WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO AUGUST 1967
Find out what all happened April to August 1967

Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov dies in Soyuz 1 when its parachute fails to open. He is the first human to die during a space mission. (24. April 1967)

Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. (17. May 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)

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

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

The Newark riots begin in Newark, New Jersey. (12. July 1967)

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

Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969. (13. May 1967)

The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight. (9. April 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)

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)

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

Andreas Papandreou, Greek economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta. (11. May 1967)

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

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

After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title. (29. April 1967)

The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station. (30. April 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. (14. April 1967)