WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1967
Find out what all happened February to December 1967

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

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: Vinh Xuan massacre. (22. May 1967)

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

The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war. (30. May 1967)

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

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

Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit. (23. April 1967)

Omar Ali Saifuddin III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah. (4. October 1967)

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

At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky). (3. December 1967)

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson nominates Solicitor-General Thurgood Marshall to become the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. (13. June 1967)

The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. (10. June 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 formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways. (8. September 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 Newark riots begin in Newark, New Jersey. (12. July 1967)

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