WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1967
Find out what all happened May to September 1967

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

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

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

Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight. (3. September 1967)

Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. (8. June 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)

Venera program: Venera 4 is launched (it will become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data). (12. June 1967)

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

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

Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley. (4. September 1967)

Celtic F.C. from Glasgow, Scotland, becomes the first ever Northern European team to win the European Cup; with previous winners being from Spain, Italy and Portugal. (25. May 1967)

BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched with Tony Blackburn presenting its first show. (30. September 1967)

The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental. (8. May 1967)

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line. (20. September 1967)

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

The People's Republic of China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon. (17. June 1967)

Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States. (2. June 1967)

The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. (10. September 1967)

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