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1967 Calendar

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•  January 18, 1967 – Albert DeSalvo, the “Boston Strangler”, is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
•  February 9, 1967 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
•  June 2, 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.
•  June 25, 1967 – Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World
•  July 1, 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.
•  July 10, 1967 – Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
•  October 2, 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of United States Supreme Court.
•  November 14, 1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world’s first laser.
•  November 15, 1967 – The only fatality of the X-15 program occurs during the 191st flight when Air Force test pilot Michael J. Adams loses control of his aircraft which is destroyed mid-air over the Mojave Desert.
•  December 15, 1967 – The Silver Bridge collapses, killing 46 people.

•  February 3, 1967 – Dave Benson Phillips, English children’s TV presenter
•  June 29, 1967 – Murray Foster, Canadian bassist and double-bassist (Moxy Früvous, Great Big Sea)
•  July 10, 1967 – Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
•  July 13, 1967 – Dean Barnett, American blogger (d. 2008)
•  July 14, 1967 – Patrick J. Kennedy, American politician
•  July 15, 1967 – Adam Savage, co-host of the television series MythBusters
•  August 11, 1967 – Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer
•  August 17, 1967 – Kevin Max, American singer (dc talk)
•  September 18, 1967 – Tara FitzGerald, English actress
•  November 20, 1967 – Teoman, Turkish rock singer