WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1967
Find out what all happened February to September 1967

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line. (20. September 1967)

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church. (4. April 1967)

Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft. (4. February 1967)

The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. (12. June 1967)

The Monterey Pop Festival begins (16. June 1967)

Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City (26. March 1967)

The worst caving disaster in British history takes six lives at Mossdale Caverns. (24. June 1967)

Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. (3. February 1967)

Vietnam War: Vinh Xuan massacre. (22. May 1967)

Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. (17. May 1967)

The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. (5. June 1967)

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. (8. August 1967)

Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times. (7. April 1967)

Israeli soldiers entered Jerusalem during the Six-Day War. (7. June 1967)

Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta. (11. May 1967)

Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. (24. April 1967)

The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. (10. June 1967)

Greek military junta of 1967–74: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years. (21. April 1967)

The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia (1. September 1967)

Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping. (23. May 1967)

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