WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1967
Find out what all happened February to August 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)

Six-Day War: The Israeli army enters Hebron and the Cave of the Patriarchs. (8. June 1967)

American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain. (13. February 1967)

The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. (17. June 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)

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

Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World (25. June 1967)

New Zealand adopts decimal currency (10. July 1967)

The supertanker Torrey Canyon ran aground off the Cornish coast. (18. March 1967)

Vietnam War: off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134. (29. July 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)

Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria (9. June 1967)

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

The European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission. (1. July 1967)

The United States Department of Transportation begins operation. (1. April 1967)

UK Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal. (14. August 1967)

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

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy is launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline. (27. May 1967)

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