Torrey Canyon Super tanker Runs Aground Off Cornish Coast March 18, 1967

Albert DeSalvo, the "Boston Strangler", is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment. Date: January 18, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Omar Ali Saifuddien III Abdicates in Favor of Son,…

Gnassingbé Eyadéma overthrows Nicolas Grunitzky and installs himself as the new President of Togo, a title he will hold for the next 38 years. Date: April 14, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Ronald…

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". Date: April 24, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this…

Apollo program: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of their Apollo 1 spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Date: January 27, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day…

Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1), a crewed spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, is launched into orbit. Date: April 23, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Human Be-In Launches…

Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft. Date: February 4, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)…