What Happened In May 1967 In History

Historical Events for May, 1967

• 8th » The Philippines known as Philippine province of Davao province called Davao is split into three: Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Oriental.
• 11th » Andreas Papandreou, Greek economics called economist and socialist politician, is imprisoned in Athens by the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 named Greek military junta.
• 13th » Zakir Hussain (politician) named Dr. Zakir Hussain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of India or President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
• 17th » Six-Day War: President of Egypt e.g President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
• 20th » The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• 22nd » Vietnam War: Vinh Xuan massacre.
• 23rd » Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran and blockades the port of Eilat at the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping.
• 24th » Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel.
• 25th » Celtic F.C. from Glasgow, Scotland, becomes the first ever Northern European team to win the 1967 European Cup Final named European Cup; with previous winners being from Spain, Italy and Portugal.
• 27th » Australians vote in favor of a Australian referendum, 1967 (Aboriginals) called constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to benefit Indigenous Australians and to count them in the national census.
• 27th » The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy CV-67 6 is Ship naming and launching launched by Jacqueline Kennedy and her daughter Caroline Kennedy Caroline.
• 30th » The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Biafra known as Republic of Biafra, sparking a Nigerian Civil War named civil war.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1967

• 1st » Tim McGraw, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1st » Scott Coffey, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter
• 2nd » Bengt Åkerblom, Swedish ice hockey player (d. 1995)
• 2nd » Mika Brzezinski, American journalist
• 3rd » André Olbrich, German guitarist and songwriter (Blind Guardian)
• 4th » Kate Garraway, English journalist
• 4th » Ana Gasteyer, American actress
• 4th » Akiko Yajima, Japanese voice actress
• 5th » Takehito Koyasu, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 5th » Maro Mavri, Greek model and actress
• 5th » Charles Nagy, American baseball player and coach
• 5th » Alexis Sinduhije, Burundian journalist and politician
• 7th » Martin Bryant, Australian spree killer
• 7th » Adam Price (screenwriter) named Adam Price, Danish chef and screenwriter
• 7th » Joe Rice, American colonel and politician
• 8th » Viviana Durante, Italian ballet dancer
• 10th » Scott Brison, Canadian banker and politician
• 10th » Young MC, English-American rapper, producer, and actor
• 10th » Jon Ronson, Welsh journalist and author
• 10th » Nobuhiro Takeda, Japanese footballer and sportscaster
• 11th » Alberto García Aspe, Mexican footballer and manager
• 12th » Joe McKinney, Irish actor
• 13th » Chuck Schuldiner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Death (metal band) known as Death, Control Denied, Slaughter (Canadian band) called Slaughter, and Voodoocult) (d. 2001)
• 13th » Melanie Thornton, American-German singer (La Bouche) (d. 2001)
• 14th » Natasha Kaiser-Brown, American sprinter
• 14th » Tony Siragusa, American football player and journalist
• 15th » Madhuri Dixit, Indian actress
• 15th » Laura Hillenbrand, American journalist and author
• 15th » John Smoltz, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 15th » Orlando Zapata, Cuban activist (d. 2010)
• 16th » Doug Brocail, American baseball player and coach
• 17th » Mohamed Nasheed, Maldivian politician 4th President of the Maldives
• 18th » Rob Base, American rapper (Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock)
• 18th » Nina Björk, Swedish journalist and author
• 18th » Heinz-Harald Frentzen, German race car driver
• 18th » Nancy Juvonen, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Flower Films
• 19th » Massimo Taccon, Italian painter and sculptor
• 20th » Graham Brady, English politician
• 20th » Pavlos, Crown Prince of Greece
• 20th » Gabriele Muccino, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 20th » Ramzi Yousef, Kuwaiti-Pakistani terrorist, conducted the 1993 World Trade Center bombing named World Trade Center bombing
• 21st » Chris Benoit, Canadian-American wrestler (d. 2007)
• 21st » Blake Schwarzenbach, American singer and guitarist (Jawbreaker (band) or Jawbreaker, Jets to Brazil, The Thorns of Life, and forgetters)
• 22nd » Christophe Gagliano, French judoka
• 22nd » Brooke Smith (actress) named Brooke Smith, American actress
• 22nd » Gundars Vētra, Latvian basketball player and coach
• 23rd » Luis Roberto Alves, Mexican footballer
• 23rd » Xu Demei, Chinese javelin thrower
• 23rd » Anna Ibrisagic, Swedish politician
• 23rd » Carlos Mercenario, Mexican race walker
• 23rd » Philip Selway, English drummer and songwriter (Radiohead)
• 24th » Dana Ashbrook, American actor
• 24th » Andrey Borodin, Russian-English economist and businessman
• 24th » Eric Close, American actor
• 24th » Heavy D, Jamaican-American rapper, producer, and actor (d. 2011)
• 24th » Carlos Hernández (catcher) or Carlos Hernández, Venezuelan-American baseball player and manager
• 24th » Steven Shane McDonald, American bass player and actor (Redd Kross, Off! (band) named Off!, and Green and Yellow TV)
• 24th » Bruno Putzulu, French actor
• 25th » Poppy Z. Brite, American author
• 26th » Kevin Moore, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (OSI (band) or OSI, Dream Theater, and Chroma Key)
• 26th » Philip Treacy, Irish-English hat designer
• 26th » Mika Yamamoto, Japanese journalist (d. 2012)
• 27th » Paul Gascoigne, English footballer, coach, and manager
• 27th » Eddie Harsch, Canadian-American keyboard player and bass player (The Black Crowes and The Detroit Cobras)
• 27th » Eddie McClintock, American actor
• 28th » Emma Kennedy, English actress
• 28th » Glen Rice, American basketball player
• 29th » Mike Keane, Canadian ice hockey player
• 29th » Steven Levitt, American economist
• 29th » Iñaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (d. 2008)
• 30th » Tim Burgess (musician) e.g Tim Burgess, English singer-songwriter (The Charlatans (UK band) named The Charlatans and The Chavs)
• 30th » Sven Pipien, German-American bass player (The Black Crowes)
• 31st » Vampiro, Canadian-Mexican wrestler
• 31st » Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress and director
• 31st » Phil Keoghan, New Zealand-American television host and producer
• 31st » Kenny Lofton, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster

Famous Deaths for May 1967

• 6th » Zhou Zuoren, Chinese author (b. 1885)
• 10th » Lorenzo Bandini, Italian race car driver, (b. 1935)
• 11th » James E. Brewton, American painter (b. 1930)
• 12th » John Masefield, English poet and author (b. 1878)
• 15th » Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
• 18th » Andy Clyde, Scottish-American actor (b. 1892)
• 22nd » Langston Hughes, American author, poet, and playwright (b. 1902)
• 23rd » Lionel Groulx, Canadian priest and historian (b. 1878)
• 27th » W. Otto Miessner, American composer and educator (b. 1880)
• 27th » Ernst Niekisch, German politician (b. 1889)
• 30th » Claude Rains, English-American actor (b. 1889)
• 30th » Georg Wilhelm Pabst, Austrian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 31st » Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (b. 1915)

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