WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO JULY 1967
Find out what all happened June to July 1967

Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran turn into riots, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June. (2. June 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)

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)

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

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

The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of Egyptian forces on the Israeli border. (5. 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 Newark riots begin in Newark, New Jersey. (12. July 1967)

The Monterey Pop Festival begins (16. June 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)

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)

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

New Zealand adopts decimal currency (10. July 1967)

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

Israel annexes East Jerusalem. (28. June 1967)

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

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

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

Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. (8. June 1967)