WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO NOVEMBER 1967
Find out what all happened March to November 1967

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

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

Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the NYSE by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them. (24. August 1967)

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

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

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

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

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

The Beatles begin recording their last 1967 single, Hello, Goodbye. (2. October 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)

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

The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force. (10. October 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)

Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court. (2. October 1967)

Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. (8. October 1967)

Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping. (23. May 1967)

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

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