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1967 Calendar

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•  February 9, 1967 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Fire Sheep in Chinese astrology.
•  April 29, 1967 – After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
•  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 14, 1967 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched toward Venus.
•  July 12, 1967 – The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
•  September 8, 1967 – The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
•  September 30, 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 the first show.
•  November 9, 1967 – Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft atop the first Saturn V rocket from Cape Kennedy, Florida.
•  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.
•  November 30, 1967 – The Pakistan Peoples Party is founded by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto who becomes its first Chairman later as the Head of state and Head of government after the 1971 Civil War.

•  January 10, 1967 – Maciej Śliwowski, Polish footballer
•  January 29, 1967 – Stacey King, American basketball player
•  January 31, 1967 – Irene Wan, Hong Kong actress
•  February 20, 1967 – David Herman, American comedian
•  March 19, 1967 – Michael Bletsas, Greek engineer, Director of Computing at the MIT Media Lab
•  May 5, 1967 – Takehito Koyasu, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
•  September 9, 1967 – B. J. Armstrong, American basketball player
•  October 27, 1967 – Scott Weiland, American singer (Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver)
•  October 28, 1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress
•  November 1, 1967 – Sophie B. Hawkins, American musician