day war between Israel and Arab neighbors begin
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05 Jun 1967
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event
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Murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair
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05 Jun 1967
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event
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Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent and 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible
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05 Jun 1967
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event
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WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Jun 1967
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event
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The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. |
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06 Jun 1967
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event
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Israeli troops occupy Gaza
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07 Jun 1967
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event
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2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors
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07 Jun 1967
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event
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Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem
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07 Jun 1967
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event
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New York Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1
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07 Jun 1967
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event
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Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem. |
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08 Jun 1967
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event
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Israel attacks USS Liberty in Mediterranean, killing 34 US crewmen
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08 Jun 1967
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event
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Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. |
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08 Jun 1967
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event
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Six-Day War: The Israeli army enters Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs. |
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09 Jun 1967
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event
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Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
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09 Jun 1967
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event
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Monkees appear at Hollywood Bowl
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09 Jun 1967
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event
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Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria |
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10 Jun 1967
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event
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15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
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10 Jun 1967
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event
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Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help
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10 Jun 1967
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event
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USSR drops diplomatic relations with Israel
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10 Jun 1967
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event
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The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. |
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10 Jun 1967
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event
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Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
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11 Jun 1967
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event
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A J Foyt and Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans
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11 Jun 1967
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event
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Chicago Cubs (7) and New York Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
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11 Jun 1967
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event
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
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11 Jun 1967
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event
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Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes
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12 Jun 1967
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event
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Washingston Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5, in 22 innings
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12 Jun 1967
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event
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The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. |
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12 Jun 1967
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event
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Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data). |
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12 Jun 1967
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event
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Israel wins 6 day war
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12 Jun 1967
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event
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Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
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12 Jun 1967
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event
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Supreme Court unanimously ends laws against interracial marriages
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12 Jun 1967
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event
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USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
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13 Jun 1967
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event
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"You Only Live Twice" premieres in US
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13 Jun 1967
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event
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U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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13 Jun 1967
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event
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Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st black Supreme Court justice
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14 Jun 1967
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event
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Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby)
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14 Jun 1967
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event
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Steve Allen Show, " premieres on CBS-TV
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14 Jun 1967
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event
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Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus. |
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14 Jun 1967
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event
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The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb. |
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14 Jun 1967
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event
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Launch of Mariner V for Venus fly-by
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14 Jun 1967
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event
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USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit
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15 Jun 1967
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event
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Gov Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill
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16 Jun 1967
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event
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The Monterey Pop Festival begins |
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16 Jun 1967
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event
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50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival
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17 Jun 1967
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event
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"Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaks at #5
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17 Jun 1967
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event
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1st Chinese hydrogen bomb explodes
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17 Jun 1967
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event
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Longest doubleheader 9:15 (Tigers & Athletics)
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17 Jun 1967
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event
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The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. |
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17 Jun 1967
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event
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Barbra Striesand: A Happening in Central Park performed
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17 Jun 1967
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event
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China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear (H-bomb) power
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18 Jun 1967
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event
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67th US Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus shoots 275 at Baltusrol Golf Club - New Jersey
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18 Jun 1967
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event
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Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California
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18 Jun 1967
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event
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Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Milwaukee Jaycee Golf Open
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18 Jun 1967
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event
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Houston Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0
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19 Jun 1967
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event
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Muhammad Ali is convicted for reusing induction in US Army
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19 Jun 1967
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event
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Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD
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20 Jun 1967
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event
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Phillies Larry Jackson beats New York Mets for 18th straight time
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20 Jun 1967
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event
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Muhammad Ali convicted of refusing induction into armed services
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21 Jun 1967
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event
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Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th and lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th and Yanks beat them 6-3
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21 Jun 1967
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event
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Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th & lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead
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23 Jun 1967
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event
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LBJ and Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey
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23 Jun 1967
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event
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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. |
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23 Jun 1967
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event
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Jim Ryun sets mile record of 3 min, 51.1 sec (Bakersfield, CA)
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23 Jun 1967
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event
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John Entwistle of the rock group Who weds Alison Wise
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23 Jun 1967
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event
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US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd (D-Ct) for misusing campaign funds
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24 Jun 1967
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event
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Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Sacerdotalis coelibatus
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25 Jun 1967
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event
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400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special
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25 Jun 1967
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event
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Carol Mann wins LPGA Buckeye Savings Golf Invitational
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25 Jun 1967
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event
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KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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25 Jun 1967
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event
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Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay) sentenced to 5 years
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25 Jun 1967
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event
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Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World |
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26 Jun 1967
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event
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Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals
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26 Jun 1967
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event
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Karol Wojtyła (later John Paul II) made a cardinal by Pope Paul VI. |
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27 Jun 1967
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event
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Race riot in Buffalo New York (200 arrested)
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28 Jun 1967
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event
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Israel annexes East Jerusalem. |
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28 Jun 1967
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event
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George Harrison is fined
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29 Jun 1967
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event
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Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
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29 Jun 1967
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event
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Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge
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30 Jun 1967
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event
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Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr named 1st black astronaut
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30 Jun 1967
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event
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Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th positions since joining Phils
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01 Jul 1967
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event
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"Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1348 performances
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01 Jul 1967
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event
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1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2
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01 Jul 1967
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event
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BBC starts their World Radio Club
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01 Jul 1967
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event
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The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission. |
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01 Jul 1967
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event
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Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, which officially made Canada its own federal dominion. |
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03 Jul 1967
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event
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"News at 10" premieres on English TV
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03 Jul 1967
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event
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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. |
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04 Jul 1967
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event
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Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
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04 Jul 1967
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event
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Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader
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05 Jul 1967
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event
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Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme
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06 Jul 1967
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event
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Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade
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06 Jul 1967
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event
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Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war. |
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07 Jul 1967
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event
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81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61)
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08 Jul 1967
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event
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74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
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08 Jul 1967
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event
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Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
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09 Jul 1967
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event
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13th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
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09 Jul 1967
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event
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WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, NC (NBC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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10 Jul 1967
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event
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Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe"
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10 Jul 1967
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event
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Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. |
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10 Jul 1967
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event
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New Zealand adopts decimal currency. |
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11 Jul 1967
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event
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38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, California
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11 Jul 1967
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event
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All star MVP: Tony Perez (Cin Reds)
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11 Jul 1967
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event
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Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition
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11 Jul 1967
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event
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Longest All Star Game, NL beats AL 2-1 (15 inn) (Anaheim Stadium, Cal)
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12 Jul 1967
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event
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Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship
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12 Jul 1967
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event
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The Newark riots begin in Newark, New Jersey. |
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12 Jul 1967
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event
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23 die in Newark race rebellion
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12 Jul 1967
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event
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5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-0
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12 Jul 1967
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Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
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13 Jul 1967
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Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die
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14 Jul 1967
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Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal
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14 Jul 1967
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Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing
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15 Jul 1967
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"Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 608 performances
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15 Jul 1967
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LA Wolves beat Washington Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs
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15 Jul 1967
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Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open
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16 Jul 1967
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Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open
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16 Jul 1967
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Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida)
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17 Jul 1967
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Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act
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17 Jul 1967
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Race riots in Cairo Illinois
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18 Jul 1967
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Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in New York
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19 Jul 1967
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1st air conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line)
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19 Jul 1967
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Race riots in Durham, North Carolina
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19 Jul 1967
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Race riots in Durham NC
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19 Jul 1967
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US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)
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20 Jul 1967
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Pablo Neruda receives 1st Viareggio-Versile prizes
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20 Jul 1967
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Race riots in Memphis, Tennessee
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22 Jul 1967
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1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)
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22 Jul 1967
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Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in the 9th inning
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22 Jul 1967
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Jimi Hendrix quits as openoing act of the Monkees' tour
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23 Jul 1967
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12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately kills 43 people, injures 342 and burns about 1,400 buildings. |
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23 Jul 1967
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43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
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23 Jul 1967
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Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons
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23 Jul 1967
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Race riots claiming 43 erupts in Detroit
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24 Jul 1967
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49th PGA Championship: Don January shoots a 281 at Columbine Country Club - Colorado
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24 Jul 1967
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Chinese army / air force / fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City
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24 Jul 1967
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Norway requests European Common Market membership
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24 Jul 1967
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Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game
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24 Jul 1967
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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, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians. |
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24 Jul 1967
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Beatles sign a petition in The Times to legalize marijuana
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24 Jul 1967
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Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Qu
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24 Jul 1967
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Race riot in Cambridge Maryland
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25 Jul 1967
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Construction begins on SF MUNI METRO (Market Street subway)
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26 Jul 1967
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Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
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27 Jul 1967
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Arabs Federation Premier Hoesein Al Bayoomi resigns
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27 Jul 1967
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Helmond Sport soccer team forms
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27 Jul 1967
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LBJ sets up commission to study cause of urban violence
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28 Jul 1967
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Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down
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29 Jul 1967
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Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134
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29 Jul 1967
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USS Forrestal explodes kills 134. $100 million damage
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29 Jul 1967
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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. |
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29 Jul 1967
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During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. |
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29 Jul 1967
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Explosion & Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, $100 million in damage
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29 Jul 1967
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Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage
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30 Jul 1967
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Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed)
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31 Jul 1967
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Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence
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01 Aug 1967
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event
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WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Aug 1967
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event
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New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season game, they lose to LA Rams 16-77
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03 Aug 1967
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event
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45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
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03 Aug 1967
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James Law rides entire NYC subway in 22 hours 12 minutes
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04 Aug 1967
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34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0 (70,934)
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04 Aug 1967
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British pirate radio station Radio 355 resigns air
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05 Aug 1967
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1st time an AFL team beats an NFL team, Broncos beats Detroit 13-7
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05 Aug 1967
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Bobby Gentry releases her only hit "Ode to Billy Joe"
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05 Aug 1967
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event
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Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) and Radio London close down
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06 Aug 1967
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event
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Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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06 Aug 1967
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Minn Twin Dean Chance perfect games Boston Red Sox, 2-0 in 5 innings
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06 Aug 1967
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Oriole Brooks Robinson hits into a record 4th triple play
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06 Aug 1967
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Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Pro comperto sane
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08 Aug 1967
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Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
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08 Aug 1967
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. |
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09 Aug 1967
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Biafran offensive against Nigerian army
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09 Aug 1967
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KYAY TV channel 39 in West Monroe, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
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11 Aug 1967
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Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches
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12 Aug 1967
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New Orleans Saints 1st pre-season victory, beat St Louis 23-14
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13 Aug 1967
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WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Aug 1967
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Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered
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14 Aug 1967
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event
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Pirate radio stations Radio 270, Radio London, Radio Ireland
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14 Aug 1967
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Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air
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14 Aug 1967
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UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal. |
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14 Aug 1967
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event
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Pirate radio stations Radio 270, Radio London, Radio Ireland, Radio Scotland & Radio Swinging Holland go off the air
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15 Aug 1967
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Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae
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15 Aug 1967
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England's Marine Offense Bill making pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect, pirate station Radio 355 closes down
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16 Aug 1967
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Cin Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves
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16 Aug 1967
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event
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WFIQ TV channel 36 in Florence, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
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18 Aug 1967
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Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton
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18 Aug 1967
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Rolling Stones release "We Love You"
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18 Aug 1967
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WCBS radio in NYC goes all-news
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18 Aug 1967
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Rolling Stones release "We Love You"
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19 Aug 1967
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Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1
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21 Aug 1967
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China reports downing of 2 US bombers
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21 Aug 1967
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Liquid gas tanker explodes in Martelange Belgium, 22 killed
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21 Aug 1967
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Mikis Theodorakis arrested in Greece
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24 Aug 1967
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event
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Liberian flag designed
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25 Aug 1967
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Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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25 Aug 1967
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Train crash at Beesd, 2 die
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25 Aug 1967
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event
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Minn Twin Dean Chance 2nd no-hitter of month beats Cleveland, 2-1
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25 Aug 1967
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Paraguay accepts its constitution
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26 Aug 1967
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Beatles, Mick Jagger and Marienne Faithful meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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26 Aug 1967
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Dean Chance pitches a 2-1 no-hitter, and Twins sweep Cleveland
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26 Aug 1967
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Dutch 2nd Chamber demands US stop bombing North Vietnam
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27 Aug 1967
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event
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Naomi Sims is 1st black model on US cover (Fashion of the Times)
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28 Aug 1967
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Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng
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28 Aug 1967
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Boston signs 1st free-agent outfielder Ken Harrelson for $75,000 bonus
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29 Aug 1967
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Final TV episode of "Fugitive"
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29 Aug 1967
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Final TV episode of "The Fugitive"
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29 Aug 1967
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Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes
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30 Aug 1967
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Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. |
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30 Aug 1967
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US Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as 1st black justice
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01 Sep 1967
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event
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KMNE TV channel 7 in Bassett, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Sep 1967
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event
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San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati Reds, 1-0, in 21 innings
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01 Sep 1967
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event
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WIRT TV channel 13 in Hibbing, MN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Sep 1967
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event
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WJRJ (WTCG, WTBS) TV channel 17 in Atlanta, Georgia (IND) begins
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01 Sep 1967
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event
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The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia |
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02 Sep 1967
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event
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KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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03 Sep 1967
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event
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Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution
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03 Sep 1967
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event
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Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
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03 Sep 1967
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event
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WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
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03 Sep 1967
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Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight. |
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04 Sep 1967
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6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
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04 Sep 1967
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event
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Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
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04 Sep 1967
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event
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Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley. |
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05 Sep 1967
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event
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KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Sep 1967
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event
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WEBA TV channel 14 in Allendale, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting
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08 Sep 1967
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event
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Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon September 10
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08 Sep 1967
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event
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Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a Republic
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08 Sep 1967
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The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways. |
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09 Sep 1967
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event
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1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V
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09 Sep 1967
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event
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Debra Dene Barnes (Kansas), 20, crowned 40th Miss America 1968
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09 Sep 1967
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event
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Uganda declares independence from Great Britain
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10 Sep 1967
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event
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81st US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats Ann H Jones (119 64)
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10 Sep 1967
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event
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87th US Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats Clark Graebner (64 64 86)
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10 Sep 1967
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event
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Chicago White Sox Joel Horlen no-hits Detroit Tigers, 6-0
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10 Sep 1967
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event
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Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Pacific Golf Classic
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10 Sep 1967
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event
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Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British and not Spanish
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10 Sep 1967
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event
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KVVU TV channel 5 in Henderson-Las Vegas, NV (IND) begins broadcasting
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10 Sep 1967
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event
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The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. |
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11 Sep 1967
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event
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French President De Gaulle visits Poland
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11 Sep 1967
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event
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Indian / Chinese border fights
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11 Sep 1967
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event
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WSRE TV channel 23 in Pensacola, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
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11 Sep 1967
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event
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WUNF TV channel 33 in Asheville, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
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11 Sep 1967
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event
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WUNG TV channel 58 in Concord, NC (PBS) begins broadcasting
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11 Sep 1967
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event
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US Surveyor 5 makes 1st chemical analysis of lunar material
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14 Sep 1967
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event
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Melville Abrams Ball Field in the Bronx named
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14 Sep 1967
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event
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Thomas Pell Wildlife Refuge & Sanctuary opens in the Bronx
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15 Sep 1967
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event
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KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
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16 Sep 1967
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event
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Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26)
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16 Sep 1967
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event
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KPAZ TV channel 21 in Phoenix, AZ (IND) begins broadcasting
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17 Sep 1967
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event
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"Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
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17 Sep 1967
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event
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Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Shirley Englehorn Golf Invitational
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17 Sep 1967
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event
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"Mission Impossible" premieres on CBS-TV
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17 Sep 1967
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event
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Mount Washington cog railway train derails, kills 8 (NH)
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17 Sep 1967
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event
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New Orleans Saints 1st NFL game, they lose to LA Rams 27-13
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18 Sep 1967
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event
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Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup
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19 Sep 1967
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event
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Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra
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20 Sep 1967
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event
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Benin separates from Nigeria
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20 Sep 1967
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event
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British liner Queen Elizabeth II launched at Clydebank Scotland
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20 Sep 1967
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event
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WCAE TV channel 50 in St. John, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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20 Sep 1967
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event
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WCIX TV channel 6 in Miami, Florida (CBS) begins broadcasting
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20 Sep 1967
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event
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RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line. |
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20 Sep 1967
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event
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Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38
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22 Sep 1967
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event
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Phillies release pitcher Dallas Green, their future manager
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23 Sep 1967
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event
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Greek Colonels regime frees ex-premier Georgios Papandreou
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23 Sep 1967
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event
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Radio Malta stops testing
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24 Sep 1967
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event
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Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
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24 Sep 1967
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event
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Cards Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals vs Steelers
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25 Sep 1967
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event
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WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1967
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event
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Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
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28 Sep 1967
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event
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Walter Washington elected 1st mayor of Washington, DC
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29 Sep 1967
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event
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Gladys Knight and Pips releases "I Heard it Through the Grapevine"
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29 Sep 1967
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event
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International Monetary Fund reforms world monetary system
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29 Sep 1967
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event
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Mickey Hart joins the Grateful Dead and plays the Straightater
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30 Sep 1967
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event
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BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched with Tony Blackburn presenting its first show. |
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30 Sep 1967
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event
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BBC starts their own popular music radio station
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30 Sep 1967
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event
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Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition)
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30 Sep 1967
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event
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USSR's Kosmos 186 & 188 complete the 1st automatic docking
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01 Oct 1967
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event
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KBFI (now KDAF) TV channel 33 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (IND) begins
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02 Oct 1967
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event
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Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents
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02 Oct 1967
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event
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Groundbreaking begins on Veteran Stadium in Philadelphia
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02 Oct 1967
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event
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Mickey Wright wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational
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02 Oct 1967
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event
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Thurgood Marshall sworn in as 1st black Supreme Court Justice
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02 Oct 1967
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event
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Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court. |
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03 Oct 1967
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event
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KGSC (now KICU) TV channel 36 in San Jose, CA (IND) begins
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03 Oct 1967
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event
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William Knight sets X-15 speed rec of 7,297 km/h / 4,534 mph / Mach 6.72
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04 Oct 1967
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event
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1st World Series since 1948 not to feature Yanks, Giants or Dodgers
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04 Oct 1967
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event
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Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. |
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06 Oct 1967
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event
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Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funneral to mark end of hippies
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07 Oct 1967
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event
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Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein
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07 Oct 1967
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event
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Rolf Hochhuths "Soldaten, " premieres in West Berlin
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08 Oct 1967
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event
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Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. |
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09 Oct 1967
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event
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A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. |
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10 Oct 1967
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event
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Brendan Behans "Norstal Boy, " premieres in Dublin
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10 Oct 1967
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event
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The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force. |
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11 Oct 1967
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event
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World Series record 3 consecutive HRs (Carl Yastremski, Reggie Smith, and Rico Petrocelli) by Red Sox
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11 Oct 1967
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event
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Yoko Plus Me art exhibit opens in London (the me is John Lennon)
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12 Oct 1967
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event
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St. Louis Cardinals beat Boston Red Sox, 4 games to 3 in 64th World Series as Lou Brock steals a record 7 bases in 1 World Series
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12 Oct 1967
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event
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Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile because of North Vietnam's opposition |
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13 Oct 1967
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event
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CBS radio cancels "House Party"
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13 Oct 1967
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event
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The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California. |
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14 Oct 1967
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event
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The Vietnam War: The folk singer Joan Baez is arrested concerning a physical blockade of the U.S. Army's induction center in Oakland, California. |
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16 Oct 1967
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event
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WETK TV channel 33 in Burlington, VT (PBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Oct 1967
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event
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WGNO TV channel 26 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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17 Oct 1967
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event
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"Hair" premieres on Broadway
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17 Oct 1967
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event
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Barbra Streisand stars on "Belle of 14th Street" special on CBS
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17 Oct 1967
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event
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Memorial service for Brian Epstein at New London Synagogue
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17 Oct 1967
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event
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Pete Knight in X-15 reaches 85 km
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17 Oct 1967
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event
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The play "Hair" is 1st performed
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18 Oct 1967
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event
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AL votes to allow Athletics to move from Kansas City to Oakland and expand league to 12 teams in 1971 with Kansas City and Seattle teams
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18 Oct 1967
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event
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Nobel prize for physics awarded to Hans A Bethe
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18 Oct 1967
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event
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The Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet. |
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18 Oct 1967
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event
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Soviet Venera 4 becomes the 1st probe to send data back from Venus
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18 Oct 1967
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event
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Walt Disney's "Jungle Book" is released
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19 Oct 1967
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event
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Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 4 3/4"
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19 Oct 1967
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event
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Mariner 5 makes fly-by of Venus
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20 Oct 1967
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event
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7 men are convicted of civil rights violations in Meridan, Mississippi
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20 Oct 1967
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All white federal jury convicts 7 in murder of 3 civil rights workers
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20 Oct 1967
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event
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Charlie Finley names Bob Kennedy 1st manager of Oakland Athletics
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20 Oct 1967
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event
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KMXN (now KJTV) TV channel 34 in Lubbock, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
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21 Oct 1967
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event
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Egypt sinks Israeli torpedo boat
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21 Oct 1967
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event
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Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, D.C.. A peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting the facility. Similar demonstrations occurred simultaneously in Japan and Western Europe. |
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21 Oct 1967
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event
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Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon
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22 Oct 1967
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event
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Murle Lindstrom wins LPGA Carlsbad Jaycee Golf Open
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23 Oct 1967
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event
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"Henry, Sweet Henry" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 80 performances
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23 Oct 1967
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event
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New Jersey Americans (later New York / New Jersey Nets) play 1st ABA game
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23 Oct 1967
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event
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NJ Americans (later NY/NJ Nets) play 1st ABA game
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26 Oct 1967
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event
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Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran. |
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26 Oct 1967
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Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne
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27 Oct 1967
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Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records. |
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27 Oct 1967
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4 people from Baltimore pour blood on selective service records
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27 Oct 1967
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Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Canada
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29 Oct 1967
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Danny Abramowicz begins NFL streak of 105 consecutive game receptions
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29 Oct 1967
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London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall. |
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29 Oct 1967
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Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors. |
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30 Oct 1967
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Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968
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30 Oct 1967
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Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km)
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30 Oct 1967
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USSR Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch
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31 Oct 1967
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KIMO TV channel 13 in Anchorage, AK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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31 Oct 1967
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Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as 1st President of South Vietnam 2nd Rep
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02 Nov 1967
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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. |
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03 Nov 1967
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Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins. |
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05 Nov 1967
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ATS-3 launched by US to take 1st pictures of full Earth disk
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05 Nov 1967
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Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
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05 Nov 1967
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New Orleans Saints 1st NFL victory, beat Philadelphia Eagles 31-24
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05 Nov 1967
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US troops conquer Loc Ninh South Vietnam
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05 Nov 1967
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Yemen President Sallal flees
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05 Nov 1967
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The Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. |
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06 Nov 1967
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Bridge at Annabaai crashes on Willemstad, Curacao, kills 15
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06 Nov 1967
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US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon November 9
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07 Nov 1967
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Carl B Stokes elected 1st black Mayor of a major city - Cleveland, Ohio
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07 Nov 1967
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LBJ signs a bill establishing Corporation for Public Broadcasting
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07 Nov 1967
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Richard G Hatcher elected Mayor of Gary Indiana
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07 Nov 1967
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St. Louis Cardinals Orlando Cepeda is 1st unanimous NL MVP
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07 Nov 1967
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Surveyor 6 launched for soft landing on Moon
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08 Nov 1967
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1st local British radio station begins broadcasting (Radio Leicester)
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08 Nov 1967
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Silver hits record $1.951 an ounce in London
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09 Nov 1967
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1st unmanned Saturn V flight to test Apollo 4 reentry module
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09 Nov 1967
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Surveyor 6 soft lands on Moon
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10 Nov 1967
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KXNE TV channel 19 in Norfolk, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
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12 Nov 1967
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Margie Masters wins LPGA Quality Chekd Golf Classic
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13 Nov 1967
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Carl B Stokes sworn-in as 1st major city black mayor (Cleveland, Ohio)
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13 Nov 1967
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NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City
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15 Nov 1967
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WLTV TV channel 23 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1967
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Michael Adams in X-15 reaches 80 km
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17 Nov 1967
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Beatles Ltd & Apple Music Ltd swap names
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17 Nov 1967
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Surveyor 6 becomes 1st man-made object to lift off the Moon
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18 Nov 1967
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British government devalues
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20 Nov 1967
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Mets pitcher Tom Seaver (16-12) is named NL Rookie of Year
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20 Nov 1967
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At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million
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21 Nov 1967
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Phillip & Jay Kunz fly a kite a record 28,000 feet
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22 Nov 1967
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BBC unofficially bans "I Am the Walrus" by Beatles
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22 Nov 1967
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BBC unofficially bans "I am the Walrus" by the Beatles
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22 Nov 1967
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Silver hits record $2.17 an ounce in New York
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22 Nov 1967
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UN Sec council passes resolution 242-Israel must give back occupied land
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25 Nov 1967
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"Apple Tree" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 463 performances
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25 Nov 1967
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Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time
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26 Nov 1967
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Cloud burst over Lisbon kills about 450
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27 Nov 1967
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Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"
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27 Nov 1967
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Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"
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27 Nov 1967
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Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price
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28 Nov 1967
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33rd Heisman Trophy Award: Gary Beban, UCLA (QB)
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28 Nov 1967
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The 1st pulsating radio source (pulsar) detected
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29 Nov 1967
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British troops withdraw from Aden and South Yemen
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29 Nov 1967
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Robert McNamara elected President of World bank
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29 Nov 1967
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Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation. |
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29 Nov 1967
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British troops withdraw from Aden
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29 Nov 1967
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US Secretary of Defense McNamara becomes President of the World Bank
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30 Nov 1967
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Sen Eugene McCarthy begins run for US presidency
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30 Nov 1967
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The People's Democratic Republic of Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom. |
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30 Nov 1967
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The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. |
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30 Nov 1967
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Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing. |
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30 Nov 1967
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Julie Nixon & David Eisenhower announce their engagement
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30 Nov 1967
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Kuria Muria islands ceded by Britain to Oman
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30 Nov 1967
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People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain
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01 Dec 1967
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Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)
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01 Dec 1967
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Queen Elizabeth inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope
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01 Dec 1967
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Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams
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01 Dec 1967
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Wilt Chamberlain set NBA record of 22 free throws misses
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03 Dec 1967
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1st human heart transplant performed (Dr Christian Barnard, South Africa)
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03 Dec 1967
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Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4)
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03 Dec 1967
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Ex-President Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia
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03 Dec 1967
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Final run of "20th Century Limited, " famed NY-Chicago luxury train
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03 Dec 1967
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At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky). |
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04 Dec 1967
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Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta. |
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05 Dec 1967
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Beatles clothing store "Apple" on 94 Baker Street, London, opens
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05 Dec 1967
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Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg arrested protesting Vietnam war
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06 Dec 1967
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Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States. |
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07 Dec 1967
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"How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC for 220 performances
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08 Dec 1967
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Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" album is released in the UK
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08 Dec 1967
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NHL California Seals change name to Oakland Seals
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09 Dec 1967
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Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace
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09 Dec 1967
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Nicolea Ceausescu becomes President (dictator) of Romania
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11 Dec 1967
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SST prototype "Concorde" 1st shown (France)
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11 Dec 1967
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Beatles' Apple Music signs its 1st group-Grapefruit
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11 Dec 1967
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SST prototype "Concorde" 1st shown (France)
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11 Dec 1967
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6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed
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11 Dec 1967
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People's front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established
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12 Dec 1967
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US launches Pioneer 8 into solar orbit
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13 Dec 1967
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Constantine II of Greece attempts an unsuccessful counter-coup against the Regime of the Colonels. |
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13 Dec 1967
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United Soccer Association & National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL
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13 Dec 1967
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Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II
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14 Dec 1967
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DNA created in a test tube
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15 Dec 1967
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Beatles release "Christmas Time is Here Again"
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15 Dec 1967
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The Silver Bridge over the Ohio River collapses, killing 46 people. |
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15 Dec 1967
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Joe Garagiola joins the Today Show panel
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15 Dec 1967
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Silver Bay bridge (Ohio-West Virginia) collapses during afternoon rush hour, 34 die
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16 Dec 1967
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Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Philadelphia 76ers scores 68 points vs Chicago
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17 Dec 1967
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Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned. |
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17 Dec 1967
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WEDW TV channel 49 in Bridgeport CT (PBS) begins broadcasting
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19 Dec 1967
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Harold Holt, the Prime Minister of Australia, is officially presumed dead. |
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20 Dec 1967
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"Graduate, " starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft, premieres
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20 Dec 1967
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A Pennsylvania Railroad Budd Metroliner exceeds 155 mph on their New York Division, also present day Amtrak's Northeast Corridor. |
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20 Dec 1967
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"The Graduate", starring Dustin Hoffman & Anne Bancroft, premieres
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20 Dec 1967
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474,300 US soldiers in Vietnam
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20 Dec 1967
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Ian Anderson & Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull
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21 Dec 1967
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Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant. |
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23 Dec 1967
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Brussels: NATO-Council accept "Flexible Response"-strategy
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23 Dec 1967
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Lyndon B Johnson meets Pope Paul VI at the Vatican
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24 Dec 1967
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Pirate Radio Pegasus starts broadcasting off New Zealand
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24 Dec 1967
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China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
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25 Dec 1967
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Paul McCartney & Jane Asher get engaged
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26 Dec 1967
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BBC broadcasts "Magical Mystery Tour"
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26 Dec 1967
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The BBC broadcasts "The Magical Mystery Tour"
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26 Dec 1967
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Dave Brubeck Quartet formally disbands
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28 Dec 1967
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KTSB (now KSNT) TV channel 27 in Topeka KS (NBC) begins broadcasting
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28 Dec 1967
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Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange
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29 Dec 1967
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Star Trek's "The Trouble With Tribbles" 1st airs
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29 Dec 1967
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Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus
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30 Dec 1967
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Beatles' "Hello Goodbye" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
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30 Dec 1967
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Great Western Forum opens in Los Angeles
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31 Dec 1967
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"Henry, Sweet Henry" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 80 performances
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31 Dec 1967
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Oakland Raiders beat Houston Oilers 40-7 in AFL championship game
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31 Dec 1967
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Packers beat Cowboys 21-17 in NFL championship game (-13
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31 Dec 1967
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1st NBA game at Great Western Forum, Los Angeles Lakers beat Houston 147-118
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