Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States. Date: March 6, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
Lake Central Airlines Flight 527 crashes near Marseilles, Ohio, killing 38. Date: March 5, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cultural Revolution: Zhang Chunqiao announces the dissolution of the Shanghai People's Commune, replacing its local government with a revolutionary committee. Date: February 24, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain. Date: February 13, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified. Date: February 10, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cultural Revolution: The Shanghai People's Commune is formally proclaimed, with Yao Wenyuan and Zhang Chunqiao being appointed as its leaders. Date: February 5, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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 → 📅 Other events on January…
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…
South Vietnamese junta leader and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Nguyen Huu Co, while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit. Date: January 25, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This…