WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1967
Find out what all happened April to November 1967

Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors. (29. October 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)

Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel. (24. May 1967)

Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June. (2. June 1967)

The Monterey Pop Festival begins (16. June 1967)

The Congress of Colombia, in commemoration of the 150 years of the death of Policarpa Salavarrieta, declares this day as "Day of the Colombian Woman". (14. November 1967)

Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida. (9. November 1967)

Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the Baltimore Four protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records. (27. October 1967)

The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. (10. September 1967)

The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who becomes its first chairman. (30. November 1967)

The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways. (8. September 1967)

Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. (10. June 1967)

The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb. (14. June 1967)

US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. (7. November 1967)

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

Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day. (27. April 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 establishment of TVB, the first wireless commercial television station in Hong Kong. (19. November 1967)

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

Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew. (4. June 1967)

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