February 18 –New Orleans District AttorneyJim Garrison claims he will solve the John F. Kennedy assassination, and that a conspiracy was planned in New Orleans.
April 21 – An outbreak of tornadoes strikes the upper Midwest section of the United States (in particular the Chicago area, including the suburbs ofBelvidere andOak Lawn, Illinois, where 33 people are killed and 500 injured).
May 6 – Four hundred students seize the administration building at Cheney State College, nowCheyney University of Pennsylvania, the oldest institute for higher education for African Americans.
June 11 – Arace riot occurs inTampa, Florida after the shooting death of Martin Chambers by police while allegedly robbing a camera store. The unrest lasts until June 15.[7]
June 26 – TheBuffalo Race Riot begins, lasting until July 1; leads to 200 arrests.
June 29 – ActressJayne Mansfield and two others die in an automobile crash nearSlidell, Louisiana. Mansfield's daughter,Mariska Hargitay, is asleep in the back seat at the time of the crash and survives.
July 12 – After the arrest of an African-American cab driver for allegedly illegally driving around a police car and gunning it down the road,rioting breaks out inNewark, New Jersey, and continues for five days.
July 14 – Near Newark, New Jersey, thePlainfield riots also occur.
July 16 – A prison riot inJay, Florida leaves 37 dead.
July 18 – The United Kingdom announces the closing of itsmilitary bases inMalaysia andSingapore. Australia and the U.S. disapprove.
July 19 – A race riot breaks out in the North Side of Minneapolis on Plymouth Street during theMinneapolis Aquatennial Parade. Businesses are vandalized and fires break out in the area, although the disturbance is quelled within hours. However, the next day, a shooting sets off another incident in the same area that leads to 18 fires, 36 arrests, 3 shootings, 2 dozen people injured, and damages totaling $4.2 million. There will be two more such incidents in the following two weeks.
July 21 – The town ofWinneconne, Wisconsin, announces secession from the United States because it is not included in the official maps and declares war. Secession is repealed the next day.
July 23
12th Street Riot: InDetroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantlyAfrican American inner city: 43 are killed, 342 injured and 1,400 buildings burned.
Riots break out inRochester, New York and last until July 24. 2 people would die and $60,000 worth of damage would be dealt. It will be one of many riots that occurred during theLong, hot summer of 1967.[10]
Joni Eareckson breaks her neck in a diving accident, becoming aquadriplegic. This leads to her starting 'Joni and Friends', a ministry for disabled people.
The1967 Milwaukee race riots begin, lasting through August 2 and leading to a ten-day shutdown of the city from August 1.
September 18 –Love Is a Many Splendored Thing debuts on U.S. daytime television and is the firstsoap opera to deal with an interracial relationship.CBS censors find it too controversial and ask for it to be stopped, causing show creatorIrna Phillips to quit.
October 3 – AnX-15 research aircraft with test pilotWilliam J. Knight establishes an unofficial world fixed-wing speed record of Mach 6.7.
October 12
Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of StateDean Rusk states during a news conference that proposals by theU.S. Congress for peace initiatives are futile, because ofNorth Vietnam's opposition.
October 16 – Thirty-nine people, including singer-activistJoan Baez, are arrested in Oakland, California, for blocking the entrance of that city's military induction center.
October 17 – The musicalHair opens off-Broadway. It moves to Broadway the following April.
October 18 –Walt Disney's 19th full-length animated featureThe Jungle Book, the last animated film personally supervised by Disney, is released and becomes an enormous box-office and critical success. On a double bill with the film is the (now) much less well-known true-life adventure,Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar.
November 2 –Vietnam War: U.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnson holds a secret meeting with a group of the nation's most prestigious leaders ("the Wise Men") and asks them to suggest ways to unite the American people behind the war effort. They conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
November 3 – Vietnam War –Battle of Dak To: AroundĐắk Tô (located about 280 miles north ofSaigon near theCambodian border), heavy casualties are suffered on both sides (the Americans narrowly win the battle on November 22).
First issue of the magazineRolling Stone is published in San Francisco.
November 11 – Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony inPhnom Penh,Cambodia, 3 United States prisoners of war are released by theViet Cong and turned over to "New Left" antiwar activistTom Hayden.
November 17 – Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports he was given on November 13, U.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnson tells his nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress."
November 21 – Vietnam War: United States GeneralWilliam Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
November 29 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of DefenseRobert McNamara announces his resignation to become president of theWorld Bank. This action is due to U.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnson's outright rejection of McNamara's early November recommendations to freeze troop levels, stop bombingNorth Vietnam and hand over ground fighting toSouth Vietnam.
November 30 – U.S. SenatorEugene McCarthy announces his candidacy for theDemocratic Party presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson over the Vietnam War.
December 9 – A day after his 24th birthday, Doors frontmanJim Morrison was arrested on stage by police after belittling police to the audience over an incident between him and another officer inNew Haven, Connecticut
December 10 – Soul singerOtis Redding, 26, is killed when the airplane he is on crashes intoLake Monona nearMadison, Wisconsin. The crash also claims the lives of all of his five-member band; the only survivor is fellow musicianBen Cauley.[11]
^"Ruling Protects Citizenship Right".The New York Times. 30 May 1967.The Supreme Court ruled today that Congress lacks the constitutional authority to pass laws that strip American citizens of their nationality without their consent.
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