WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO DECEMBER 1967
Find out what all happened June to December 1967

The Newark riots begin in Newark, New Jersey. (12. July 1967)

Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. (30. August 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 Hither Green rail crash in the United Kingdom kills 49 people. Survivors include Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. (5. November 1967)

Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city. (7. November 1967)

American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world's first laser. (14. November 1967)

The only fatality of the North American X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert. (15. November 1967)

UN Security Council Resolution 242 is adopted by the UN Security Council, establishing a set of the principles aimed at guiding negotiations for an Arab-Israeli peace settlement. (22. November 1967)

Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation. (29. November 1967)

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Empress of Iran. (26. October 1967)

Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta. (4. December 1967)

Cold War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson meets with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro, New Jersey for the three-day Glassboro Summit Conference. (23. June 1967)

During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in Montreal: Vive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians. (24. July 1967)

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

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

Vietnam War: US Secretary of State Dean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by the U.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile because of North Vietnam's opposition (12. October 1967)

Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors. (29. October 1967)

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

The Vietnam War: The folk singer Joan Baez is arrested concerning a physical blockade of the U.S. Army's induction center in Oakland, California. (14. October 1967)

Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war. (2. November 1967)