Today in History for Year 1967

Months in Year 1967: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 743

Jan 1st - CRU becomes the CAFA & turns over the Grey Cup trophy to the CFL
Jan 1st - Day's play in the Calcutta Test v W Indies cancelled by riots
Jan 1st - FCC requires AM-FM sister stations to be at least 50% different
Jan 1st - Green Bay Packers beat Dallas Cowboys 34-27 in NFL championship game
Jan 1st - KC Chiefs beat Buffalo Bills 31-7 in AFL championship game
Jan 1st - St Helena adopts constitution
Jan 1st - Tonga revises constitution
Jan 1st - WABW TV channel 14 in Pelham, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jan 3rd - "Tonight Show" is shortened from 105 to 90 minutes
Jan 3rd - Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys is indicted for draft evasion
Jan 3rd - WJAN TV channel 17 in Canton, OH (IND) begins broadcasting
Jan 5th - KLXA (now KTBN) TV channel 40 in Fontana-San Ana, CA (IND) begins
Jan 6th - "Milton Berle Show" last airs on ABC-TV
Jan 6th - KHTV TV channel 39 in Houston, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
Jan 6th - 2 homemade buses collided on a mountain road in Terpate, Philippines plunging off a cliff, killing 84, injuring 140
Jan 6th - United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
Jan 7th - "Newlywed Game" premieres on ABC TV
Jan 9th - Georgia legislature seats Rep Julian Bond
Jan 9th - NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"
Jan 10th - Edward Brooke, takes (Sen-R-Mass) seat as 1st popular elected black
Jan 10th - Lester Maddox inaugurated as governor of Georgia
Jan 10th - PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network
Jan 11th - Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
Jan 12th - Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
Jan 12th - Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
Jan 13th - Coup in Togo
Jan 13th - Rolling Stones appear on Ed Sullivan Show
Jan 14th - 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF
Jan 14th - Earthquake in Sicily kills 231
Jan 14th - NY Times reports Army is conducting secret germ warfare experiments
Goddess of Pop Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian) Jan 14th - Sonny & Cher release "Beat Goes On"
Jan 15th - Superbowl I: Green Bay Packers beat KC Chiefs, 35-10 in LA Superbowl MVP: Bart Starr, Green Bay, QB
Jan 15th - The first Super Bowl is played in Los Angeles, California.
Jan 16th - 1st black government installed in Bahamas
Jan 16th - Lucius Amerson, becomes 1st southern (Ala) black sheriff in 20th cent
Jan 18th - 20th NHL All-Star Game: Montreal beat All-Stars 3-0 at Montreal
Jan 18th - Albert DeSalvo (Boston Strangler) sentenced to life in prison
Jan 18th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Jan 18th - Yellowknife replaces Ottawa as capital of NW Territories, Canada
Jan 19th - Herr Karl Tausch writes shortest will "Vse Zene" (All to wife)
Jan 21st - AFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 30-23
Jan 21st - US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
Jan 21st - US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
Jan 22nd - NFL Pro Bowl: East beats West 20-10
Jan 23rd - Stan Musial is named GM of Cards
Jan 26th - USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
Jan 26th - Chicago Blizzard strikes with a record 23 inches of snow fall causing 800 buses and 50,000 automobiles to be abandoned
Jan 27th - Apollo 1 fire kills astronauts Grissom, White & Chaffee
Jan 27th - Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records
Jan 27th - New Orleans Saints sign their 1st player (Paige Cothren-kicker)
Jan 27th - Treaty banning military use of nuclear weapons in space, signed
Jan 28th - Rolling Stones release "Let's Spend the Night Together"
Jan 29th - "Let's Sing Yiddish" closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 107 perfs
Jan 29th - Branch Rickey & Lloyd Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Jan 29th - Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ
Jan 29th - WDAZ TV channel 8 in Devils Lake, ND (ABC) begins broadcasting
Feb 1st - Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million & 60 lives
Feb 1st - WCLP TV channel 18 in Chatsworth, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Feb 2nd - Bolivia adopts its constitution
Feb 2nd - Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
Rock Guitarist Jimi Hendrix Feb 3rd - "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix
Feb 3rd - Ronald Ryan, the last person to be executed in Australia, is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne.
Feb 4th - "Wild Thing" hits #20 on the pop singles chart by Senator Bobby
Feb 4th - US launches Lunar Orbiter 3
Feb 5th - "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS (later ABC, NBC)
Feb 5th - Anastasio Somoza elected president of Nicaragua
Feb 5th - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Robert Penn Warren
Feb 6th - Cultural Revolution in Albania
Feb 6th - Muhammad Ali TKOs Ernie Terrell in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
Feb 7th - A fire at a restaurant in Montgomery, Alabama kills 25 people.
Feb 8th - Longest losing streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (10 games)
Feb 8th - Peter (Asher) & Gordon (Waller) discontinue their singing partnership
Feb 8th - Pirate Radio UKGM (England) closes down
Feb 8th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 10th - 25th Amendment (Presidential Disability & Succession) in effect
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali Feb 12th - Kees Verkerk becomes world champ all round skater
Feb 12th - Keith Richards, Mick Jagger & Marianne Faithful busted for drugs
Feb 12th - Pirate Radio Free Harlem (NYC) begins transmitting
Feb 14th - Aretha Franklin records "Respect"
Feb 14th - Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up
Feb 15th - 1st anti-bootleg recording laws enacted
Feb 15th - D66 (D'66) wins 7 seats in Dutch 2nd Chamber
Feb 15th - Longest dream (REM sleep) on record, Bill Carskadon, Chicago (2:23)
Feb 16th - Red Ruffing selected to Hall of Fame
Feb 17th - Beatles release "Penny Lane" & "Strawberry Fields"
Feb 17th - Kosmos 140 (Soyuz Test) launches into Earth orbit
Feb 18th - Bob Seagren sets pole vault record at 17'3"
Feb 18th - Softball pitcher Eddie Feigner strikes out 6 straight major leaguers
Feb 19th - Stien Kaiser becomes world champion lady's skater
Feb 22nd - Barbara Garson's "MacBird," premieres in NYC
Feb 22nd - Sling-shot goal post & 6' wide border around field are standard in NFL
Feb 22nd - 25,000 US & S Vietnamese troops launched Operation Junction City, offensive to smash Viet Cong stronghold near Cambodian border
Feb 23rd - 25th amendment (presidential succession) declared ratified
Feb 23rd - John Herbert's "Fortune & Men's Eyes," premieres in NYC
Feb 23rd - Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner
Feb 23rd - US troops begin largest offensive of Vietnam War
Feb 26th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Feb 26th - Verne Gagne beats Mad Dog Vachon in St Paul, to become NWA champ
Feb 27th - Antigua & St Christopher-Nevis become associated states of UK
Feb 27th - Dominica gains independence from England

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 1,129

Jan 1st - Andy Heck, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawk, Chicago Bears)
Jan 1st - Derrick Thomas, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
Jan 1st - Juanma Bajo Ulloa, Spanish film director
Jan 1st - John Digweed, English DJ
Jan 1st - Tim Dog, American rapper
Jan 2nd - Harlon Barnett, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings)
Jan 2nd - Jón Gnarr, Icelandic comedian
Jan 3rd - Demetri Davis, WLAF tight end (Barcelona Dragons)
Jan 3rd - Joseph Amor, San Jose, video game record holder (Space Invaders)
Jan 3rd - Magnus Gustafsson, Sweden, tennis star
Jan 4th - David Wayne Toms, Monroe LA, PGA golfer (1992 Northern Telecom-3rd)
Jan 4th - Michael "Mike" Peterson, Wash DC, rower (Olympics-1996)
Jan 4th - Rick Cunningham, NFL tackle (Minnesota Vikings, Oakland Raiders)
Jan 4th - Johnny Nelson, English boxer
Jan 4th - Marina Orsini, Canadian actress
Jan 5th - Chris Nabholz, US baseball pitcher (Boston Red Sox)
Jan 5th - J B Brown, NFL cornerback (Miami Dolphins, Pittsburgh Steelers)
Jan 5th - Ray Crockett, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
Jan 5th - Ricky Paull Goldin, SF, actor (Doug-Hail to the Chief, Another World)
Jan 5th - Joe Flanigan, American actor
Jan 6th - David Belcher, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
Jan 6th - Larry Donald, Cincinnati Ohio, US boxer (Olympic-92)
Jan 6th - Peter Loran, Teaneck NJ, rock vocalist (Trixter-Give It To Me Good)
Jan 7th - Guy Hebert, Troy, NHL goalie (Anaheim Mighty Ducks, Team USA 98)
Jan 7th - Scott Galbraith, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins, Dallas Cowboys)
Jan 7th - Mark Lamarr, British comedian and broadcaster
Jan 8th - Hollis Conway, Chicago Ill, high jumper (Olympics-silv/bronze-88, 92)
Jan 8th - Kent Jones, Portales NM, golfer (NM State Amateur-1990-91)
Jan 8th - Roger Rowland, Jacksonville FL, Nike golfer (1990 Macon Open-2nd)
Jan 8th - Willie Anderson, US, NBA guard (NY Knicks, Olympic-bronze-1988)
Musician Dave Matthews (Jan 9th) Jan 9th - Dave Matthews, singer/musician (Dave Matthews Band)
Jan 9th - Dave Mcllwain, Seaforth, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
Jan 9th - Jamie Huscroft, Creston, NHL defenseman (Calgary Flames)
Jan 9th - Claudio Caniggia, Argentinian footballer
Jan 9th - Steven Harwell, American singer and musician (Smash Mouth)
Jan 10th - Micky Michelle, [Ingrid Hankers], Dutch dancer (Josephine, Sound of Motown)
Jan 10th - Trini Alvarado, actor (Frighteners)
Jan 10th - Johan Laats, Belgian judoka
Jan 11th - Jeff Bankett, Pittsburgh Pa, actor (Tyler-1 Life to Live)
Jan 11th - Richmond Webb, NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
Jan 11th - Ronnie Stern, St-Agathe, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
Jan 12th - Farrah Forke, Texas, actress (Dweebs, Mr Rhodes, Disclosure, Heat)
Jan 12th - Marco Boogers, Dutch soccer player (RKC, Sparta, West Ham United)
Jan 12th - Mike Simms, Whittier CA, outfielder (Houston Astros)
Jan 12th - Ulf Dahlen, Ostersund SWE, NHL forward (Team Sweden, San Jose)
Jan 12th - Vendela [Kirsebom], Stockholm Sweden, model (Sports Illustrated 1993)
Jan 13th - Annie Jones, Australian actress
Jan 13th - George Paterson, Scottish singer/songwriter DMP
Jan 14th - Emily Watson, actress (Breaking the Waves, Boxer)
Jan 14th - Terry Wooden, NFL linebacker (Seattle Seahawks, KC Chiefs)
Jan 14th - Tom Rhodes, actor (Tom Rhodes-Mr Rhodes)
Jan 14th - Kerri Green, American actress
Jan 14th - Saskia Wickham, British actress
Jan 14th - Zakk Wylde, American musician (Black Label Society)
Jan 15th - Lisa Lisa, [Velez], rock vocalist (& Cult Jam)
Jan 15th - Richard Blakey, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in India 1993)
Jan 15th - Ted N Tryba, Wilkes-Barre PA, PGA golfer (1995 Anheuser-Busch Golf)
Jan 16th - Jeff Branson, Waynesboro Miss, infielder (Cin Reds)
Jan 16th - Maxine Waters Jones, rocker (En Vogue)
Jan 17th - Gregory Caccia, Bayshore NY, team handball right back (Olympics-1996)
Jan 17th - William Michael Heinen Jr, Rayne LA, PGA golfer (1994 Shell Houston)
Jan 17th - Filippo Raciti, Italian police officer (d. 2007)
Jan 17th - Song Kang-ho, South Korean actor
Jan 18th - Kim Perrot, WNBA guard (Houston Comets)
Jan 18th - M C Tab, [Sharon Richard], NYC, rapper
Jan 18th - Peter Cox Jr, Bronxville NY, fencer-sabre (Olympics-96)
Jan 18th - Iván Zamorano, Chilean footballer
Jan 19th - Christine Tucci, actress (Amanda Cory-Another World)
Jan 19th - Javier Cámara, Spanish actor
Jan 20th - Joe Pasquale, rocker (Prey)
Jan 20th - Mark Stepnoski, NFL center (Houston/Tennessee Oilers)
Jan 20th - Stacey Dash, Bronx NY, actress (Dionne-Clueless)
Jan 21st - Ulf Stenlund, Sweden, tennis star
Jan 22nd - Manabu Nakanishi, wrestler (NJPW)
Jan 22nd - Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer (world record 200m freestyle)
Jan 22nd - Olivia d'Abo, London England, actress (Wonder Years, Single Guy)
Jan 22nd - Ecaterina Szabo, Romanian gymnast
Jan 23rd - Christine Parris-Washington, Truro Nova Scotia, softball (Olympics-96)
Jan 23rd - Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter (Oly-gold-1988)
Jan 24th - Chris Warren, NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks)
Jan 24th - Shannon Butler, South Lake Tahoe California, 10k runner
Jan 24th - Phil LaMarr, American voice actor
Jan 24th - John Myung, American musician (Dream Theater)
Jan 25th - Mario Brunetta, hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
Jan 25th - Marty Calder, St Catharine ON, 62 kg freestyle wrestler (Oly-12-92,96)
Jan 25th - Randy Mckay, Montreal, NHL right wing (NJ Devils)
Jan 25th - Mark Bamford, American writer/director
Jan 26th - Jeff Branson, US baseball infielder (Cincinnati Reds)
Jan 26th - Katie Peterson-Parker, Bethesda MD, LPGA golfer (1995 Oldsmobile-5th)
Jan 26th - Tim Pugh, Lake Tahoe CA, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, KC Royals)
Jan 26th - Pradip Somasundaran, Indian playback singer
Jan 27th - Alfred Oglesby, NFL defensive tackle (Cin Bengals)
Jan 27th - Carrington Garland, LA California, actress (Kelly Capwell-Santa Barbara)
Jan 27th - Dave Manson, Prince Albert, NHL defenseman (Winnipeg Jets)
Jan 27th - Laura Golarsa, Italy, tennis star
Jan 27th - Sue Palmer, Collingwood Ontario, cyclist (Olympics-96)
Jan 27th - Bobby Deol, Indian actor
Jan 27th - Byron Mann, Hong Kong actor
Jan 28th - Peter Hofstede, Dutch soccer player (Roda JC, FC Utrecht)
Jan 28th - Tom Hodson, NFL quarterback (NO Saints)

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 7 of 7

Jan 10th - Dutch Princess Margret marries Pieter van Vollenhoven
Apr 2nd - Actress Lynn Redgrave marries John Clark
May 1st - King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley (32) weds actress Priscilla Beaulieu (21) at Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada
May 8th - "Bye Bye Birdie" actress Ann-Margret (26) weds actor and screenwriter Roger Smith (34)
Jun 23rd - John Entwistle of rock group Who weds Alison Wise
Oct 22nd - Actor Morgan Freeman (30) weds Jeanette Adair Bradshaw
Dec 9th - Lyndon B Johnson's daughter Lynda marries in White House

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 328

Jan 1st - Maurice Leyland, cricketer (41 Tests for England, 2764 runs), dies
Jan 1st - Moon Mullican, rocker, dies at 58
Jan 3rd - Jack Ruby, assassin who killed assassin Lee Harvey Oswald, dies at 55
Jan 3rd - Mary Garden, opera star, dies at 92
Jan 4th - Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water
Jan 6th - Arnhem "Tata" Joseph Weiss, "the Zigeunerbaron," buried
Jan 6th - Johnny Keane, baseball player/mgr (Cards, NY Yanks), dies at 55
Jan 7th - Carl Schuricht, composer, dies at 86
Jan 7th - Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
Jan 7th - David Goodis, American writer (b. 1917)
Jan 8th - Zbigniew Cybulski, Polish actor (See You Tommorrow), dies at 39
Jan 10th - Emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at 66
Jan 10th - Vilem Petrzelka, composer, dies at 77
Jan 14th - Renato Lunelli, composer, dies at 71
Jan 15th - Albert Szirmai, composer, dies at 86
Jan 15th - David Burliuk, Ukrainian artist (b. 1882)
Jan 16th - Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright (Sage of Kai-Roi), dies at 72
Jan 16th - Robert J Van De Graaff, US nuclear physicist, dies at 65
Jan 17th - Evelyn Nesbit, actress (Redemption), dies at 82
Murderer Jack Ruby (Jan 3rd) Jan 18th - Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79
Jan 18th - Barney Ross, welterweight Boxing Champ (1934), dies at 57
Jan 18th - Harry Antrim, actor (Ma & Pa Kettle), dies of heart attack at 83
Jan 18th - Reese "Goose" Tatum, basketballer (Harlem Globetrotters), dies at 45
Jan 18th - Simon FHJ Berkelbach van der Sprenkel, vicar/theologist, dies at 84
Jan 19th - Grace Cunard, actress (Untamed, Ressurection), dies at 73
Jan 21st - Ann Sheridan, actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51
Jan 22nd - Jobyna Ralston, actress (Wings, Girl Shy, Freshman), dies at 66
Jan 22nd - Robert Henriques, English writer (b. 1905)
Jan 24th - Howard Charles Shaiffer, entertainer, dies at 49
Jan 26th - Albert Remy, actor (Blows), dies at 55
Jan 26th - Kenneth Thomson, actor (White Gold), dies of emphysema at 68
Jan 27th - Alphonse Juin, French marshal, dies at 78
Jan 27th - Edward Higgins White II, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4), dies at 36
Jan 27th - Roger B Chaffee, astronaut, dies at 31 in Apollo I fire
Jan 27th - Virgil I (Gus) Grissom, astronaut, dies at 40 in Apollo I fire
Jan 28th - Stanley Coen, cricket (2 Tests for S Af, hs 41 not out, avg 50), dies
Jan 29th - Wlodzimierz Pozniak, composer, dies at 62
Jan 30th - Lee Morgan, actor (Dungeons of Harrow, Last Rebel), dies
Jan 31st - Chief Thundercloud, actor (Ambush, Colt 45, Typhoon), dies at 100
Jan 31st - Otto Dibelius, German theologian/bishop, dies at 86
Jan 31st - Eddie Tolan, American athlete (b. 1908)
Feb 1st - Ernie Bromley, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1933-34), dies
Feb 3rd - Joe Meek, rocker (Tornados)/producer (Telstar), commits suicide
Feb 3rd - Winifred Kingston, silent screen actress (David Garrick), dies at 72
Feb 4th - Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1886)
Feb 5th - Herman Teirlinck, Belgian writer (Jokaste against God), dies at 87
Feb 5th - Leon Leonwood Bean, American department store founder (b. 1872)
Feb 6th - Martine Carol, French actress (Nana), dies of heart attack at 46
Feb 7th - Henry Morgenthau, US minster of Finance (devaluate dollar), dies at 74
Feb 14th - James Schneider, actor (Keystone Kops), dies at 85
Feb 14th - Sig Ruman, actor (Schultz-Life With Luigi), dies at 82
Feb 15th - Antonio Moreno, Spanish actor/director (It, Careers), dies at 79
Feb 15th - William C Bullitt, 1st US ambassador in USSR, dies at 76
Feb 16th - Smiley Burnette, cowboy (Charlie-Petticoat Junction), dies at 55
Feb 18th - Manuel Palau Boix, composer, dies at 74
Feb 18th - Robert J Oppenheimer, creator of atomic bomb, dies at 62
Feb 18th - Dragiša Cvetković, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister (b. 1893)
Feb 19th - Wilmer King, 1st casuality on Tappan Zee Bridge NY, dies
Feb 21st - Charles Beaumont, American writer (b. 1929)
Feb 22nd - Fritz Erler, German politician (SDP), dies at 53
Feb 22nd - Joe Forte, actor (Horwitz-Life With Luigi), dies at 70
Feb 24th - Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60
Feb 25th - John Griggs, actor (Joey Bishop Show), dies at 57
Feb 26th - Harry McNaughton, comedian (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 70
Feb 28th - Henry Luce, American publisher (b. 1898)
Mar 2nd - Gordon Harker, actor (Inspector Hornleigh), dies at 81
Mar 2nd - José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
Mar 3rd - Georges Lonque, composer, dies at 66
Mar 4th - Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer (b. 1905)
Mar 4th - Michel Plancherel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1885)
Mar 5th - Mischa Auer, actor (My Man Godfrey), dies at 61 of a heart attack
Mar 5th - Mohammed H Mossadeq, premier of Persia (1951-53), dies
Mar 5th - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
Mar 6th - Nelson Eddy, US baritone/actor (Phantom of the Opera), dies at 65
Mar 6th - Oscar Shaw, actor (Rhythm on the River, Marianne), dies at 76
Mar 6th - Zoltán Kodály, Hungarian composer (b. 1882)
Mar 7th - Alice B. Toklas, American companion to Gertrude Stein (b. 1877)
Mar 8th - John F Bothwell, actor (Freckles-Our Gang), dies at 46
Mar 10th - Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)
Mar 11th - Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85
Mar 13th - Frank Worrell, West indian cricketer, dies
Mar 16th - James Friskin, composer, dies at 80
Mar 17th - Frank Wisbar, director (Fireside Theater), dies at 67
Mar 17th - Richard Reeves, actor (Murph-Date With an Angel), dies at 54
Mar 18th - Jimmy Blaine, singer (Stop the Music), dies at 42
Mar 20th - A J F Moody, 1st US Army General to die in Vietnam
Mar 23rd - Duncan Macrae, actor (Casino Royale, Kidnapped), dies at 61
Mar 24th - Marc Lavry, composer, dies at 63
Mar 25th - Renato Cellini, Italian conductor (b.c.1913)
Mar 27th - Gerardus H de Vet, the Bold, bishop of Breda (1962-67), dies at 49
Mar 27th - Jim Thompson, American designer (disappeared) (b. 1906)
Mar 30th - Jean Toomer, American writer (b. 1894)
Mar 31st - Don Alvarado, actor (Morning Glory, Big Steal), dies at 62
Mar 31st - Hieronim Feicht, composer, dies at 72
Apr 4th - Mischa Elman, Ukraine/US violinist, dies at 76
Apr 4th - Héctor Scarone, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1898)
Apr 4th - Al Lewis, American songwriter (b. 1901)
Apr 5th - Hermann Joseph Muller, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1890)
Apr 7th - Anne Morrison Chapin, dies in West Hollywood
Apr 11th - Donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911)