WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO OCTOBER 1967
Find out what all happened January to October 1967

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

During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. (29. July 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 Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force. (10. October 1967)

Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. (30. August 1967)

Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. (10. July 1967)

Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969. (13. May 1967)

Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus. (14. June 1967)

Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment. (18. January 1967)

Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years. (14. April 1967)

Suharto takes over from Sukarno to become Acting President of Indonesia. (12. March 1967)

Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war. (6. July 1967)

London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall. (29. October 1967)

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

A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. (9. October 1967)

The L'Innovation department store in the center of Brussels, Belgium, burns down. It is the most devastating fire in Belgian history, resulting in 323 dead and missing and 150 injured. (22. May 1967)

12th Street Riot: in Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It will leave 43 killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned. (23. July 1967)

The Monterey Pop Festival begins (16. June 1967)

Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, which officially made Canada its own federal dominion. (1. July 1967)