Today in History for July 1967

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 73 of 73

1st - "Funny Girl" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1348 perfs
1st - 1st British color TV broadcast, on BBC 2
1st - BBC starts their World Radio Club
1st - Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," goes #1 for 15 weeks
1st - Canada celebrates the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867.
2nd - 22nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Catherine Lacoste
2nd - Catherine Lacoste becomes youngest (22), 1st foreigner (France) & 1st amateur to US Women's open golf tournament
3rd - "News at 10" premieres on English TV
4th - Opening ceremony of Tassajara Zen Mountain Center
4th - Phillies Clay Dairymple ties NL record of 6 walks in doubleheader
5th - Congo uprising under Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme
6th - Biafran War erupts as Nigerian forces invade
7th - 81st Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John Newcombe beats W Bungert (63 61 61)
7th - Beatles' "All You Need is Love" is released
7th - Doors' "Light My Fire" hits #1
7th - Beginning of the civil war in Biafra.
8th - 74th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats A Jones (63 64)
8th - Helen Weston of Detroit rolls a record 4,585 in 24 games
9th - 13th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
9th - WRET TV channel 36 in Charlotte, NC (NBC/CBS) begins broadcasting
10th - Bobbie Gentry records "Ode to Billie Joe"
10th - Uruguay becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
11th - 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA
11th - All star MVP: Tony Perez (Cin Reds)
Country Singer Kenny Rogers 11th - Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition
12th - 23 die in Newark race riot
12th - 5th Mayor's Trophy Game, Mets beat Yanks 4-0
12th - Blacks in Newark, riot, 26 killed, 1500 injured & over 1000 arrested
12th - Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship
13th - Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die
14th - Astro Eddie Matthews hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Juan Marichal
14th - Surveyor 4 launched to Moon; explodes just before landing
14th - The Who, opening for Herman's Hermits begin a US tour
15th - "Sweet Charity" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 608 performances
15th - LA Wolves beat Wash Whips 6-5 in OT to be United Soccer Ass champs
15th - Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open
15th - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
16th - Mickey Wright wins Lady Carling Golf Open
16th - Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida)
17th - Monkees perform at Forest Hills NY, Jimi Hendrix is opening act
17th - Race riots in Cairo Illinois
18th - Silver hits record $1.87 an ounce in NY
19th - 1st air conditioned NYC subway car (R-38 on the F line)
19th - Race riots in Durham NC
19th - US launches Explorer 35 for lunar orbit (800/7400 km)
20th - Pablo Neruda receives 1st Viareggio-Versile prizes
20th - Race riots in Memphis Tenn
22nd - 1st major appearance by Vanilla Fudge (Village Theater NYC)
22nd - Atlanta Braves use a record 5 pitchers in 9th inning
22nd - Carol Mann wins LPGA Supertest Ladies' Golf Open
22nd - Jimi Hendrix quits as opening act of the Monkees' tour
23rd - -27] 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires)
23rd - Pirate Radio Swinging Scotland closes down for financial reasons
24th - 49th PGA Championship: Don January shoots a 281 at Columbine CC Colo
24th - Beatles sign a petition in Times to legalize marijuana
French President Charles de Gaulle 24th - Charles de Gaulle says 'Vive le Quebec libre! Long live free Quebec!'
24th - Chinese army/air force/fleet repress uprising in Wuhan City
24th - Norway requests European Common Market membership
24th - Race riots in Cambridge Maryland
24th - Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game
25th - Construction begins on SF MUNI METRO (Market Street subway)
26th - Twins beat Yanks 3-2 in 18
27th - Arabs Federation premier Hoesein Al Bayoomi resigns
27th - Helmond Sport soccer team forms
27th - LBJ sets up commission to study cause of urban violence
27th - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
28th - Pirate Radio Station 390 (Radio Invicta) (England) closes down
29th - Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134
29th - Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage
29th - U S S Forrestal explodes kills 134. $100 million damage
30th - Clifford Ann Creed/Margie Masters wins Yankee Ladies' Team Golf Champ
30th - Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed)
31st - Rolling Stone Mick Jagger & Keith Richards end 1 month jail sentence

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 90 of 90

1st - Dave Richardson, CFL tackle (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1st - Mike Eastwood, Ottawa, NHL center (Winnipeg Jets)
1st - Pamela Anderson Lee, Ladysmith BC, playmate (Feb 90/Home Improvement)
1st - Tony Bennett, NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts)
2nd - Debee Ashby, Coventry England, topless model (There's Girl in My Soup)
3rd - Amy Van Horne, actress (Carla Solieto-The City)
3rd - Brian Cashman, American major league baseball executive
4th - Rick Wilkins, baseball player
4th - Vinny Castilla, Oaxaca Mexico, infielder (Colorado Rockies)
4th - Andy Walker, Canadian television personality
5th - Tim Worrell, Pasadena California, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
5th - Silvia Ziche, Italian comics artist
6th - David Whitmore, NFL strong safety (Philadelphia Eagles)
6th - Omar Olivares, Mayaguez Puerto Rico, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
6th - Heather Nova, Bermudian singer
7th - Alfred Jackson, CFL receiver (BC Lions)
7th - Erik van der More, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
7th - Jason R Rich, Irvington NY, writer (Celebrity Teen Talk)
7th - Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver
7th - Jackie Neal, American singer (d. 2005)
8th - Mikhail Borodulin, hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan 1998)
8th - Jordan Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
9th - Gunnar Axén, Swedish politician
10th - Alfred Jackson, NFL cornerback (Minnesota Vikings)
10th - Virgil Breedveld, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)
10th - Tom Meents, American monster truck driver
11th - Andy Ashby, KC MO, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
11th - Donne Wall, Potosi MO, pitcher (Houston Astros)
11th - Jeff Corwin, American naturalist and TV personality
12th - Bruny Surin, Cap Haitien Haiti, Canadian 4X100m sprinter (Oly-gold-96)
12th - Joan Pitcock, Fresno CA, LPGA golfer (1995 Standard Register PING-3rd)
12th - Richard Herring, English comedian
12th - John Petrucci, American guitar player (Dream Theater)
13th - Pat Rapp, Jennings LA, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
13th - Tony Massenburg, NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
13th - Benny Benassi, Italian disc jockey
13th - Dean Barnett, American Conservative blogger
14th - Glen Scrivener, CFL defensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
14th - Hashan Tillekeratne, cricketer (Sri Lanka wicket-keeper/batsman)
14th - Leonardo Lavalle, Mexico, tennis star
14th - Robin Ventura, Santa Maria CA, infielder (Chic White Sox)
14th - Patrick J. Kennedy, politician
15th - Carnell Lake, NFL strong safety (Pittsburgh Steelers)
15th - Adam Savage, American actor
16th - Roger Duffy, NFL guard/center (NY Jets)
16th - Will Ferrell, American comedian
16th - Christopher Rocancourt, French con artist
17th - Kevin Pritchard, NBA guard (Washington Bullets)
17th - Pearl Sinn, Seoul Korea, LPGA golfer (1995 LPGA Corning Classic-35th)
18th - Jeff Lageman, NFL defensive end (Jacksonville Jaguars)
18th - Vin Diesel, American actor
19th - Christian Bergstrom, Sweden, tennis star
19th - Dale Hurley Jr, Philadelphia, rower (Olympics-1996)
20th - Akihito Sugisawa, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
20th - Ian Beckles, NFL guard (Tampa Bay Bucs)
20th - Jon Normile, Cleve Oh, fencer (Olympics-96)
20th - Reed Diamond, American actor
21st - Lance Painter, Bedford England, pitcher (Colorado Rockies)
21st - Tore Meinecke, West Germany, tennis star
22nd - Andreas Motzkus, WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire)
22nd - Pat Badger, heavy metal bassist (Extreme-More Than Words)
22nd - Shawn Wilbourn, US decathlete
22nd - Lauren Booth, British journalist
23rd - Nicole Jagerman, Netherlands, tennis star
23rd - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
24th - Jasper Teule, Dutch rock singer/bassist (Pilgrims-Once to Everything)
25th - Dave Jareckie, Mexico City Mexico, US biathelete (Olympics-1994)
25th - Ed Sprague, Castro Valley CA, infielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
Actor Matt LeBlanc (25th) 25th - Matt LeBlanc, Newton Massachusetts, actor (Joey Tribbiani-Friends)
25th - Wendy Raquel Robinson, American actress
25th - Tommy Skjerven, Norwegian football referee
26th - David McKenzie, Footscray VIC, Australasia golfer
26th - Anthony Durante, American professional wrestler (d. 2003)
26th - Tim Schafer, American computer game designer
27th - Craig Wolanin, Grosse Pointe, NHL defenseman (Colorado Avalanche)
27th - Emiel van Eijkeren, soccer player (FC The Hague/NEC)
27th - Jeff Novak, NFL tackle (Jacksonville Jaguars)
27th - Julian McMahon, actor (Ian Rain-Another World, John Grant-Profiler)
27th - Neil Smith, cricketer (Warwickshire & England A all-rounder)
27th - Sasha Mitchell, LA California, actor (Spike of Bensonhurst)
27th - Juliana Hatfield, American musician
27th - Kellie Waymire, American actress (d. 2003)
28th - Alex Galtcheniouk, hockey forward (Team Belarus, Olympics-1998)
28th - Lori Loughlin, Queens, actress (Edge of Night, New Kids, Full House)
31st - Elizabeth Wurtzel, NYC, actress (Prozac Nation)
31st - Rodney Harvey, actor (Salsa)
31st - Sean O'Neill, Toledo OH, US Olympic table tennis player (Olympic-92)
31st - Tony Massenburg, NBA forward (Phila 76ers)
31st - Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese seiyū
31st - Minako Honda, Japanese singer and musical actress (d. 2005)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

3rd - John Clark, actor (Last Day of the War), dies at 50
7th - Vivian Leigh, actress (Scarlet-Gone with the Wind), dies at 53
7th - Jo Schlesser, French Formula One racing driver (b. 1928)
8th - Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani political figure (b. 1893)
9th - Douglas MacLean, silent film comedian turned producer, dies at 77
9th - Eugen Fischer, Nazi physician dies at 93
11th - Guy Favreau, French Canadian lawyer, politician and judge (b. 1917)
13th - Cornelis A Eman, chairman (State of Aruba Peoples Party), dies at 51
13th - Tom Simpson, British cyclist (b. 1937)
14th - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)
17th - Cyril Ring, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Red Hot & Blue), dies at 74
17th - Gertrude McCoy, silent screen actress (Blue Bird), dies at 77
17th - John Coltrane, US jazz sax/composer (Round Midnight), dies at 40
18th - Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Brazil pres (1964-87), dies at 66
21st - Albert J Luthuli, president South Africa (ANC), dies
21st - Basil Rathbone, actor (Sherlock Holmes), dies of heart attack at 75
21st - Jimmy Foxx, baseball hall of famer (Det Tigers/534 HRs), dies at 59
21st - Pierre Kemp, Dutch poet (English paint box), dies at 80
22nd - Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years), dies at 89
Nazi Physician Eugen Fischer (9th) 24th - Little Billy Rhodes, dies of stroke at 72
25th - W Gombrowicz, writer, dies at 62
26th - Matthijs Vermeulen, Dutch composer/critic, dies at 79
28th - Karl W. Richter, Lieutenant, USAF, American aviator (b. 1942)
30th - Alfried Krupp, German industrialist, dies at 59
30th - John Macchia, actor (Beach Blanket Bingo), dies of stroke at 35
31st - Mario Varvoglis, composer, dies at 81
31st - Richard Kuhn, German chemist, dies