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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 14, 1967 – Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years.
•  April 24, 1967 – Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had “gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.”
•  June 8, 1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171.
•  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 12, 1967 – The Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.
•  September 3, 1967 – Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
•  September 20, 1967 – RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland. It is operated by the Cunard Line.
•  October 20, 1967 – A purported bigfoot is filmed by Patterson and Gimlin.
•  October 27, 1967 – Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the Baltimore Four protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.

•  January 14, 1967 – Leonardo “Leo” Ortolani, Italian comic book author
•  February 17, 1967 – Chanté Moore, American singer
•  February 20, 1967 – Andrew Shue, American television actor
•  February 22, 1967 – Alf Poier, Austrian comedian
•  March 4, 1967 – Tim Vine, English actor and comedian
•  July 9, 1967 – Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
•  August 24, 1967 – Michael Thomas, English footballer
•  September 18, 1967 – Tara FitzGerald, English actress
•  October 23, 1967 – Dale Crover, American musician (Melvins, The Men of Porn, Altamont)
•  December 23, 1967 – Carla Bruni, Italian-French model and singer