Events
January
*
January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
– Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of
Confederation
A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action. Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issu ...
, featuring the
Expo 67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It was a category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most su ...
World's Fair.
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January 5
Events Pre-1600
*1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
** Spain and
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and commercial relations (not diplomatic ones).
**
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...
launches his last film, ''
A Countess from Hong Kong'', in the UK.
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
–
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
:
USMC and
ARVN troops launch ''
Operation Deckhouse Five
Operation Deckhouse Five was a United States Marine Corps (USMC) and Republic of Vietnam Marine Corps operation that took place from 6–15 January 1967 in the Mekong Delta, during the Vietnam War. "The ten-day sweep," reported the AP from its ...
'' in the
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( vi, Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit=Nine Dragon River Delta or simply vi, Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, lit=Mekong River Delta, label=none), also known as the Western Region ( vi, Miền Tây, links=no) or South-weste ...
.
*
January 8
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
* 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
– Vietnam War:
Operation Cedar Falls
Operation Cedar Falls was a military operation of the Vietnam War conducted primarily by US forces that took place from 8 to 26 January 1967. The aim of the massive search-and-destroy operation was to eradicate the so-called " Iron Triangle", an ...
starts.
*
January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
– A
military coup occurs in
Togo
Togo (), officially the Togolese Republic (french: République togolaise), is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, where its c ...
under the leadership of
Étienne Eyadema.
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– The
Human Be-In takes place in
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds. It is administered by the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, which began in 1871 to oversee the development ...
,
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
; the event sets the stage for the
Summer of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. ...
.
*
January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
**
Louis Leakey
Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey (7 August 1903 – 1 October 1972) was a Kenyan-British palaeoanthropologist and archaeologist whose work was important in demonstrating that humans evolved in Africa, particularly through discoveries made at Olduvai ...
announces the discovery of pre-human fossils in
Kenya
)
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; he names the species ''
Kenyapithecus africanus
''Ekembo nyanzae'', originally classed as a species of ''Proconsul'', is a species of fossil primate first discovered by Louis Leakey on Rusinga Island in 1942, which he published in ''Nature'' in 1943. It is also known by the name ''Dryopithecus ...
''.
**
American football
American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...
: The
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. It ...
defeat the
Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division.
The tea ...
35–10 in the
First AFL-NFL World Championship Game at the
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a mem ...
.
*
January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
–
Albert DeSalvo is convicted of numerous crimes and sentenced to life in prison.
*
January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
*1264 & ...
** In
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
, the trial begins for
Wilhelm Harster
Wilhelm Harster (21 July 1904 – 25 December 1991) was a German policeman and war criminal. A high-ranking member in the Schutzstaffel, SS and a Holocaust perpetrator during the Nazi era, he was twice convicted for his crimes by the Netherlands a ...
, accused of the murder of 82,856 Jews (including
Anne Frank) when he led German security police during the German occupation of the Netherlands. He is eventually sentenced to 15 years in prison.
**
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes ( ) is a city and the largest settlement in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was over . The River Great Ouse forms its northern boundary; a tributary ...
(England) is founded as a
new town
New is an adjective referring to something recently made, discovered, or created.
New or NEW may refer to:
Music
* New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz
Albums and EPs
* ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013
* ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, ...
by
Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with
evidence of permanent settlement dating back to the
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...
.
*
January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
–
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
ese junta leader and Prime Minister
Nguyen Cao Ky fired rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister
Nguyen Huu Co
Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese name, Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. wiktionary:nguyên, Nguyên (元)is a different word and surname.
By some estimates 39 perc ...
while the latter was overseas on a diplomatic visit.
*
January 26
Events Pre-1600
* 661 – The Rashidun Caliphate is effectively ended with the assassination of Ali, the last caliph.
*1531 – The 6.4–7.1 1531 Lisbon earthquake, Lisbon earthquake kills about thirty thousand people.
*1564 – ...
** The
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace of Westminster, London. It alone possesses legislative suprema ...
decides to nationalise 90% of the nation's steel industry.
**
Chicago's largest-ever blizzard begins.
*
January 27
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
* 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
**
Apollo 1
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was intended to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbita ...
: U.S. astronauts
Gus Grissom,
Ed White, and
Roger Chaffee are killed when fire breaks out in their
Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label=Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label= ...
spacecraft during a launch pad test.
** The United States, Soviet Union and United Kingdom sign the
Outer Space Treaty (ratified by USSR May 19; comes into force October 10), prohibiting
weapons of mass destruction
A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to numerous individuals or cause great damage to artificial structures (e.g., buildings), natura ...
from space.
*
January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
– West Germany and
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
establish
diplomatic relations.
February
*
February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
– The
American Basketball Association
The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...
is formed.
*
February 3
Events Pre-1600
* 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
*1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
*1488 – ...
–
Ronald Ryan becomes the last man hanged in Australia, for murdering a guard while escaping from prison in December 1965.
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
protests the demonstrations before its embassy in Beijing.
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
**
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
launches ''
Lunar Orbiter 3''.
** Italy's first
guided missile cruiser, the ''
Vittorio Veneto
Vittorio Veneto is a city and ''comune'' situated in the Province of Treviso, in the region of Veneto, Italy, in the northeast of Italy, between the Piave and the Livenza rivers, borders with the following municipalities:
Alpago ( BL), Belluno ...
'', is launched.
** General
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
Anastasio "Tachito" Somoza Debayle (; 5 December 1925 – 17 September 1980) was the President of Nicaragua from 1 May 1967 to 1 May 1972 and from 1 December 1974 to 17 July 1979. As head of the National Guard, he was ''de facto'' ruler of ...
becomes president of
Nicaragua
Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
.
*
February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
–
Alexei Kosygin arrives in the UK for an 8-day visit. He meets
The Queen on
February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
* 1539 – The first recorded race is hel ...
.
*
February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
** The Chinese government announces that it can no longer guarantee the safety of Soviet diplomats outside the Soviet Embassy building.
** Serious
bushfires in southern
Tasmania
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, subdi ...
claim 62 lives, and destroys 2,642.7 square kilometres (653,025.4 acres) of land.
**
Mazenod College, Victoria
, motto_translation = Leave Nothing Undared for the Kingdom of God
, established = 1967
, type = Independent, single-sex (male)
, denomination = Roman Catholic
, address ...
, opens in Australia.
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...
– The
25th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with President of the United States, presidential succession and disability.
It clarifies that the Vice President of the United States, vice president becomes Pr ...
(presidential succession and disability) is ratified.
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
–
Burgess Ice Rise
Burgess Ice Rise () is a small ice rise lying within the Wilkins Ice Shelf, off the west coast of Alexander Island, Antarctica. It was mapped from the air on a radio echo sounding flight by the British Antarctic Survey on 11 February 1967, and lat ...
, lying off the west coast of
Alexander Island, Antarctica, is first mapped by the
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
(BAS).
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
– American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 14522 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, Drawing, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect. While his fame initially res ...
in the
National Library of Spain
National may refer to:
Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
.
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
– The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
announces that it has sent troops near the Chinese border.
*
February 18
Events Pre-1600
* 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
* 1268 &ndas ...
–
District Attorney
Jim Garrison claims he will solve the John F. Kennedy assassination, and that a conspiracy was planned in New Orleans.
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
–
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American musician who served as the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona ...
was born
*
February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...
**
Suharto
Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto ...
takes power from
Sukarno
Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno was the leader of ...
in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
(see
Transition to the New Order and
Supersemar).
**
Donald Sangster becomes the new Prime Minister of
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
, succeeding
Alexander Bustamante
Sir William Alexander Clarke Bustamante (born William Alexander Clarke; 24 February 1884 – 6 August 1977) was a Jamaican politician and labour leader, who, in 1962, became the first prime minister of Jamaica.
Early life and education
He was ...
.
*
February 23
Events Pre-1600
* 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution.
* 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...
**
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
is the first
Commonwealth
A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the ...
nation to join the
Organization of American States
The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...
.
** The
25th Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with President of the United States, presidential succession and disability.
It clarifies that the Vice President of the United States, vice president becomes Pr ...
is enacted.
*
February 24
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
* 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
* 13 ...
– Moscow forbids its
satellite states to form diplomatic relations with West Germany.
*
February 25
Events Pre-1600
* 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.
* 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
...
** The Chinese government announces that it has ordered the army to help in the spring seeding.
** Britain's second
Polaris missile
The UGM-27 Polaris missile was a two-stage solid-fueled nuclear-armed submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). As the United States Navy's first SLBM, it served from 1961 to 1980.
In the mid-1950s the Navy was involved in the Jupiter missile ...
submarine,
HMS ''Renown'', is launched.
*
February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
– A Soviet nuclear test is conducted at the
Semipalatinsk Test Site, Eastern
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...
.
*
February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– The
Dutch government supports British
EEC
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
membership.
March
*
March 1
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor ...
** The city of
Hatogaya,
Saitama, Japan, is founded.
**
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian police arrest
Franz Stangl, ex-commander of
Treblinka
Treblinka () was an extermination camp, built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II. It was in a forest north-east of Warsaw, south of the village of Treblinka in what is now the Masovian Voivodeship. The camp ...
and
Sobibór extermination camps.
** The
Red Guards return to schools in China.
** The
Queen Elizabeth Hall
The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London, England, that hosts classical, jazz, and avant-garde music, talks and dance performances. It was opened in 1967, with a concert conducted by Benjamin Britten.
The ...
is opened in London.
**
Óscar Gestido is sworn in as
President of Uruguay
The president of Uruguay ( es, Presidente del Uruguay), officially known as the president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (), is the head of state and head of government of Uruguay. Their rights are determined in the Constitution of Urugua ...
after 15 years of
collegiate government.
*
March 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a st ...
** The first
North Sea gas
North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea.
In the petroleum industry, the term "North Sea" often includes areas such as the Norwegian Sea and ...
is pumped ashore at
Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire.
**
Queens Park Rangers become the first 3rd Division side to win the English
Football League Cup
The EFL Cup (referred to historically, and colloquially, as the League Cup), currently known as the Carabao Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual knockout competition and major trophy in men's domestic football in England. Organised by the ...
at
Wembley Stadium
Wembley Stadium (branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is a football stadium in Wembley, London. It opened in 2007 on the site of the Wembley Stadium (1923), original Wembley Stadium, which was demolished from 200 ...
, defeating
West Bromwich Albion
West Bromwich Albion Football Club () is an English professional football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. The club was formed in 1878 and has pla ...
3–2.
*
March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
–
Mohammad Mosaddegh (or Mosaddeq; fa, مُحَمَد مُصَدِق; ), deposed Iranian prime minister, dies after fourteen years of house arrest.
*
March 6 – ''
Mark Twain Tonight'' starring
Hal Holbrook
Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and screenwriter. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show that he developed called ''Mark Twain Tonight!'' ...
as Mark Twain, premieres on CBS television in the United States.
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March 7
Events Pre-1600
* 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
* 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
– U.S. labor union leader
Jimmy Hoffa
James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975; declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971.
F ...
begins his 8-year sentence for attempting to bribe a jury.
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March 9
Events Pre-1600
*141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
*1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
* 1226 – ...
–
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secreta ...
's daughter,
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, born Stalina (); ka, სვეტლანა იოსების ასული ალილუევა () (28 February 1926 – 22 November 2011), later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only ...
, defects to the United States via the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.
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March 11 – The first phase of the
Cambodian Civil War begins between the
Kingdom of Cambodia and the
Khmer Rouge
The Khmer Rouge (; ; km, ខ្មែរក្រហម, ; ) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979. ...
.
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March 12
Events Pre-1600
* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
* 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
** The
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
n State Assembly takes all presidential powers from
Sukarno
Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno was the leader of ...
and names
Suharto
Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto ...
as acting president (Suharto resigned in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
).
**
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. The original line-up consisted of singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. MacLise w ...
's first album, ''
The Velvet Underground & Nico
''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' is the debut album by the American rock band the Velvet Underground and German singer Nico, released in March 1967 through Verve Records. It was recorded in 1966 while the band were featured on Andy Warhol's Ex ...
'', is released in the United States. It is initially a commercial failure but receives widespread critical and commercial acclaim in later years.
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March 13
Events Pre-1600
*624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.
*1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
*1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...
–
Moise Tshombe, ex-prime minister of
Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
, is sentenced to death
''in absentia''.
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March 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
* 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...
** The body of U.S. President
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...
is moved to a permanent burial place at
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is one of two national cemeteries run by the United States Army. Nearly 400,000 people are buried in its 639 acres (259 ha) in Arlington, Virginia. There are about 30 funerals conducted on weekdays and 7 held on Sa ...
.
** Nine executives of the German pharmaceutical company Grunenthal are charged for breaking German drug laws because of
thalidomide.
*
March 16 – In the Aspida case in Greece, 15 officers are sentenced to 2–18 years in prison, accused of treason and intentions of staging a
coup.
*
March 17 – The
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, Folk music, folk, country music, country, jazz, bluegrass music, bluegrass, ...
debut their first album 'the Grateful Dead' consisting of the songs; The Golden Road, Beat it down on the Line, Good morning little schoolgirl, Cold rain and snow, Sitting on top of the world, Morning dew, New new minglewood blues, and Viola Lee blues
*
March 18
**
''Torrey Canyon'' oil spill: The supertanker runs aground between
Land's End and the
Scilly Isles off the coast of Britain.
** The classic
Pirates of the Caribbean
''Pirates of the Caribbean'' is a Disney media franchise encompassing numerous theme park rides, a series of films, and spin-off novels, as well as a number of related video games and other media publications. The franchise originated with th ...
attraction opens at
Disneyland
Disneyland is a amusement park, theme park in Anaheim, California. Opened in 1955, it was the first theme park opened by The Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. Disney in ...
, California.
*
March 19 – A referendum in
French Somaliland
French Somaliland (french: Côte française des Somalis, lit= French Coast of the Somalis so, Xeebta Soomaaliyeed ee Faransiiska) was a French colony in the Horn of Africa. It existed between 1884 and 1967, at which time it became the French Ter ...
favors the connection to France.
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March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
** A military coup takes place in
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierra ...
.
**
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: In ongoing campus unrest,
Howard University students protesting the Vietnam War, the
ROTC
The Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC ( or )) is a group of college- and university-based officer-training programs for training commissioned officers of the United States Armed Forces.
Overview
While ROTC graduate officers serve in all ...
program on campus and the draft, confront Gen.
Lewis Hershey, then head of the U.S.
Selective Service System
The Selective Service System (SSS) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the Federal government of the United States, United States government that maintains information on U.S. Citizenship of the Unite ...
, and as he attempts to deliver an address, shout him down with cries of "America is the Black man's battleground!"
**
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four loca ...
is released from
Terminal Island
Terminal Island, historically known as Isla Raza de Buena Gente, is a largely artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California, between the neighborhoods of Wilmington and San Pedro in the city of Los Angeles, and the city of Long Be ...
. Telling the authorities that prison had become his home, he requested permission to stay. Upon his release, he relocates to San Francisco where he spends the
Summer of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. ...
.
*
March 26
** In New York City, 10,000 gather for the
Central Park be-in
In the 1960s, several "be-ins" were held in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City to protest against various issues such as U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War and racism.
Background
During the 1960s America was involved in the Vietnam War. Thi ...
.
**
Jim Thompson, co-founder of the Thai Silk Company, disappears from the
Cameron Highlands.
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March 28
Events Pre-1600
* AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate.
* 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Di ...
–
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
issues the
encyclical
An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Roman Church. At that time, the word could be used for a letter sent out by any bishop. The word comes from the Late Latin (originally from ...
''
Populorum progressio''.
*
March 29
** A 13-day TV strike begins in the United States.
** The first French nuclear submarine, ''
Le Redoutable
Nine ships of the French Navy have borne the name ''Redoutable'' ("Redoubtable"):
Ships named ''Redoutable''
* , 74-gun ship of the line. She took part in the landing in Mahon under Admiral la Galissonière. She was destroyed in Lagos in 175 ...
'', is launched.
** The
SEACOM Asian telephone cable is inaugurated.
**
''Torrey Canyon'' oil spill: British
Fleet Air Arm
The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy and is responsible for the delivery of naval air power both from land and at sea. The Fleet Air Arm operates the F-35 Lightning II for maritime strike, the AW159 Wil ...
and
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...
aircraft bomb and sink the grounded supertanker .
*
March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
– U.S. President
Lyndon Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (; August 27, 1908January 22, 1973), often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. He had previously served as the 37th vice ...
signs the Consular Treaty.
April
*
April 1
Events Pre-1600
* 33 – According to one historian's account, Jesus Christ's Last Supper is held.
* 527 – Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne.
*1081 – Alexios I Kom ...
– A new South Vietnamese constitution is adopted.
*
April 2
Events Pre-1600
*1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
– A
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
delegation arrives in
Aden
Aden ( ar, عدن ' Yemeni: ) is a city, and since 2015, the temporary capital of Yemen, near the eastern approach to the Red Sea (the Gulf of Aden), some east of the strait Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000 people. ...
as its independence approaches. The delegation leaves
April 7, accusing British authorities of lack of cooperation. The British say the delegation did not contact them.
*
April 4
Events Pre-1600
* 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
* 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
* 611 – ...
–
Martin Luther King Jr. denounces the Vietnam War during his sermon at the Riverside Church in New York City.
*
April 6 –
Georges Pompidou begins to form the next French government.
*
April 7 –
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...
(approach):
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i fighters shoot down 7 Syrian
MIG-21s.
*
April 8
Events Pre-1600
* 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
* 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids.
*1139 – Ro ...
– ''
Puppet on a String'' by Sandie Shaw (music and lyrics by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter) wins the
Eurovision Song Contest 1967 for the United Kingdom.
*
April 9
Events Pre-1600
* 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, s ...
– The first
Boeing 737
The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Renton Factory in Washington.
Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the 707 fuselage width and six abreast seating with two un ...
(A-100 series) takes its maiden flight.
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April 10
Events Pre-1600
* 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople.
* 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles).
* 1407 ...
** The AFTRA strike is settled just in time for the
39th Academy Awards
The 39th Academy Awards, honoring the best in film for 1966, were held on April 10, 1967, at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California. They were hosted by Bob Hope.
Only two of the Best Picture nominees were nominated fo ...
ceremony to be held, hosted by
Bob Hope
Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was a British-American comedian, vaudevillian, actor, singer and dancer. With a career that spanned nearly 80 years, Hope appeared in more than 70 short and feature films, with 5 ...
.
Best Picture goes to ''
A Man for All Seasons''.
** Oral arguments begin in the landmark
Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
case ''
Loving v. Virginia
''Loving v. Virginia'', 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a List of landmark court decisions in the United States, landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States, laws ban ...
'', 388 U.S. 1 (1967), challenging the State of Virginia's statutory scheme to prevent marriages between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications.
*
April 12 – The
Ahmanson Theatre opens in Los Angeles.
*
April 13
Events Pre-1600
*1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
–
Conservatives win the
Greater London Council
The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. The GLC was dissolved in 198 ...
elections.
*
April 14
Events Pre-1600
* 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho ...
– In
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
, 10,000 march against the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
.
*
April 15
** Large demonstrations are held against the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
in New York City and
San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...
. The march, organized by the
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
The Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, which became the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, was a coalition of American antiwar activists formed in November 1966 to organize large demonstrations in o ...
, from Central Park to the United Nations drew hundreds of thousands of people, including Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.,
Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr.; March 1, 1927) is an American singer, activist, and actor. As arguably the most successful Jamaican-American pop star, he popularized the Trinbagonian Caribbean musical style with an interna ...
,
James Bevel, and Dr.
Benjamin Spock, who marched and spoke at the event. A simultaneous march in San Francisco was attended by
Coretta Scott King.
** Scotland defeats England 3–2 at Wembley Stadium, with goals from Law, Lennox and McCalligog, in the British Championships. This is England's first defeat since they won the World Cup, and ends a 19-game unbeaten run.
*
April 20
** The
Surveyor 3
Surveyor 3 was the third lander of the American uncrewed Surveyor program sent to explore the surface of the Moon in 1967. It was the first mission to carry a surface-soil sampling-scoop.
Surveyor 3 was visited by Apollo 12 astronauts Pete Con ...
probe lands on the Moon.
** A Globe Air
Bristol Britannia
The Bristol Type 175 Britannia is a retired British medium-to-long-range airliner built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1952 to fly across the Commonwealth. During development two prototypes were lost and the turboprop engines proved sus ...
turboprop crashes at
Nicosia
Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, Lefkoşa ; hy, Նիկոսիա, romanized: ''Nikosia''; Cypriot Arabic: Nikusiya) is the largest city, capital, and seat of government of Cyprus. It is located near the centre of the Mesaor ...
,
Cyprus
Cyprus ; tr, Kıbrıs (), officially the Republic of Cyprus,, , lit: Republic of Cyprus is an island country located south of the Anatolian Peninsula in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Its continental position is disputed; while it is geo ...
, killing 126 people.
*
April 21
Events Pre-1600
*753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date).
* 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...
** Greece suffers a military coup by a group of military officers, who establish a
military dictatorship
A military dictatorship is a dictatorship in which the military exerts complete or substantial control over political authority, and the dictator is often a high-ranked military officer.
The reverse situation is to have civilian control of the m ...
led by
Georgios Papadopoulos
Geórgios Papadopoulos (; el, Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος ; 5 May 1919 – 27 June 1999) was a Greeks, Greek military officer and political leader who ruled Greece as a military dictator from 1967 to 1973. He joined the Hellenic ...
; future-Prime Minister
Andreas Papandreou remains a political prisoner till
December 25. The dictatorship ends in
1974
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ...
.
** An outbreak of tornadoes strikes the upper Midwest section of the United States (in particular the Chicago area, including the suburbs of
Belvidere and
Oak Lawn, Illinois
Oak Lawn is a Village (Illinois), village in Cook County, Illinois, Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 58,362 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Oak Lawn is a suburb of Chicago, located southwest of the city. It ...
where 33 people are killed and 500 injured).
*
April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
– A group of young leftist radicals are expelled from the
Nicaraguan Socialist Party
The Nicaraguan Socialist Party (''Partido Socialista Nicaragüense'') is a political party in Nicaragua. Founded in July 1944 by Dr. Mario Flores Ortiz. PSN operated as the official communist party in the country. At the time of its foundation, P ...
(PSN). This group goes on to found the
Socialist Workers Party (POS).
*
April 24
**''
Soyuz 1'':
Vladimir Komarov becomes the first Soviet
cosmonaut to die, when the parachute of his space capsule fails during re-entry.
** In the
NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ...
, the
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...
defeat the
San Francisco Warriors 125–122 in game six to win the title. Some say this team is arguably the greatest of all time.
** A
total lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to Ecliptic, the plane of t ...
took place.
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
–
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, ''
Expo 67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It was a category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most su ...
'', a
World's Fair
A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large international exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specif ...
to coincide with the
Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation (french: Confédération canadienne, link=no) was the process by which three British North American provinces, the Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, were united into one federation called the Canada, Dom ...
centennial, officially opens with Prime Minister
Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson (23 April 1897 – 27 December 1972) was a Canadian scholar, statesman, diplomat, and politician who served as the 14th prime minister of Canada from 1963 to 1968.
Born in Newtonbrook, Ontario (now part of ...
igniting the Expo Flame in the Place des Nations.
*
April 28
** In
Houston, Texas
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...
, boxer
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...
refuses military service. He is stripped of his boxing title and barred from professional boxing for the next three years.
**
Expo 67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It was a category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most su ...
opens to the public, with over 310,000 people attending. Al Carter from Chicago is the first visitor as noted by Expo officials.
** The U.S.
aerospace manufacturer McDonnell Douglas
McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor, formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997, it produ ...
is formed through a merger of
McDonnell Aircraft and
Douglas Aircraft (it becomes part of
The Boeing Company
The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product ...
three decades later).
*
April 29 –
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (; ; 13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 200 ...
announces that all
intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
belongs to the people and that
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
intends to translate and publish technical literature without compensation.
*
April 30 – Moscow's 537 m tall
TV tower is finished.
May
*
May 1
**
Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), or simply Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as Cultural impact of Elvis Presley, one ...
and
Priscilla Beaulieu
Priscilla Ann Presley ( Wagner, changed by adoption to Beaulieu; born May 24, 1945) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the former wife of American singer Elvis Presley, as well as co-founder and former chairwoman of Elvis Presley ...
are married in Las Vegas.
**
GO Transit
GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Greater Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. With its hub at Union Station in Toronto, GO Transit's green-and-white trains and buses serve a population of more than seven millio ...
, Canada's first interregional public transit system, is established.
*
May 2
** The
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...
win the
Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
. It is their last Stanley Cup and last finals appearance to date. It will turn out to be the last game in the
Original Six
The Original Six () are the teams that comprised the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1942 and 1967. The six teams are the Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, and Toronto Maple Leafs ...
era. Six more teams will be added in the fall.
**
Harold Wilson
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He ...
announces that the United Kingdom has decided to apply for
EEC
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
membership.
*
May 4 –
Lunar Orbiter 4
Lunar Orbiter 4 was a robotic U.S. spacecraft, part of the Lunar Orbiter program, Lunar Orbiter Program, designed to orbit the Moon, after the three previous orbiters had completed the required needs for Project Apollo, Apollo mapping and site s ...
is launched by the United States.
*
May 6
** Dr.
Zakir Hussain Zakir Hussain ( ur, , link=no) is the name of:
* Zakir Husain (politician), an Indian politician and former president of India
* Zakir Hussain (actor), Bollywood actor
* Zakir Hussain (field hockey) (1934–2019), Pakistani field hockey player
* ...
is the first Muslim to become president of India.
** Four hundred students seize the administration building at Cheyney State College, now
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the oldest institute for higher education for African Americans.
**
Hong Kong 1967 riots: Clashes between striking workers and police kill 51 and injure 800.
*
May 8
Events Pre-1600
* 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
* 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
– The
Philippine province
In the Philippines, provinces ( fil, lalawigan) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions. There are 82 provinces at present, which are further subdivided into component cities and municipalities. The local government unit ...
of Davao is split into three:
Davao del Norte
Davao del Norte ( ceb, Amihanang Dabaw; tl, Hilagang Davao), officially the Province of Davao del Norte, is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital and largest city is Tagum. The province also includes ...
,
Davao del Sur, and
Davao Oriental
Davao Oriental ( Cebuano: ''Sidlakang Dabaw''; tl, Silangang Davao), officially the Province of Davao Oriental, is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is city of Mati, and it borders the province o ...
.
*
May 9
Events Pre-1600
* 328 – Athanasius is elected Patriarch of Alexandria.
*1009 – Lombard Revolt: Lombard forces led by Melus revolt in Bari against the Byzantine Catepanate of Italy.
*1386 – England and Portugal formally rati ...
– A
partial solar eclipse took place.
*
May 10
Events Pre-1600
* 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
*1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
– The Greek military government accuses
Andreas Papandreou of treason.
*
May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
– The United Kingdom and Ireland apply officially for
European Economic Community
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
membership.
*
May 12 –
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...
release their debut album, ''
Are You Experienced
''Are You Experienced'' is the debut studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Released in 1967, the LP was an immediate critical and commercial success, and it is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. The album feature ...
''.
*
May 15
Events Pre-1600
* 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
* 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...
– The
Waiting period leading up to the
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...
begins.
*
May 17
**
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
mobilizes against
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
.
** President
Gamal Abdal Nasser of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
demands withdrawal of the peacekeeping
UN Emergency Force
The United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) was a military and peacekeeping operation established by the United Nations General Assembly to secure an end to the Suez Crisis of 1956 through the establishment of international peacekeepers on the bor ...
in the
Sinai
Sinai commonly refers to:
* Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
* Mount Sinai, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt
* Biblical Mount Sinai, the site in the Bible where Moses received the Law of God
Sinai may also refer to:
* Sinai, South Dakota, a place ...
. U.N. Secretary-General
U Thant complies (
May 18
Events Pre-1600
* 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
* 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...
).
*
May 18
Events Pre-1600
* 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
* 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...
**
Tennessee
Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
Governor Ellington repeals the "Monkey Law" (officially the Butler Act; see the
Scopes Trial).
** In Mexico, schoolteacher
Lucio Cabañas
Lucio Cabañas Barrientos (, 12 December 1938 – 2 December 1974) was a Mexican schoolteacher who became a revolutionary, albeit not a Marxist one. Cabañas regarded Emiliano Zapata as his role model and he never abandoned his Christian faith, a ...
begins
guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or Irregular military, irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, Raid (military), raids ...
in Atoyac de Alvarez, west of
Acapulco
Acapulco de Juárez (), commonly called Acapulco ( , also , nah, Acapolco), is a city and major seaport in the state of Guerrero on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, south of Mexico City. Acapulco is located on a deep, semicircular bay and has bee ...
, in the state of
Guerrero.
**
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
announces the crew for the ''
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 (October 1122, 1968) was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that killed the three Apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test on Ja ...
'' space mission (the first in the Apollo series with a crew):
Wally Schirra,
Donn F. Eisele
Donn Fulton Eisele (June 23, 1930 – December 1, 1987) (Colonel USAF) was a United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and later a NASA astronaut. He occupied the command module pilot seat during the flight of Apollo 7 in 1968. After ...
, and
R. Walter Cunningham
Ronnie Walter Cunningham (born March 16, 1932) is a retired American astronaut. In 1968, he was a lunar module pilot on the Apollo 7 mission. He was NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), and has also been a figh ...
.
*
May 19 —
Yuri Andropov
Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (– 9 February 1984) was the sixth paramount leader of the Soviet Union and the fourth General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. After Leonid Brezhnev's 18-year rule, Andropov served in the po ...
becomes
KGB
The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...
chief in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
.
*
May 20
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
— The Spring Mobilization Conference, a gathering of 700 antiwar activists is held in Washington D.C. to chart the future moves for the U.S. antiwar movement
*
May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
* 11 ...
– The ''Innovation'' department store in the centre of
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured.
*
May 23
** A significant worldwide geomagnetic flare unfolded. Radio emissions coming from the Sun jammed military surveillance radars.
** Egypt closes the
Straits of Tiran
The straits of Tiran ( ar, مضيق تيران ') are the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The distance between the two peninsulas is about . The Multinational Force an ...
to Israeli shipping, blockading Israel's southern port of
Eilat
Eilat ( , ; he, אֵילַת ; ar, إِيلَات, Īlāt) is Israel's southernmost city, with a population of , a busy port and popular resort at the northern tip of the Red Sea, on what is known in Israel as the Gulf of Eilat and in Jordan ...
, and Israel's entire
Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; T ...
coastline.
*
May 25
**
Celtic F.C. becomes the first
Northern Europe
The northern region of Europe has several definitions. A restrictive definition may describe Northern Europe as being roughly north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, which is about 54th parallel north, 54°N, or may be based on other g ...
an football club to win the
European Cup (now Champions League).
*
May 26
Events Pre-1600
* 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
* 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire take ...
–
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
release ''
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' is the eighth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 26May 1967, ''Sgt. Pepper'' is regarded by musicologists as an early concept album that advanced the roles of sound composi ...
'', nicknamed "The Soundtrack of the
Summer of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people, mostly young people sporting hippie fashions of dress and behavior, converged in San Francisco's neighborhood of Haight-Ashbury. ...
"; it will be number one on the albums charts throughout the summer of 1967.
*
May 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.
* 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
* 1153 &ndash ...
**
Naxalite Guerrilla War
Guerrilla warfare is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactic ...
: Beginning with a peasant uprising in the town of Naxalbari, this Marxist/Maoist rebellion sputters on in the Indian countryside. The guerrillas operate among the impoverished peasants, fighting both the government security forces and private paramilitary groups funded by wealthy landowners. Most fighting takes place in the states of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
,
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
,
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
and
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
.
** The
Australian referendum, 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90% support, removing, from the Australian Constitution, 2 discriminatory sentences referring to
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...
. It signifies Australia's first step in recognising
Indigenous rights.
** The
folk rock
Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers suc ...
band
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig.) They started o ...
plays their first gig in
Golders Green, North London.
*
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
–
Biafra
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted of the predominantly Igbo-populated form ...
, in eastern
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
, announces its independence, which is not recognized.
June
*
June 2
** Protests in
West Berlin
West Berlin (german: Berlin (West) or , ) was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin during the years of the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, lacked any sovereignty, and was under mi ...
against the arrival of the
Shah of Iran turn into fights, during which 27-year-old student
Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the
terrorist
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...
group ''
2 June Movement
The 2 June Movement (german: link=no, Bewegung 2. Juni) was a West German anarchist militant group based in West Berlin. Active from January 1972 to 1980, the anarchist group was one of the few militant groups at the time in Germany. Although ...
''.
**
Luis Monge is executed in
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
's
gas chamber, in the last
pre-''Furman'' execution in the United States.
*
June 4 –
Stockport air disaster
On 4 June 1967 a Canadair C-4 Argonaut passenger aircraft owned by British Midland Airways crashed near the centre of Stockport, Cheshire, England. Of the 84 people on board, 72 were killed. It is the fourth-worst accident in British aviation ...
:
British Midland
British Midland Airways Limited (trading at various times throughout its history as British Midland, bmi British Midland, bmi or British Midland International) was an airline with its head office in Donington Hall in Castle Donington, close ...
flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr,
Stockport
Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here.
Most of the town is within ...
, killing 72 passengers and crew.
*
June 5
Events Pre-1600
*1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
*1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
**
Moshe Dayan
Moshe Dayan ( he, משה דיין; 20 May 1915 – 16 October 1981) was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (1953–1958) du ...
becomes
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
's Minister of Defense.
**
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...
begins: Israel launches
Operation Focus, an attack on
Egyptian Air Force
The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية المصرية, El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīya), is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces that is responsible for all airborne defence missions and operates all milit ...
airfields; the allied armies of
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
,
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
,
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
, and
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
invade Israel.
Battle of Ammunition Hill
Ammunition Hill ( he, גִּבְעַת הַתַּחְמֹשֶׁת, ''Giv'at HaTahmoshet'') was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slo ...
, start of the
Jordanian campaign
** Murderer
Richard Speck is sentenced to death in the electric chair for killing 8 student nurses in Chicago.
*
June 7
** East Jerusalem is captured in a battle conducted by Israeli forces, without the use of artillery, in order to avoid damage to the Holy City.
** Two members of the American rock group
Moby Grape are arrested for contributing to the delinquency of minors.
*
June 8
Events Pre-1600
* 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.
* 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
**
USS ''Liberty'' incident: A U.S. Navy ship is attacked by Israeli forces, apparently in error, killing 34 crew.
**
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
severed diplomatic relations with the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
*
June 10
**
Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...
ends:
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
and
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
agree to a
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...
-mediated cease-fire.
** The
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
severs diplomatic relations with Israel.
**
Margrethe, heir apparent to the throne of Denmark, marries French count
Henri de Laborde de Monpezat.
*
June 11 – A
race riot
This is a list of ethnic riots by country, and includes riots based on ethnic, sectarian, xenophobic, and racial conflict. Some of these riots can also be classified as pogroms.
Africa
Americas
United States
Nativist period: 1700s ...
occurs in
Tampa, Florida
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and ...
after the shooting death of Martin Chambers by police while he was allegedly robbing a camera store. The unrest lasts several days.
*
June 12
Events Pre-1600
* 910 – Battle of Augsburg: The Hungarians defeat the East Frankish army under King Louis the Child, using the famous feigned retreat tactic of the nomadic warriors.
* 1240 – At the instigation of Louis IX of Fr ...
** ''
Loving v. Virginia
''Loving v. Virginia'', 388 U.S. 1 (1967), was a List of landmark court decisions in the United States, landmark civil rights decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that Anti-miscegenation laws in the United States, laws ban ...
'': The
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
declares all
U.S. state laws prohibiting
interracial marriage to be unconstitutional.
**
Venera program:
Venera 4 is launched by the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
(the first
space probe
A space probe is an artificial satellite that travels through space to collect scientific data. A space probe may orbit Earth; approach the Moon; travel through interplanetary space; flyby, orbit, or land or fly on other planetary bodies; or ent ...
to enter another
planet
A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a you ...
's atmosphere and successfully return data).
*
June 13 – Solicitor General
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-A ...
is nominated as the first
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
justice of the
United States Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...
.
*
June 14 –
Mariner program: ''
Mariner 5'' is launched toward
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never fa ...
.
*
June 14 –
15 –
Glenn Gould records
Prokofiev's Seventh Piano Sonata, Op. 83, in New York City (his only recording of a Prokofiev composition).
*
June 16 – The
Monterey Pop Festival begins and is held for 3 days.
*
June 17
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
* 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
– The People's Republic of China tests its first
hydrogen bomb
A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design. Its greater sophistication affords it vastly greater destructive power than first-generation nuclear bombs, a more compact size, a lowe ...
.
*
June 18 – Eighteen British soldiers are killed in the
Aden police mutiny.
*
June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
* 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
–
Cold War
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: U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier
Alexei Kosygin in
Glassboro, New Jersey
Glassboro is a borough in Gloucester County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the borough's population was 18,579,[Glassboro Summit Conference
The Glassboro Summit Conference, usually just called the Glassboro Summit, was the 23–25 June 1967 meeting of the heads of government of the United States and the Soviet Union—President Lyndon B. Johnson and Premier Alexei Kosygin, respective ...]
. Johnson travels to Los Angeles for a dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel where earlier in the day thousands of war protesters clashed with L.A. police.
*
June 25 – 400 million viewers watch ''
Our World'', the first live, international, satellite television production. It features the live debut of
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
' song "
All You Need Is Love".
*
June 26
**
Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI ( la, Paulus VI; it, Paolo VI; born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, ; 26 September 18976 August 1978) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City, Vatican City State from 21 June 1963 to his ...
ordains 27 new cardinals (one of whom is the future
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
).
** The
Buffalo Race Riot begins, lasting until July 1; leads to 200 arrests.
*
June 27 – The first automatic cash machine (voucher-based) is installed, in the office of
Barclays Bank
Barclays () is a British multinational universal bank, headquartered in London, England. Barclays operates as two divisions, Barclays UK and Barclays International, supported by a service company, Barclays Execution Services.
Barclays traces ...
in
Enfield, England.
*
June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
–
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
declares the annexation of East
Jerusalem
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.
*
June 30
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus (763), Battle of Anc ...
–
Moise Tshombe, former President of
Katanga and former prime minister of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, is kidnapped to
Algeria
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July
*
July 1
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
* 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
** Canada celebrates its
first one hundred years of Confederation.
** The
EEC
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
joins with the
European Coal and Steel Community
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and the European Atomic Community, to form the
European Communities
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(from the 1980s usually known as
European Community
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisbo ...
C.
**
Seaboard Air Line Railroad merges with
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
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to become
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad, first step to today's
CSX Transportation
CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Class I freight railroad operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The railroad operates approximately 21,000 route miles () of track. ...
.
** The first UK
colour television broadcasts begin on
BBC2
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream an ...
. The first one is from the
Wimbledon tennis championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly known simply as Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, All England Club in ...
. A full colour service begins on BBC2 on
December 2
Events Pre-1600
* 1244 – Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
*1409 – The University of Leipzig opens. 1601–1900
*1697 – St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren followin ...
.
**
American Samoa
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's first constitution becomes effective.
*
July 3 – A military rebellion led by Belgian mercenary
Jean Schramme
Jean "Black Jack" Schramme (25 March 1929, Bruges, Belgium – 14 December 1988, Rondonópolis, Brazil) was a Belgian mercenary and planter. He managed a vast estate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1967.
Planter
Schramme was born ...
begins in
Katanga,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
.
*
July 4
Events Pre-1600
* 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
* 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaim ...
– The British Parliament decriminalizes
homosexuality
Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to peop ...
.
*
July 5 – Troops of Belgian
mercenary
A mercenary, sometimes also known as a soldier of fortune or hired gun, is a private individual, particularly a soldier, that joins a military conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any o ...
commander
Jean Schramme
Jean "Black Jack" Schramme (25 March 1929, Bruges, Belgium – 14 December 1988, Rondonópolis, Brazil) was a Belgian mercenary and planter. He managed a vast estate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1967.
Planter
Schramme was born ...
revolt against
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...
, and try to take control of
Stanleyville,
Congo
Congo or The Congo may refer to either of two countries that border the Congo River in central Africa:
* Democratic Republic of the Congo, the larger country to the southeast, capital Kinshasa, formerly known as Zaire, sometimes referred to a ...
.
*
July 6
** Nigerian Civil War:
Nigeria
Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...
n forces invade the secessionist
Biafra
Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a partially recognised secessionist state in West Africa that declared independence from Nigeria and existed from 1967 until 1970. Its territory consisted of the predominantly Igbo-populated form ...
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
.
** A level crossing collision between a train loaded with children and a tanker-truck near Magdeburg, East Germany kills 94 people, mostly children.
* July 7 – ''
All You Need Is Love'' is released in the UK.
* July 10
** Heavy massive rains and a landslide at Kobe and Kure, Hiroshima, Japan, kill at least 371.
** New Zealand decimalises its currency from New Zealand pound, pound to New Zealand dollar, dollar at £1 to $2 ($1 = 10/-).
* July 12
** The Greek military regime strips 480 Greeks of their citizenship.
** 1967 Newark riots: After the arrest of an African-American cab driver for allegedly illegally driving around a police car and gunning it down the road,
race riot
This is a list of ethnic riots by country, and includes riots based on ethnic, sectarian, xenophobic, and racial conflict. Some of these riots can also be classified as pogroms.
Africa
Americas
United States
Nativist period: 1700s ...
s break out in Newark, New Jersey, lasting 5 days and leaving 26 dead.
* July 14
** The Bee Gees release their first international album ''Bee Gees' 1st'' in the UK.
** Near Newark, New Jersey, the 1967 Plainfield riots, Plainfield, NJ, riots take place.
* July 16 – A prison riot in Jay, Florida leaves 37 dead.
* July 18 – The United Kingdom announces the closing of its military bases in Malaysia and Singapore. Australia and the U.S. disapprove.
* July 19
** A race riot breaks out in the North Side of Minneapolis on Plymouth Street during the Minneapolis Aquatennial Parade; businesses are vandalized and fires break out in the area, although the disturbance is quelled within hours. However, the next day a shooting sets off another incident in the same area that leads to 18 fires, 36 arrests, 3 shootings, 2 dozen people injured, and damages totaling 4.2 million. Two more such incidents occur during the following two weeks.
** Eighty-two people are killed in a collision between Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 and a Cessna 310 near Hendersonville, North Carolina.
* July 20 – Chilean poet Pablo Neruda receives the first Viareggio-Versile prize.
* July 23 – July 31, 31 – 1967 Detroit riot, 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
inner city: 43 are killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.
* July 24 – During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in
Montreal
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: ''Vive le Québec libre, Vive le Québec libre!'' (Long live free Quebec!). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delights many Quebecers but angers the Canadian government and many English Canada, English Canadians.
* July 29
** An explosion and fire aboard the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Tonkin leaves 134 dead.
** Georges Bidault moves to Belgium where he receives political asylum.
** An 1967 Caracas earthquake, earthquake in Caracas, Venezuela leaves 240 dead.
* July 30 – The 1967 Milwaukee riot, 1967 Milwaukee race riots begin, lasting through August 3 and leading to a ten-day shutdown of the city from August 1.
August
* August 1 – UAC TurboTrain maiden voyage.
* August 2 – The Turkish football club Trabzonspor is established in Trabzon.
* August 5 – Pink Floyd releases their debut album ''The Piper at the Gates of Dawn'' in the United Kingdom.
* August 6 – A pulsar is noted by Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish. The discovery is first recorded in print in 1968: "An entirely novel kind of star came to light on ''Aug. 6 last year'' [...]". The date of the discovery is not recorded.
* August 7
**
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: The People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
** A general strike in the old quarter of
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
protests Israel's unification of the city.
* August 8 – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded in Bangkok, Thailand.
* August 9 –
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
– Operation Cochise: United States Marines begin a new operation in the Que Son Valley.
* August 10 – Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme's troops take the Congolese border town of Bukavu.
* August 13 – The first line-up of Fleetwood Mac makes their live debut at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival.
* August 14 – Wonderful Radio London shuts down at 3:00 PM in anticipation of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act. Many fans greet the staff upon their return to London that evening with placards reading "Freedom died with Radio London".
* August 15 – The United Kingdom Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal. Radio Caroline defies the Act and continues broadcasting.
* August 19 – West Germany receives 36 East German prisoners it has "purchased" through the border posts of Herleshausen and Wartha (Eisenach), Wartha.
* August 21
** A truce is declared in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
.
** Two U.S. Navy jets stray into the airspace of the People's Republic of China following an attack on a target in North Vietnam and are shot down. Lt. Robert J. Flynn, the only survivor, is captured alive and will be held prisoner by China until 1973.
* August 24 – Pakistan's first steel mill is inaugurated in Chittagong, East Pakistan (Bangladesh).
* August 25 – American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell is assassinated in Arlington, Virginia.
* August 27
** The East Coast Wrestling Association is established.
** Beatles manager Brian Epstein is found dead in his locked bedroom.
* August 29 – The final episode of ''The Fugitive (1963 TV series), The Fugitive'' airs on American Broadcasting Company, ABC. The broadcast attracts 78 million viewers, one of the largest audiences for a single episode in U.S. television history.
* August 30 –
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall (July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993) was an American civil rights lawyer and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court's first African-A ...
is confirmed as Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court. He is the first
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
to hold the position.
September
* September 1
** The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
** Ilse Koch, known as the "Witch of Buchenwald", commits suicide in the Bavarian prison of Aichach.
* September 3
** Nguyễn Văn Thiệu is elected President of
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
.
** At 5:00 a.m. local time, all road traffic in Sweden Dagen H, switches from left-hand traffic pattern to right-hand traffic.
* September 4 –
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
– Operation Swift: The United States Marines launch a search and destroy mission in Quảng Nam Province, Quảng Nam and Quảng Tín Province, Quảng Tín provinces. The ensuing 4-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.
* September 5 – The television series ''The Prisoner'' has its world broadcast premiere on the CTV Television Network in Canada.
* September 10 – In a 1967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum, Gibraltar sovereignty referendum, only 44 voters out of 12,182 in the British Crown colony of Gibraltar support union with Spain.
* September 17
** A riot during a football match in Kayseri, Turkey leaves 44 dead, about 600 injured.
** Jim Morrison and The Doors defy CBS censors on ''The Ed Sullivan Show'', when Morrison sings the word "higher" from their #1 hit ''Light My Fire'', despite having been asked not to.
* September 18 – ''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series), Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'' debuts on U.S. daytime television and is the first soap opera to deal with an interracial relationship. CBS censors find it too controversial and ask for it to be stopped, causing show creator Irna Phillips to quit.
* September 27 – The arrives in Southampton at the end of her last transatlantic crossing.
* September 29
** Tangerine Dream is founded by Edgar Froese in West Berlin, West-Berlin.
** The classic sci-fi TV series ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' broadcasts on ITV (TV network), ITV.
* September 30 – In the United Kingdom, BBC Radio completely restructures its national programming: the Light Programme is split between new national pop station BBC Radio 1, Radio 1 (modelled on the successful pirate station Wonderful Radio London, Radio London) and BBC Radio 2, Radio 2; the cultural Third Programme is rebranded as BBC Radio 3, Radio 3; and the primarily-talk BBC Home Service, Home Service becomes BBC Radio 4, Radio 4.
October
* October 1 – India gains victory in the Nathu La and Cho La clashes.
* October 3 – An X-15 research aircraft with test pilot William J. Knight establishes an unofficial world fixed-wing speed record of Mach 6.7.
* October 4
** Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
** The Shag Harbour UFO incident occurs.
* October 6 – Southern California's Pacific Ocean Park, known as the "Disneyland By The Sea", closes down.
* October 8 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia; they are executed the following day.
* October 12
**
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that, because of North Vietnam's opposition, proposals by the Congress of the United States, U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile.
** ''The Naked Ape'', by Desmond Morris, is published.
* October 14 – Quebec Nationalism: René Lévesque leaves the Liberal Party.
* October 16 – Thirty-nine people, including singer-activist Joan Baez, are arrested in Oakland, California, for blocking the entrance of that city's military induction center.
* October 17
** The musical ''Hair (musical), Hair'' opens off-Broadway. It moves to Broadway the following April.
**
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: The Battle of Ong Thanh takes place.
* October 18
**
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: Students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison protest over recruitment by Dow Chemical on the university campus; 76 are injured in the resulting riot.
** Walt Disney's 19th full-length animated feature ''The Jungle Book (1967 film), The Jungle Book'', the last animated film personally supervised by Disney, is released and becomes an enormous box-office and critical success. On a double bill with the film is the (now) much less well-known true-life adventure, ''Charlie the Lonesome Cougar''.
** The
Venera 4 probe descends through the
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never fa ...
ian atmosphere.
** A October 1967 lunar eclipse, total lunar eclipse occurred.
* October 19 – The
Mariner 5 probe flies by
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is sometimes called Earth's "sister" or "twin" planet as it is almost as large and has a similar composition. As an interior planet to Earth, Venus (like Mercury) appears in Earth's sky never fa ...
.
* October 20 – Patterson–Gimlin film: Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin's famous film of an unidentified animate cryptid, thought to be Bigfoot or Sasquatch, is recorded at Bluff Creek, California.
* October 21
** Approximately 70,000
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
protesters march in Washington, D.C. and rally at the Lincoln Memorial; in a successive march that day, 50,000 people march to the Pentagon, where Allen Ginsberg, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin symbolically chant to "levitate" the building and "exorcise the evil within."
** An
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
ian surface-to-surface missile sinks the
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i destroyer ''HMS Zealous (R39), Eilat'', killing 47 Israeli sailors. Israel retaliates by shelling Egyptian refineries along the Suez Canal.
* October 23 – Charles de Gaulle becomes the first French Co-Prince of Andorra to visit his Andorran subjects. In addition to being President of France, de Gaulle is a joint ruler (along with Spain's Bishop of Urgel) of the tiny nation located in the mountains between France and Spain, pursuant to the 1278 agreement creating the nation.
* October 25 – The Abortion Act 1967 passes in the British Parliament and receives royal assent two days later.
* October 26
** The coronation ceremony of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran, ruler of the nation since 1941, takes place.
** U.S. Navy pilot Early life and military career of John McCain#Prisoner of war, John McCain is shot down over North Vietnam and taken prisoner. His capture is confirmed two days later, and he remains a prisoner of war for more than five years.
* October 27
** French President Charles de Gaulle vetoes British entry into the
European Economic Community
The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957,Today the largely rewritten treaty continues in force as the ''Treaty on the functioning of the European Union'', as renamed by the Lisb ...
for the second time in the decade.
** London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, a crime that eventually leads to their imprisonment and downfall.
* October 29
** President Joseph Mobutu of the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
launches an offensive against mercenaries in Bukavu.
**
Expo 67
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 27 to October 29, 1967. It was a category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is considered to be one of the most su ...
closes in
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...
, after having attracted more than 50 million visitors in six months.
* October 30 –
Hong Kong 1967 riots: British troops and Chinese demonstrators clash on the border of China and Hong Kong.
November
* November – Islamabad officially becomes Pakistan's political capital, replacing Karachi.
* November 2
**
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson holds a secret meeting with a group of the nation's most prestigious leaders ("the Wise Men") and asks them to suggest ways to unite the American people behind the war effort. They conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
** A non-central Solar eclipse of November 2, 1967, total solar eclipse took place.
* November 3 –
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
– Battle of Dak To: Around Đắk Tô (located about 280 miles north of Saigon near the Cambodian border), heavy casualties are suffered on both sides; U.S. troops narrowly win the battle on November 22.
* November 4 – November 5, 5 – In the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
, mercenaries of
Jean Schramme
Jean "Black Jack" Schramme (25 March 1929, Bruges, Belgium – 14 December 1988, Rondonópolis, Brazil) was a Belgian mercenary and planter. He managed a vast estate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1967.
Planter
Schramme was born ...
and Jerry Puren withdraw from Bukavu, over the Shangugu Bridge, to Rwanda.
* November 6 – The Rhodesian parliament passes pro-Apartheid laws.
* November 7
** U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
** Carl B. Stokes is elected Mayor of Cleveland, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first
African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...
elected mayor of a major United States city.
** The 50th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution is celebrated in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
.
* November 8 – The BBC's first BBC Local Radio, local radio station (BBC Radio Leicester) is launched.
* November 9 – Apollo program:
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...
launches the first Saturn V rocket, successfully carrying the Apollo 4 test spacecraft from Cape Kennedy into Earth orbit.
* November 11 –
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: In a ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 3 United States prisoners of war are released by the Viet Cong and turned over to American "New Left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden.
* November 14 – The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150-year anniversary of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as the "Day of the Colombian Woman".
* November 15
** General Georgios Grivas and his 10,000 strong Greek Army division are forced to leave Cyprus, after 24 Turkish Cypriot civilians are killed by the Greek Cypriot National Guard in the villages of Kophinou and Ayios Theodhoros; relations sour between Nicosia and Athens. Turkey flies sorties into Greek territory, and masses troops in Thrace on her border with Greece.
** Test pilot Michael J. Adams, Michael Adams is killed when his X-15 rocket plane tumbles out of control during atmospheric re-entry and disintegrates.
* November 17
** Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports he was given on November 13, U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remains to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking ... We are making progress." (Two months later the Tet Offensive by the Viet Cong is widely reported as a Viet Cong victory by the U.S. press and thus as a major setback to the U.S.)
** French author Régis Debray is sentenced to 30 years imprisonment in Bolivia. (He will be released in 1970 after less than three years imprisonment.)
* November 18 – The UK pound sterling, pound is devalued from £1 = United States dollar, US$2.80 to £1 = US$2.40.
* November 19 – The establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong.
* November 20 – The "U.S. and World Population Clock, population clock" of the United States Census Bureau records the U.S. population at 200 million people at 11:03 a.m. Washington, D.C. time.
* November 21 –
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: United States General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
* November 22 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab–
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
i peace settlement.
* November 25 – 1967 Australian Senate election: The Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal/National Party of Australia, Country Coalition (Australia), Coalition Holt Government, Government led by Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister Harold Holt lost two seats, while the Australian Labor Party, Labor Party led by Gough Whitlam failed to make any gains. The Democratic Labor Party (historical), Democratic Labor Party won the two seats from the Liberals and gained the sole balance of power in the Australian Senate, Senate.
* November 26 – Major floods hit Lisbon, Portugal, killing 462.
* November 27 –
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
release ''Magical Mystery Tour (album), Magical Mystery Tour'' in the U.S. as a full album. The songs added to the original six songs on the double EP include "
All You Need Is Love", "Penny Lane", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and "Hello, Goodbye". Release as a double EP will not take place in the UK until December.
* November 28 – The first pulsar to be discovered by Earth observers is found in the constellation of Vulpecula by astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish, and is given the name PSR B1919+21.
* November 29 –
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation to become president of the World Bank. McNamara's resignation follows U.S. President
Lyndon B. Johnson's outright rejection of McNamara's early November recommendations to freeze troop levels, stop the bombing of North Vietnam, and hand over ground fighting to
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
.
* November 30
** Zulfikar Ali Bhutto founds the Pakistan People's Party and becomes its first chairman. It has gone on to become one of Pakistan's major political parties (alongside the ''Pakistan Muslim League'') that is broken into many factions, bearing the same name under different leaders, such as the Pakistan's Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP).
** The Yemen, People's Republic of South Yemen becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
** Pro-Soviet communists in the Philippines establish Malayang Pagkakaisa ng Kabataan Pilipino as its new youth wing.
** U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy announces his candidacy for the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President
Lyndon B. Johnson over the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
.
December
* December 1
**
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...
releases ''Axis: Bold as Love''.
** The RMS Queen Mary, RMS ''Queen Mary'' is retired. Her place is taken by the ''Queen Elizabeth 2''.
* December 3 – Christiaan Barnard carries out the world's first heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
* December 4
** At 6:50 PM, a volcano erupts on Deception Island in Antarctica.
**
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: U.S. and
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
ese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the
Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta ( vi, Đồng bằng Sông Cửu Long, lit=Nine Dragon River Delta or simply vi, Đồng Bằng Sông Mê Kông, lit=Mekong River Delta, label=none), also known as the Western Region ( vi, Miền Tây, links=no) or South-weste ...
(235 of the 300-strong Viet Cong battalion are killed).
* December 5 – In New York City,
Benjamin Spock and Allen Ginsberg are arrested for protesting against the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
.
* December 6 – Vice President Jorge Pacheco Areco is sworn in as List of Presidents of Uruguay, President of Uruguay after President Oscar Gestido dies in office.
* December 8 – ''Magical Mystery Tour (album), Magical Mystery Tour'' is released by
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
as a double EP in the UK, while the only psychedelic rock album by The Rolling Stones, ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'', is released in the UK and in the USA.
* December 9
** Nicolae Ceaușescu becomes the Chairman of the Romanian State Council, making him the de facto leader of
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...
.
** Jim Morrison is arrested on stage in New Haven, Connecticut for attempting to spark a riot in the audience during a concert.
* December 11 – Supersonic airliner Concorde is unveiled in Toulouse, France.
* December 12 – ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'', one of the seminal race relations films of the 1960s, is released to theaters.
* December 13 – King Constantine II of Greece flees the country when his coup attempt fails.
* December 15 – The Silver Bridge over the Ohio River in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, collapses, killing 46 people.
* December 17 – Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia, Disappearance of Harold Holt, disappears when swimming at Cheviot Beach, 60 km from Melbourne. He was briefly replaced as Prime Minister by John McEwen, until the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal Party 1968 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election, elected Minister for Education and Training, Minister for Education Minister for Industry and Science#List of science ministers, and Science John Gorton as leader.
* December 19 – Professor John Archibald Wheeler coined the astronomical term ''black hole''.
* December 26 –
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
' film ''Magical Mystery Tour (film), Magical Mystery Tour'' receives its world première on BBC Television in the UK.
* December 29 – Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Motor founded in South Korea.
* December 31
** The Green Bay Packers become the first team in the modern era to win their third consecutive NFL Championship. They defeat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 in what becomes known as "The Ice Bowl".
** Motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel attempts to jump 141 feet over the Caesars Palace Fountains on the Las Vegas Strip. Knievel crashes on landing and the accident is caught on film.
Date unknown
* Warner Bros. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Seven Arts Productions, thus becoming Warner Bros.-Seven Arts.
* The Jari project begins in the Amazon basin, Amazon.
* Albania is officially declared an atheism, atheist state by its leader, Enver Hoxha.
* The University of Winnipeg is founded in Canada.
* Lonsdaleite (the rarest allotrope of carbon) is first discovered in the Barringer Crater, Arizona.
* St Christopher's Hospice, the world's first purpose-built secular hospice specialising in palliative care of the terminally ill, is established in South London by Dame Cicely Saunders with the support of Albertine Winner.
* PAL is first introduced in Germany.
* ''Gunsmoke'', after 12 seasons and with declining ratings, almost gets cancelled, but protests from viewers, network affiliates and even members of United States Congress, Congress and especially William S. Paley, the head of the network, lead the network to move the series from its longtime late Saturday time slot to early Mondays for the fall—displacing ''Gilligan's Island'', which initially had been renewed for a fourth season but is cancelled instead. ''Gunsmoke'' would remain on CBS until 1975.
* Lech Wałęsa goes to work in Gdańsk shipyards.
* The Greek military junta exiles Melina Mercouri.
* Parker Morris Committee, Parker Morris Standards become mandatory for all housing built in new towns in the United Kingdom.
* Sabon typeface, designed by Jan Tschichold, introduced.
* Gabriel García Márquez's influential novel ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' is published (in Spanish).
* The first edition of the book, ''A Short History of Pakistan'', is published by Karachi University, Pakistan.
* Fernand Braudel begins publication of ''Civilisation matérielle, économie et capitalisme, XV
e-XVIII
e siècle''.
* The National Hockey League adds six more teams, doubling its size. The teams are the St. Louis Blues, Oakland Seals, Minnesota North Stars, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, and Pittsburgh Penguins.
Births
January
*
January 1
January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...
** Sunny Chan, Hong Kong actor
** Derrick Thomas, American football player (d. 2000)
* January 2
** Marcelo Costa de Andrade, Brazilian serial killer
** Tia Carrere, American actress
** Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian and politician
** Gary Larson (rugby league), Gary Larson, Australian rugby league player
**Francois Pienaar, South African rugby union player and coach
* January 4 – Marina Orsini, Canadian actress
*
January 6
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will eve ...
– A. R. Rahman, Indian composer, singer, and music producer
* January 7
** David Berman (musician), David Berman, American musician (Silver Jews), singer, poet, and cartoonist (d. 2019)
** Nick Clegg, British politician
** Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (d. 2020)
** Mark Lamarr, British comedian, TV and radio presenter
** Ricky Stuart, Australian rugby league player and coach
*
January 8
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
* 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
** Małgorzata Foremniak, Polish actress
** R. Kelly, American R&B singer, songwriter, and convicted sex offender
* January 9
** Dale Gordon, English footballer
** Dave Matthews, South African–born American musician
* January 11 – Michael Healy-Rae, Irish politician
* January 12 – Vendela Kirsebom, Norwegian supermodel
*
January 13
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Octavian transfers the state to the free disposal of the Roman Senate and the people. He receives Spain, Gaul, and Syria as his province for ten years.
* 532 – The Nika riots break out, during the racing ...
** Matjaž Cvikl, Slovenian footballer (d. 1999)
** Suzanne Cryer, American actress
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
** Kerri Green, American actress and film director
** Leonardo Ortolani, Leo Ortolani, Italian comic book author
** Emily Watson, English actress
*
January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– Lisa Lisa, American actress and singer
* January 16 – Andrea James, American producer and author
* January 17 – Song Kang-ho, Korean actor
*
January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
** Kim Perrot, American basketball player (d. 1999)
** Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
* January 19 – Christine Tucci, American actress
* January 20
** Wigald Boning, German actor, singer, writer and television presenter
** Kellyanne Conway, American pollster, political consultant, and pundit
**Aderonke Apata, advocate for LGBT equality, lesbian, human rights activist, feminist, and former asylum seeker.
* January 21 – Artashes Minasian, Armenian chess grandmaster
*
January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
*1264 & ...
**Magdalena Andersson, Prime Minister of Sweden, 34th Prime Minister of Sweden
**Belkis Ayón, Cuban printmaker (d. 1999)
**Mohammad Daud Miraki, Afghan politician and activist
**Naim Süleymanoğlu, Turkish weightlifter (d. 2017)
* January 24
** Phil LaMarr, American actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer
** John Myung, American musician
*
January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
** Nozomu Sasaki, Japanese voice actor
** Voltaire (musician), Voltaire, Cuban singer
* January 28 – Bongani Mayosi, South African cardiology professor (d. 2018)
* January 29 – Khalid Skah, Moroccan long-distance runner
*
January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
** Randy Bernard, former CEO of Professional Bull Riders and IndyCar, current co-manager of Garth Brooks
** Fat Mike, American musician and producer
** Roberto Palazuelos, Mexican actor
** Joey Wong, Taiwanese actress
February
* February 1 – Meg Cabot, American teen author
*
February 2
Events Pre-1600
* 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law".
* 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...
** Doc Hammer, American actor and voice artist
** Jenny Lumet, American actress
** Frederick Pitcher, Nauruan politician
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Sergei Grinkov, Russian figure skater (d. 1995)
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– Chris Parnell, American actor, voice artist, comedian, and singer
*
February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– Izumi Sakai, Japanese singer (Zard) (d. 2007)
*
February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
– Cheung Man, Hong Kong actress
*
February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
* 1539 – The first recorded race is hel ...
** Todd Pratt, American baseball player
** Dan Shulman, Canadian sports announcer
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...
** Laura Dern, American actress
** Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby union player (d. 1999)
** Vince Gilligan, American writer, director and producer
** Armand Serrano, Filipino animator
** Maria Rosa Candido, Italian short track speed skater (d. 1993)
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
** Hank Gathers, American college basketball player (d. 1990)
** Paul McLoone, Irish radio presenter, voice actor, former radio producer and frontman with The Undertones
* February 12
** Sophie Fiennes, English film director and producer
** Chitravina N. Ravikiran, Indian composer and musician
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
– Carolyn Lawrence, American actress and voice actress
* February 14
** Mark Rutte, Dutch politician, 50th Prime Minister of the Netherlands since 2010.
** Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, British-Greek entrepreneur
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
** Dan Farr, American entrepreneur, Founder of Salt Lake Comic Con
** Trond Egil Soltvedt, Norwegian footballer
*
February 18
Events Pre-1600
* 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
* 1268 &ndas ...
** Marco Aurélio Cunha dos Santos, Marco Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
** Roberto Baggio, Italian football player
** Colin Jackson, British former sprint and hurdling athlete
** John Valentin, American baseball player
* February 19 – Benicio del Toro, Puerto Rican actor
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
**
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994) was an American musician who served as the lead vocalist, guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Nirvana. Through his angst-fueled songwriting and anti-establishment persona ...
, American musician (Nirvana (band), Nirvana) (d. 1994)
** David Herman, American actor
** Andrew Shue, American actor and activist
** Kath Soucie, American voice actress
** Lili Taylor, American actress
*
February 22
Events Pre-1600
* 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...
** Bentley Mitchum, American actor
** Paul Lieberstein, American screenwriter and actor
*
February 25
Events Pre-1600
* 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.
* 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
...
– Oleg Babak, Soviet army officer (d. 1991)
*
February 26
Events Pre-1600
*747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events.
* 364 – Valentinian I is p ...
** Currie Graham, Canadian actor
** Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese footballer
*
February 27
Events Pre-1600
* 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
* 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– Jonathan Ive, British industrial designer (Apple Inc.)
* February 28 – Laurence Treil, French model and actress
March
*
March 1
Events Pre-1600
*509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first Roman triumph, triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia.
* 293 – Emperor ...
** Michael Mronz, German sports and events manager
** George Eads, American actor
** Rosyam Nor, Malaysian actor
* March 3
** Alexander Volkov (tennis), Alexander Volkov, Russian tennis player (d. 2019)
** Hans Teeuwen, Dutch comedian
*
March 4
Events Pre-1600
*AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth).
* 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
* 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a st ...
** Daryll Cullinan, South African cricketer
** Tim Vine, English comedian and actor
*
March 6
** Connie Britton, American actress
** Glenn Greenwald, American journalist and author
** Mihai Tudose, Prime Minister of Romania
*
March 7
Events Pre-1600
* 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
* 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
– Jean-Pierre Barda, Swedish singer (Army of Lovers)
*
March 9
Events Pre-1600
*141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China.
*1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg.
* 1226 – ...
– Nikolas Vogel, German actor and news camera operator (d. 1991)
*
March 11
** John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor and singer
** Cynthia Klitbo, Mexican actress
** George Gray (television personality), George Gray, American comedian and game show announcer
*
March 12
Events Pre-1600
* 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius.
* 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...
– Massimiliano Frezzato, Italian comic writer
*
March 13
Events Pre-1600
*624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh.
*1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War.
*1591 – At the Battle of Tond ...
– Andrés Escobar, Colombian football player (d. 1994)
*
March 14
Events Pre-1600
* 1074 – Battle of Mogyoród: Dukes Géza and Ladislaus defeat their cousin Solomon, King of Hungary, forcing him to flee to Hungary's western borderland.
* 1590 – Battle of Ivry: Henry of Navarre and the Huguen ...
– Tomáš Cihlář, Czech chemist and virologist
* March 15
** Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese artist
** Pierre Coffin, French film director and voice actor (''Despicable Me'', ''Minions (film), Minions'')
*
March 16
** Lauren Graham, American actress and singer
** John Mangum (defensive back), John Mangum, American professional football player
*
March 17 – Billy Corgan, American musician and songwriter
*
March 18
** Taiten Kusunoki, Japanese actor and voice artist
** Andre Rison, American pro football player
** Miki Berenyi, British musician and songwriter (Lush (band), Lush and Piroshka)
*
March 21
Events Pre-1600
* 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...
– Jonas Berggren, Swedish musician
* March 22 – Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
* March 25
** Matthew Barney, American sculptor, photographer and filmmaker
** Debi Thomas, American figure skater
* March 27
** Kenta Kobashi, Japanese professional wrestler
** Talisa Soto, American actress
* March 30
** Albert-László Barabási, Romanian-born Hungarian-American physicist
** Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (d. 2008)
** Megumi Hayashibara, Japanese actress and voice actress
April
*
April 2
Events Pre-1600
*1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Jo ...
– Renée Estevez, American actress and writer
*
April 4
Events Pre-1600
* 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines.
* 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground.
* 611 – ...
– Xenia Seeberg, German actress
* April 5
** Anu Garg, Indian-American writer and speaker
** Troy Gentry, American country musician (Montgomery Gentry) (d. 2017)
*
April 6
** Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress
** Jonathan Firth, English actor
** Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish ten-pin bowler
*
April 9
Events Pre-1600
* 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum.
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, s ...
** Sam Harris, American neuroscientist and political podcast host
** Alex Kahn, American artist
* April 11 – Liina Olmaru, Estonian actress
*
April 14
Events Pre-1600
* 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
* 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho ...
** Steve Chiasson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1999)
*
April 15
** Frankie Poullain, British rock bassist
** Dara Torres, American swimmer
* April 17
** Henry Ian Cusick, Scottish-Peruvian actor and director
** Kimberly Elise, African-American actress
** Marquis Grissom, American baseball player
** Liz Phair, American musician
* April 18 – Maria Bello, American actress
*
April 20
** Mike Portnoy, American musician
** Lara Jill Miller, American actress
** Raymond van Barneveld, Dutch darts player
* April 22
** Sheryl Lee, American actress
** Sherri Shepherd, American comedian and TV show host
*
April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
** Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
** Eleonora De Angelis, Italian voice actress
*
April 24
**Dino Rađa, Croatian basketball player
**Shannon Larkin, American drummer
* April 26
** Kane (wrestler), Glenn Jacobs (a.k.a. "Kane"), American professional wrestler
** Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress, singer-songwriter, composer and director
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
**Simcha Barbiro, Israeli actor and voice actor
** Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, King of the Netherlands
**Aki Avni, Israeli actor
*
April 28 – Kevin Jubinville, Canadian actor
*
April 29
** Curtis Joseph, Canadian hockey player
** Igor Meda, former Russian professional footballer
** Rachel Williams, American model, actress and television presenter
*
April 30
** Philipp Kirkorov, Soviet-Russian pop singer, actor and producer
** Steven Mackintosh, English actor
May
*
May 1
** Scott Coffey, American actor and director
** Kenny Hotz, Canadian entertainer
** Tim McGraw, American country singer
*
May 4
** Ana Gasteyer, American actress
** Akiko Yajima, Japanese voice actress
* May 5
** Takehito Koyasu, Japanese voice actor
** Bill Ward (actor), Bill Ward, English actor
*
May 8
Events Pre-1600
* 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
* 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
– Angus Scott (television presenter), Angus Scott, British sports television presenter
*
May 10
Events Pre-1600
* 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
*1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
– Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
*
May 11
Events 1601–1900
*1812 – Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassination of Spencer Perceval, assassinated by John Bellingham in the lobby of the British House of Commons.
*1813 – William Lawson (explorer), William Lawson, Grego ...
– Géza Röhrig, Hungarian actor and poet
*
May 12
** Brent Forrester, American writer and producer
** Bill Shorten, Australian politician
* May 13
** Chuck Schuldiner, American singer and guitarist (d. 2001)
** Melanie Thornton, American singer (La Bouche) (d. 2001)
* May 14 – Tony Siragusa, American football player
*
May 15
Events Pre-1600
* 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
* 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...
** Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
** John Smoltz, American baseball player
** Ernesto Araújo, Brazil's former Minister of Foreign Affairs
*
May 17 – Greg Florimo, Australian rugby league player and administrator
*
May 19 – Geraldine Somerville, Irish actress
*
May 20
Events Pre-1600
* 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church.
* 491 – Empress Ariadne marries Anastasius I. The widowed '' Augusta'' is able to choose her ...
– Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
* May 21 – Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2007)
*
May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
* 11 ...
– Brooke Smith (actress), Brooke Smith, American actress
*
May 23
** Rahman (actor), Rahman, Indian actor
* May 24
** Andrey Borodin, Russian banker
** Eric Close, American actor
** Heavy D, Jamaican-born American rapper, singer, record producer, and actor (d. 2011)
** Bruno Putzulu, French actor
*
May 25
**Poppy Z. Brite, American author
** Andrew Sznajder, Canadian tennis player
*
May 26
Events Pre-1600
* 17 – Germanicus celebrates a triumph in Rome for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti, and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
* 451 – Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sasanian Empire take ...
** Stacy Compton, American racing driver
** Eddie McClintock, American actor
** Kristen Pfaff, American bassist (d. 1994)
*
May 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.
* 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
* 1153 &ndash ...
** Paul Gascoigne, English footballer
** Kai Pflaume, German television presenter and game show host
** Kristen Skjeldal, Norwegian Olympic skier
* May 28 – Glen Rice, American basketball player
* May 29
** Heidi Mohr, German footballer (d. 2019)
** Noel Gallagher, British musician (Oasis (band), Oasis)
*
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
** Grant Kereama, New Zealand Radio DJ, Actor, and television host.
* May 31
** Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress
** Phil Keoghan, New Zealand-born television host (''The Amazing Race (American TV series), The Amazing Race'')
** Kenny Lofton, American baseball player
June
* June 1 – Roger Sanchez, American DJ
*
June 2 – Nadhim Zahawi, Iraqi-born British politician
* June 3
** Anderson Cooper, American television journalist
** Tamás Darnyi, Hungarian swimmer
** Christopher Walker (athlete), Christopher Walker, Gibraltarian triathlete and cyclist
*
June 5
Events Pre-1600
*1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
*1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
** Joe DeLoach, American athlete
** Ron Livingston, American actor
* June 6
** Max Casella, American actor
** Tristan Gemmill, English actor
** Paul Giamatti, American actor
*
June 7
** Olli Mustonen, Finnish pianist and composer
** Dave Navarro, American guitarist and singer (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers)
*
June 8
Events Pre-1600
* 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus.
* 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...
** Efan Ekoku, Nigerian footballer
** Jasmin Tabatabai, German/Iranian actress and musician
* June 9
**Jian Ghomeshi, Iranian-Canadian radio personality
**Rubén Maza, Venezuelan long-distance runner
*
June 10
** Emma Anderson, British musician and songwriter (Lush (band), Lush and Sing-Sing (band), Sing-Sing)
** Darren Robinson (rapper), Darren Robinson, African-American rapper (The Fat Boys) (d. 1995)
** Elizabeth Wettlaufer, Canadian nurse and serial killer
*
June 14 – Rushan Abbas, Uyghur-American activist
* June 15
** Fred Tatasciore, American voice actor
** Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor
*
June 16
** Kasra Anghaee, Swiss poet and writer
** Jürgen Klopp, German footballer and manager of Liverpool F.C.
** Ike Shorunmu, Nigerian football goalkeeper
* June 19
** Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian Olympic skier
** Mia Sara, American actress
* June 20
** Nicole Kidman, American-born Australian actress
* June 21 – Yingluck Shinawatra, Thai politician, 28th Prime Minister of Thailand
*
June 23
Events Pre-1600
* 229 – Sun Quan proclaims himself emperor of Eastern Wu.
* 1266 – War of Saint Sabas: In the Battle of Trapani, the Venetians defeat a larger Genoese fleet, capturing all its ships.
* 1280 – The Spanish Re ...
– Yoko Minamino, ''Japanese Idol'' star and actress
* June 24
** Richard Kruspe, German rock musician (Rammstein)
** Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director
*
June 26
** Kaori Asoh, Japanese voice actress and singer
** Luisito Espinosa, Filipino boxer
*
June 28
Events Pre-1600
* 1098 – Fighters of the First Crusade defeat Kerbogha of Mosul at the battle of Antioch.
* 1360 – Muhammed VI becomes the tenth Nasrid king of Granada after killing his brother-in-law Ismail II.
* 1461 – ...
– Lars Riedel, German Olympic athlete
* June 29
** Carl Hester, British dressage rider
** Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
*
June 30
Events Pre-1600
* 296 – Pope Marcellinus begins his papacy.
* 763 – The Byzantine Empire, Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeats the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus (763), Battle of Anc ...
** Quốc Bảo, Vietnamese songwriter and record producer
** Sture Fladmark, Norwegian football manager and player
**Babak NikTalab, Persian poet.
** Robert Więckiewicz, Polish film and television actor
July
*
July 1
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
* 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
** Pamela Anderson, Canadian actress and model
** Luca Bottale, Italian voice actor
** Ritchie Coster, English film, television, and theatre actor
** Kim Komando, American talk radio program host
** Peter Plate, German musician, singer, songwriter and record producer
* July 2
** Maïtena Biraben, French-Swiss television presenter and producer
** Paul Wekesa, Kenyan tennis player
*
July 4
Events Pre-1600
* 362 BC – Battle of Mantinea: The Thebans, led by Epaminondas, defeated the Spartans.
* 414 – Emperor Theodosius II, age 13, yields power to his older sister Aelia Pulcheria, who reigned as regent and proclaim ...
– Greg Kuperberg, Polish-American mathematician
*
July 5
** Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, Iraqi politician, 80th Prime Minister of Iraq
** Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
** Steffen Wink, German actor
*
July 6
** Wendell Lawrence, Bahamian triple jumper
** Heather Nova, Bermudian singer-songwriter
* July 7 – Tom Kristensen (racing driver), Tom Kristensen, Danish racing driver
* July 8
** Charlie Cardona, Colombian singer
** Jordan Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor
** Henry McKop, Zimbabwean football defender
* July 9
** Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
** Mark Stoops, American football coach
* July 10
** Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
** Ikki Sawamura, Japanese model, film and television actor, and television presenter
* July 11 – Jhumpa Lahiri, British-born Indian-American author
* July 12
** John Petrucci, American musician
** Count Jefferson von Pfeil und Klein-Ellguth
* July 13
** Benny Benassi, Italian DJ, record producer and remixer
** Akira Hokuto, Japanese women's professional wrestler
* July 14
** Jeff Jarrett, American professional wrestler
** Patrick J. Kennedy, American politician
** Robin Ventura, American baseball player
* July 15
** Christopher Golden, American novelist
** Adam Savage, American TV show host
** Michael Tse, Hong Kong actor
* July 16
** Jonathan Adams (American actor), Jonathan Adams, American actor and voice actor
** Brian Baker (actor), Brian Baker, American actor
** Will Ferrell, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter
** Joel Stransky, South African rugby union player
** Mihaela Stanulet, Romanian artistic gymnast
* July 17 – Regina Lund, Swedish actress and singer
* July 18
** Vin Diesel, American actor and film producer
** Martin Eric Ain, Swiss-American musician (d. 2017)
* July 19
** Rageh Omaar, broadcaster
** Lee Hsing-wen, Taiwanese actor
* July 20
**Reed Diamond, American actor
**Courtney Taylor-Taylor, American singer-songwriter, frontman of The Dandy Warhols
* July 22
** Irene Bedard, American actress
** Jeremy Callaghan, Papua New Guinean actor
** Rhys Ifans, Welsh actor and musician
* July 23 – Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2014)
* July 25
** Matt LeBlanc, American actor
** Wendy Raquel Robinson, American actress
** Margarita Zavala, Mexican lawyer and politician, First Lady of Mexico
** Magdalena Forsberg, Swedish biathlete
* July 26 – Jason Statham, English actor, martial artist, and former diver
* July 28
** Jakob Augstein, German journalist and publisher
** Taka Hirose, Japanese musician (Feeder (band), Feeder)
**Jeff Sharples, Canadian NHL defenceman and podcaster
* July 30
** Marisol Espinoza, Peruvian politician, 1st Vice President of Peru
** A. W. Yrjänä, Finnish rock musician and poet
* July 31
** Tony Bancroft, American artist (The Walt Disney Company, Disney)
** Rodney Harvey, American actor and model (d.
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
** Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005)
** Elizabeth Wurtzel, author and feminist (d. 2020)
August
* August 2 – Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
* August 3 – Mathieu Kassovitz, French movie director and actor
* August 4
** Tom Anderson (politician), Tom Anderson, American partner at Optima Public Relations
** Arbaaz Khan, Indian actor
** Michael Marsh (athlete), Michael Marsh, American athlete
* August 5
** Patrick Baumann (basketball), Patrick Baumann, Swiss basketball executive and player and coach (d. 2018)
** Thomas Lang, Austrian drummer
* August 7
** Eston Mulenga, Zambian footballer (d. 1993)
** Charlotte Lewis, English actress
* August 8
** Yūki Amami, Japanese actress
** Sable (wrestler), Sable, American wrestler, model and actress
* August 9 – Deion Sanders, American pro football and baseball player
* August 10 – Riddick Bowe, American boxer
* August 11
** Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter
** Collin Chou, Taiwanese martial arts actor
** Joe Rogan, American comedian and television host
** Massimiliano Allegri, former Italian association football player and coach
* August 12
** Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer and actor
** Emil Kostadinov, Bulgarian football player
** Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
* August 13
** Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer
** Jeanine Áñez, President of Bolivia
* August 15 – Brahim Boutayeb, Moroccan long-distance runner
* August 16
** Mark Coyne (rugby league), Mark Coyne, Australian rugby league player
** Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish-born television personality
** Pamela Smart, American murderer
* August 18 – Daler Mehndi, Indian singer
* August 19
** Satya Nadella, Indian-American businessman and current CEO of Microsoft
** Deborah Kafoury, Oregon Elected Leader
* August 21
** Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
** Serj Tankian, Lebanese-born singer (System of a Down)
* August 22
** Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Nigerian-British actor and model
** Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian
** Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (d. 1986)
** Layne Staley, American rock musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
* August 25
** Tom Hollander, English actor
** Eckart von Hirschhausen, German physician and comedian
* August 26
** Michael Gove, British politician
** András Rosztóczy, Hungarian gastroenterologist
* August 27
** Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, comedian, parodist, and actor
** Bob Nastanovich, American musician (Pavement (band), Pavement, Silver Jews)
* August 28 – Masaaki Endoh, Japanese singer
* August 29
** Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court since 2017
** Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
* August 30 – Frederique van der Wal, Dutch supermodel
*31 August – Gene Hoglan, American drummer
September
* September 3
** Drena De Niro, American actress
** Luis Gonzalez (outfielder, born 1967), Luis Gonzalez, American baseball player
** Sedrak Saroyan, Armenian general and politician (d. 2022)
* September 5
** Kōichi Morishita, Japanese long-distance runner
** Arnel Pineda, Filipino singer-songwriter (Journey (band), Journey)
** Matthias Sammer, German football player
** Jane Sixsmith, English field hockey player
* September 6 – Macy Gray, African-American urban musician
* September 9 – Akshay Kumar, Indian actor
* September 11 – Harry Connick Jr., American singer and actor
* September 12
** Louis C.K., American comedian and actor
** Rob Renzetti, American animator and director
* September 13
** Michael Johnson (sprinter), Michael Johnson, American sprinter
** Temur Kabisashvili, retired Georgian professional football player
** Tim "Ripper" Owens, American rock singer (Judas Priest, Iced Earth, Yngwie Malmsteen)
* September 18
** Tara Fitzgerald, British actress
** Mónica Kräuter, Venezuelan chemist and professor
* September 19 – Aleksandr Karelin, Russian Greco-Roman wrestler
* September 20 – Kristen Johnston, American actress
* September 21
** Faith Hill, American country singer
** Suman Pokhrel, Nepalese poet
* September 22
** Jason Moran (criminal), Jason Moran, Australian criminal (d. 2003)
** Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
** Michelle Ruff, American voice actress
* September 23
** Masashi Nakayama, Japanese footballer
** Jenna Stern, American actress
* September 25
** Melissa De Sousa, American actress
** Audrey Wasilewski, American actress and voice actress
*September 26 – Shannon Hoon, singer songwriter and musician; lead singer in the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995
* September 27 – Debi Derryberry, American voice actress
* September 28
** Mira Sorvino, American actress
** Moon Zappa, American actress, musician and author
* September 30 – Andrea Roth, Canadian actress
October
* October 1
** Gillian Welch, American country singer-songwriter
* October 2
** Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
** Lew Temple, American actor
* October 3
** Jay Taylor (basketball), Jay Taylor, American basketball player (d.
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
)
** Tiara Jacquelina, Malaysian actress
** Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
** Denis Villeneuve, Canadian film director and writer
* October 4 – Liev Schreiber, American actor and film director
* October 5
** Rex Chapman, American basketball player
** Guy Pearce, English-born Australian actor
* October 6
** Bruno Bichir, Mexican actor
** Sergi López Segú, Spanish footballer (d. 2006)
* October 7
** Samir Guesmi, French actor
** Toni Braxton, American R&B singer
* October 9
** Maurice Banach, German footballer (d. 1991)
** Eddie Guerrero, Mexican-American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
* October 10
** Gavin Newsom, American politician, 40th Governor of California
** Michael Giacchino, American film composer
* October 11
** Artie Lange, American actor, comedian and radio personality
** Peter Thiel, German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
* October 13
** Trevor Hoffman, American Major League Baseball player
** Hannu Lintu, Finnish conductor
** Javier Sotomayor, Cuban high jumper
** Kate Walsh (actress), Kate Walsh, American actress
* October 16 – Davina McCall, British TV presenter and UK ''Big Brother'' host
* October 17 – René Dif, Danish-Algerian singer (''Aqua'')
* October 18 – Eric Stuart, American voice actor, singer, and voice director
* October 19 – Yōji Matsuda, Japanese actor and voice actor
* October 20
** Kerrod Walters, Australian rugby league player
** Kevin Walters, Australian rugby league player and coach
* October 21 – Pam Rehm, American poet
* October 22
** Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer-conductor
** Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (d. 1994)
** Carlos Mencia, Latino-American actor and standup comedian
* October 24
** Andrea Hirata, Indonesian author
** Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
* October 26 – Keith Urban, New Zealand-born Australian country music singer
* October 27 – Scott Weiland, American musician (d. 2015)
* October 28
** Julia Roberts, American actress
** Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
* October 29
** Joely Fisher, American actress
** Péter Kun, Hungarian guitarist (d. 1993)
** Rufus Sewell, English actor
** Beth Chapman (bounty hunter), Beth Chapman, American bounty hunter (d. 2019)
* October 30
** Ty Detmer, American NFL quarterback; 1990 Heisman Trophy winner
** Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter and actor
* October 31
** Vanilla Ice, American rapper
** Buddy Lazier, American race car driver
November
* November 1 – Tina Arena, Australian singer-songwriter
* November 2
** Akira Ishida, Japanese voice actor
** Scott Walker (politician), Scott Walker, American legislator and politician; 45th Governor of Wisconsin (2011–2019)
* November 3 – Steven Wilson, British musician
* November 4
**Keith English (politician), Keith English, American politician (d. 2018)
**Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (d. 2022)
* November 5 – Judy Reyes, American actress
* November 6
**Pervin Buldan, Turkish-Kurdish politician
**Rebecca Schaeffer, American actress (d. 1989)
* November 7
** Father Paulo Ricardo, Brazilian Catholic priest, TV host, writer, and professor
** Noraini Ahmad, Malaysian politician
** David Guetta, French DJ and songwriter
** Sharleen Spiteri, Scottish singer-songwriter
* November 8 – Courtney Thorne-Smith, American actress
* November 11 – Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver
* November 13
** Juhi Chawla, Indian actress, model, and film producer
** Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian and talk show host
** Steve Zahn, American actor
* November 14
** Letitia Dean, English actress
** Mary Woodvine, British actress
* November 15
** François Ozon, French writer and director
** E-40, American rapper
* November 16 – Lisa Bonet, American actress
* November 17 – Zuhdi Jasser, American religious commentator and medical doctor
* November 20 – Teoman (singer), Teoman, Turkish rock singer and songwriter
* November 21 – Ken Block, American racing driver
* November 22
** Boris Becker, German tennis player
** Mark Ruffalo, American actor
** Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born speed skater
* November 23 – Salli Richardson, American actress
* November 24 – Jon Hein, American radio personality
* November 25
** Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer
** Mikey D, American rapper
* November 28 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model and actress (d. 2007)
* November 29 – Fernando Ramos da Silva, Brazilian actor, known as Pixote (d. 1987)
December
* December 1
** Néstor Carbonell, American actor, director and screenwriter
** Reggie Sanders, American Major League Baseball outfielder
* December 4 – Adamski, English dance music producer
* December 5 – Knez (singer), Knez, Montenegrin singer
* December 6 – Judd Apatow, American screenwriter and producer
* December 7 – Tino Martinez, American baseball player
* December 8 – Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese voice actress
* December 9
** Joshua Bell, American violinist
** Caryn Kadavy, American figure skater
* December 11
** DJ Yella, American DJ and record producer
** Mo'Nique, African-American actress and comedian
** Peter Kelamis, Australian voice actor
* December 12 – John Randle, American football player
* December 13
** Jamie Foxx, African-American actor and singer
** Yūji Oda, Japanese singer and actor
* December 14
** Ewa Białołęcka, Polish writer
** Louise Lear, English weather presenter (BBC)
** Ángel García Yáñez, Mexican federal senator (2018–2024)
* December 15 – Mo Vaughn, American baseball player
* December 16
** Donovan Bailey, Canadian athlete
** Miranda Otto, Australian actress
* December 17 – Gigi D'Agostino, Italian musician and DJ
* December 18
** Robert Wahlberg, American actor
** Toine van Peperstraten, Dutch sports journalist
* December 19
** Criss Angel, American musician, magician, illusionist, escapologist and stunt performer
** Charles Austin, American Olympic athlete
* December 20 – Eugenia Cauduro, Mexican actress and model
* December 21
** Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgian politician, 3rd President of Georgia and Governor of Odessa Oblast
** Spitz (band), Masamune Kusano, Japanese musician
* December 22
** Juan Manuel Bernal, Mexican actor
** Richey Edwards, Welsh musician (d. 1995)
** Dan Petrescu, Romanian footballer
* December 23 – Carla Bruni, Italian-French model, singer-songwriter and First Lady of France
Deaths
January
* January 3
** Mary Garden, Scottish-American opera singer (b. 1874)
** Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner and convicted criminal, best known as the murderer of Lee Harvey Oswald (b. 1911)
* January 4 – Donald Campbell, English water and land speed record seeker (b. 1921)
* January 9 – Waldo Frank, American novelist and historian (b. 1889)
* January 12 – Holland Smith, American general (b. 1882)
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– Miklós Kállay, 34th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1887)
* January 17
** Evelyn Nesbit, American actress and model (b. 1884)
** Barney Ross, American boxer (b. 1909)
* January 21 – Ann Sheridan, American actress (b. 1915)
* January 22 – Jobyna Ralston, American actress (b. 1899)
*
January 23
Events Pre-1600
* 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor.
* 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao.
*1264 & ...
– Holcombe Ward, American tennis player (b. 1878)
* January 24 – Luigi Federzoni, Italian Fascist politician (b. 1878)
*
January 27
Events Pre-1600
* 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent.
* 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...
** Crew of
Apollo 1
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was intended to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbita ...
(launch pad fire):
***
Ed White, American astronaut (b. 1930)
***
Gus Grissom, American astronaut (b. 1926)
***
Roger Chaffee, American astronaut (b. 1935)
** David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir, British politician, lawyer, and judge (b. 1900)
** Alphonse Juin, Marshal of France (b. 1888)
** Luigi Tenco, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)
* January 28 – Leonhard Seppala, Norwegian-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher (b. 1877)
*
January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
– Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. 1908)
February
*
February 3
Events Pre-1600
* 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states.
*1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
*1488 – ...
– Joe Meek, English record producer and sound engineer (b. 1929)
*
February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
** Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
** Henry Morgenthau Jr., United States Secretary of the Treasury during World War II (b. 1891)
*
February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
– David Unaipon, Australian author and inventor (b. 1872)
* February 8 – Victor Gollancz, British publisher (b. 1893)
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
– Abelardo L. Rodríguez, substitute president of Mexico (1932-1934) (b. 1889)
* February 14 – Sig Ruman, German actor (b. 1884)
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
– Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor (b. 1887)
* February 16 – Smiley Burnette, American actor (b. 1911)
* February 17 – Ciro Alegría, Peruvian journalist, politician, and novelist (b. 1909)
*
February 18
Events Pre-1600
* 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy.
* 1268 &ndas ...
– J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1904)
* February 21 – Charles Beaumont, American writer (b. 1929)
*
February 24
Events Pre-1600
* 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica.
* 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence.
* 13 ...
– Franz Waxman, German-American composer (b. 1906)
* February 28 – Henry Luce, American publisher (b. 1898)
March
* March 2
** Gordon Harker, English actor (b. 1885)
** José Martínez Ruiz, José Martínez Ruiz, 'Azorín', Spanish writer (b. 1873)
*
March 5
Events Pre-1600
* 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death.
* 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
** Mischa Auer, Russian-born actor (b. 1905)
**
Mohammad Mosaddegh, Iranian politician, 35th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1882)
** Georges Vanier, Canadian Governor General (b. 1888)
*
March 6
** Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (b. 1901)
** Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
*
March 7
Events Pre-1600
* 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius.
* 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
– Alice B. Toklas, American personality (b. 1877)
*
March 11 – Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (b. 1882)
* March 23 – Pete Johnson (musician), Pete Johnson, American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter (b. 1904)
* March 27 – Jaroslav Heyrovský, Czech chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
* March 30 – Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
*
March 31
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine the Great, Constantine marries Fausta, daughter of the retired Roman emperor Maximian.
*1146 – Bernard of Clairvaux preaches his famous sermon in a field at V ...
** Don Alvarado, American actor (b. 1904)
** Rodion Malinovsky, Soviet military commander and Minister of Defence (b. 1898)
April
* April 5 – Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1890)
*
April 13
Events Pre-1600
*1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire.
1601–1900
*1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
– Luis Somoza Debayle, 26th President of Nicaragua (b. 1922)
*
April 15 – Totò, Italian actor (b. 1898)
* April 17 – Red Allen, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1908)
* April 18 – Friedrich Heiler, German theologian and historian (b. 1892)
* April 19
** Konrad Adenauer, German statesman, 27th Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (b. 1876)
** William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork and Orrery, British admiral of the fleet (b. 1873)
* April 22 – Tom Conway, British actor (b. 1904)
*
April 23
Events Pre-1600
* 215 BC – A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman defeat at Lake Trasimene.
* 599 – Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul attacks rival city-state Palenque in southe ...
– Edgar Neville, Spanish playwright and film director (b. 1899)
*
April 24 –
Vladimir Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut (b. 1927)
* April 25 – Joseph Boxhall, British sailor, fourth officer of the (b. 1884)
*
April 27
Events Pre-1600
* 247 – Philip the Arab marks the millennium of Rome with a celebration of the ''ludi saeculares''.
* 395 – Emperor Arcadius marries Aelia Eudoxia, daughter of the Frankish general Flavius Bauto. She becomes one of ...
– William Douglas Cook, New Zealand founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum and Pukeiti, Taranaki, Pukeiti (b. 1884)
*
April 29 – Anthony Mann, American actor and director (b. 1906)
May
*
May 6 – Zhou Zuoren, Chinese writer (b. 1885)
* May 7
** Anne Bauchens, American film editor (b. 1882)
** Judith Evelyn, American actress (b. 1909)
*
May 8
Events Pre-1600
* 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin.
* 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...
** The Andrews Sisters, Laverne Andrews, American singer (b. 1911)
** Elmer Rice, American playwright (b. 1892)
*
May 10
Events Pre-1600
* 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.
*1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
– Lorenzo Bandini, Italian Formula One driver (b. 1935)
*
May 12 – John Masefield, English poet and novelist (b. 1878)
*
May 15
Events Pre-1600
* 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty.
* 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...
– Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
*
May 18
Events Pre-1600
* 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople.
* 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 4 ...
– Andy Clyde, Scottish actor (b. 1892)
* May 21
** Géza Lakatos, Hungarian general and politician, 36th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1890)
** Rexhep Mitrovica, Albanian politician, 18th Prime Minister of Albania (b. 1888)
*
May 22
Events Pre-1600
* 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu.
* 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
* 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt.
* 11 ...
** Langston Hughes, American writer, novelist, playwright, and columnist (b. 1901)
** Josip Plemelj, Slovene mathematician (b. 1873)
*
May 27
Events Pre-1600
* 1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed.
* 1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death.
* 1153 &ndash ...
**Tilly Edinger, German-born American scientist, founder of paleoneurology (b. 1897)
**Johannes Itten, Swiss painter (b. 1888)
* May 29 – Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian film director (b. 1885)
*
May 30
Events Pre-1600
* 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres ...
– Claude Rains, British actor (b. 1889)
* May 31 – Billy Strayhorn, American composer and pianist (b. 1915)
June
* June 3 – Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, British air force officer, Marshal of the Royal Air Force (b. 1890)
*
June 5
Events Pre-1600
*1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights.
*1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
– Arthur Biram, Israeli philosopher and educator, and Israel Prize recipient (b. 1878)
* June 6 – Edward Givens, American astronaut (b. 1930)
*
June 7 – Dorothy Parker, American writer (b. 1893)
*
June 10 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)
*
June 11 – Wolfgang Köhler, German psychologist (b. 1887)
*
June 13
** Gerald Patterson, Australian tennis champion (b. 1895)
** Edward Ellington, Sir Edward Ellington, British military officer; Marshal of the Royal Air Force (b. 1877)
*
June 14 – Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (b. 1897)
*
June 16 – Reginald Denny (actor), Reginald Denny, English actor (b. 1891)
*
June 17
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
* 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
– Vernon Huber, American admiral and 36th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1899)
*
June 26 – Françoise Dorléac, French actress (b. 1942)
* June 29
** Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)
** Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
July
*
July 1
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Tiberius Julius Alexander orders his Roman legions in Alexandria to swear allegiance to Vespasian as Emperor.
* 552 – Battle of Taginae: Byzantine forces under Narses defeat the Ostrogoths in Italy, and the ...
– Gerhard Ritter, German historian (b. 1888)
* July 8
** Fatima Jinnah, Pakistan's "Mother of the Nation" (b. 1893)
** Vivien Leigh, English actress (b. 1913)
* July 9 – Eugen Fischer, German professor of medicine, anthropology and eugenics (b. 1874)
* July 13 – Tommy Lucchese, Italian-American gangster (b. 1899)
* July 14 – Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)
* July 17
** Cyril Ring, American film actor (b. 1892)
** John Coltrane, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1926)
* July 18 – Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, 26th President of Brazil (plane crash) (b. 1897)
* July 19 – John T. McNaughton, United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and an advisor to Robert McNamara (plane crash) (b. 1921)
* July 20 – Lewis H. Brereton, American aviation pioneer and air force general (b. 1890)
* July 21
** Jimmie Foxx, American baseball player (Philadelphia Athletics) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1907)
** Albert Lutuli, South African politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1898)
** Basil Rathbone, British actor (b. 1892)
* July 22 – Carl Sandburg, American poet (b. 1878)
August
* August 1
** Richard Kuhn, Austrian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
** Adrien Arcand, Canadian politician (b. 1899)
* August 9
** Joe Orton, English playwright (b. 1933)
** Anton Walbrook, Austrian actor (b. 1896)
* August 13 – Jane Darwell, American actress (b. 1879)
* August 15
** René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
** Manuel Prado Ugarteche, 50th & 54th President of Peru (b. 1889)
* August 19
** Isaac Deutscher, British Marxist historian (b. 1907)
** Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)
* August 22 – Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and researcher (b. 1903)
* August 23 – Nathaniel Cartmell, American Olympic athlete (b. 1883)
* August 24 – Henry J. Kaiser, American industrialist (b. 1882)
* August 25
** Stanley Bruce, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
** Paul Muni, American actor (b. 1895)
** George Lincoln Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader (b. 1918)
* August 27 – Brian Epstein, English band manager (''
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, that comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band of al ...
'') (b. 1934)
* August 30
** Samuel Mosberg, American boxer, Olympic champion (b. 1896)
** Ad Reinhardt, American painter (b. 1913)
* August 31
** Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian writer (b. 1891)
** Mikhail Kovalyov, Soviet general (b. 1897)
September
* September 1
** James Dunn (actor), James Dunn, American actor (b. 1901)
** Ilse Koch, Nazi German war criminal (b. 1906)
** Siegfried Sassoon, British poet (b. 1886)
* September 3 – Francis Ouimet, American professional golfer (b. 1893)
* September 8 – Juliusz Rómmel, Polish general (b. 1881)
* September 12 – Vladimir Bartol, Slovene author (b. 1903)
* September 13 – Varian Fry, American journalist (b. 1907)
* September 18 – John Cockcroft, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
* September 27 – Prince Felix Yusupov, Russian assassin of Rasputin (b. 1887)
* September 29 – Carson McCullers, American writer (b. 1917)
October
* October 3
** Woody Guthrie, American folk musician (b. 1912)
** Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (b. 1895)
** Pinto Colvig, American actor, newspaper cartoonist, and circus performer (b. 1892)
* October 5 – Clifton Williams, American astronaut (b. 1932)
* October 7 – Norman Angell, Sir Norman Angell, British politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1872)
* October 8 – Clement Attlee, British politician, 60th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
* October 9
** Gordon Allport, American psychologist (b. 1897)
** Che Guevara, Argentine communist revolutionary (b. 1928)
** Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
** Joseph Pilates, German physical culturist and developer of Pilates (b. 1883)
** Edith Storey, American actress (b. 1892)
* October 12 – Nat Pendleton, American actor and Olympic wrestler (b. 1895)
* October 17 – Puyi, Xuantong Emperor, last Emperor of China (b. 1906)
* October 20 – Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese diplomat and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
* October 21 – Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (b. 1873)
* October 29 – Julien Duvivier, French film director (b. 1896)
* October 30 – Charles Trowbridge, American actor (b. 1882)
November
* November 7 – John Nance Garner, 32nd Vice President of the United States (b. 1868)
* November 9 – Charles Bickford, American actor (b. 1891)
* November 13 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
* November 15 – Alice Lake, American actress (b. 1895)
* November 19 – Casimir Funk, Polish biochemist (b. 1884)
* November 21 – Florence Reed, American actress (b. 1883)
* November 25 – Ossip Zadkine, Russian sculptor, painter and lithographer (b. 1888)
* November 26 – Albert Warner, American film producer (b. 1884)
* November 28 – Léon M'ba, 1st President of Gabon (b. 1902)
* November 29 – Ferenc Münnich, 47th Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1886)
December
* December 4
** Daniel Jones (phonetician), Daniel Jones, British phonetician (b. 1881)
** Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
* December 8 – Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., American astronaut (b. 1935)
* December 10 – Otis Redding, American singer (b. 1941)
* December 11
** Howard Freeman, American actor (b. 1899)
** Victor de Sabata, Italian conductor and composer (b. 1892)
* December 17 – Harold Holt, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (body never found) (b. 1908)
* December 21
** Stuart Erwin, American actor (b. 1903)
** Ejnar Hertzsprung, Danish chemist and astronomer (b. 1873)
* December 26 – Sydney Barnes, English cricketer (b. 1873)
* December 27 – Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer, Spanish mathematician (b. 1912)
* December 28 – Katharine McCormick, American suffragist (b. 1875)
* December 29 – Paul Whiteman, American bandleader (b. 1890)
* December 30 – Vincent Massey, Canadian Governor General (b. 1887)
Date unknown
* Fathollah Khan Akbar, Iranian cabinet minister, 17th Prime Minister of Iran (b. 1878)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Hans Bethe
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Manfred Eigen, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, George Porter
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Physiology or Medicine – Ragnar Granit, Haldan Keffer Hartline, George Wald
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Miguel Ángel Asturias
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – not awarded
References
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