Egypt Closes Straits of Tiran to Israeli Shipping, May 22, 1967

Ten thousand people gather for one of many Central Park be-ins in New York City. Date: March 26, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Westmoreland Says Enemy Gained U.S. Support, Vietnam War April 24,…

Milton Keynes (England) is founded as a new town by Order in Council, with a planning brief to become a city of 250,000 people. Its initial designated area enclosed three existing towns and twenty-one villages. The area to be developed was largely farmland, with evidence of continuous settlement dating back to the Bronze Age. Date:…

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…

New Zealand decimalises its former currency to the modern-day New Zealand dollar. Date: July 10, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Crowns Himself Emperor of Iran, October 26, 1967First Pulsar Discovered…

The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater district following the Arab Police mutiny. Date: July 3, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 3 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church. Date: April 4, 1967 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1967 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1967Supreme Court Strikes Down Interracial…