WHAT HAPPENED IN 1967.
Look what happened the 1967.

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

Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census. (27. May 1967)

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

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

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

Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew. (4. June 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)

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

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

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

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

The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. (10. June 1967)

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

The United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declares all U.S. state laws which prohibit interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. (12. 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)

Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus. (14. June 1967)

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

   
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