WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO DECEMBER 1967
Find out what all happened March to December 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)

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)

Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the Baltimore Four protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records. (27. October 1967)

Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. (17. May 1967)

The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia (1. September 1967)

Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia. (8. October 1967)

Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew. (4. June 1967)

Louis Washkansky, the first man to undergo a heart transplant, dies in Cape Town, South Africa, having lived for 18 days after the transplant. (21. December 1967)

A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia. (9. October 1967)

Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson tells the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress." (17. November 1967)

The Philippine province of Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental. (8. May 1967)

The Monterey Pop Festival begins (16. June 1967)

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

The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. (10. September 1967)

The first Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight. (9. April 1967)

Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. (6. March 1967)

The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (20. May 1967)

Adrian Kantrowitz performs the first human heart transplant in the United States. (6. December 1967)

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

Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel. (24. May 1967)

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