Biafra Declares Independence, Nigerian Civil War Begins – May 30, 1967
Date: May 30, 1967
Date: May 30, 1967
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 β π Other events on February 4 π Events on this day in 1967 π On This Day (Today)…
Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned. Date: December 17, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 17 π Events on this day in 1967 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Expo 67 Opens in Montreal with Global Ceremony, April…
Between dozens and hundreds of anti-Somocista demonstrators are killed by the Nicaraguan National Guard in Managua. Date: January 22, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 22 π Events on this day in 1967 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Muriel Siebert Becomes First Woman to Own NYSE Seat…
The first pulsar (PSR B1919+21, in the constellation of Vulpecula) is discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish. Date: November 28, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 28 π Events on this day in 1967 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Nauru Independence Act Passed…
Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. Date: January 12, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 12 π Events on this day in 1967 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Aden Emergency: Battle of the Crater Retaken by British…
Cold War: The Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom sign the Outer Space Treaty in Washington, D.C., banning deployment of nuclear weapons in space, and limiting the usage of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes. Date: January 27, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January…