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What Happened In October 1967 In History

Historical Events for October, 1967

  • 2nd » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of Supreme Court of the United States or United States Supreme Court.
  • 4th » Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
  • 8th » Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
  • 9th » A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
  • 10th » The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.
  • 13th » The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association (1967-1976) or American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Virginia Squires e.g Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.
  • 18th » The Soviet Union called Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
  • 21st » Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, D.C.. A Protests against the Vietnam War or peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting t
  • 26th » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi coronation called crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Pahlavi known as Farah Empress of Iran.
  • 27th » Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
  • 29th » London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1967

  • 1st » Mike Pringle (Canadian football) known as Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
  • 1st » Scott Young (ice hockey, born 1967) named Scott Young, American ice hockey player
  • 2nd » Frankie Fredericks, Namibian sprinter
  • 2nd » Bud Gaugh, American drummer (Sublime (band) or Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Eyes Adrift, Volcano (supergroup) or Volcano, and Sublime with Rome)
  • 2nd » Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and acadmeic
  • 2nd » Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
  • 2nd » Lew Temple, American actor
  • 2nd » Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 3rd » Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
  • 3rd » Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fountains of Wayne)
  • 4th » Marcus Bentley, English voice actor
  • 4th » Ekin Cheng, Hong Kong actor and singer
  • 4th » Liev Schreiber, American actor
  • 5th » Rex Chapman, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 5th » Guy Pearce, English-Australian actor and singer
  • 6th » Kennet Andersson, Swedish footballer
  • 6th » Svend Karlsen, Norwegian strongman and bodybuilder
  • 7th » Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (The Braxtons)
  • 7th » Luke Haines, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Auteurs, The Servants, and Black Box Recorder (band) or Black Box Recorder)
  • 7th » Ellen ten Damme, Dutch actress and singer
  • 8th » Yvonne Reyes, Venezuelan actress
  • 9th » Carling Bassett-Seguso, Canadian tennis player
  • 9th » Audie England, American actress and photographer
  • 9th » Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (d. 2005)
  • 10th » Michael Giacchino, American composer
  • 10th » Jonathan Littell, American-French author
  • 10th » Mike Malinin, American drummer and producer (Goo Goo Dolls)
  • 10th » Gavin Newsom, American politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of California
  • 11th » Tazz, American wrestler and sportscaster
  • 11th » Tony Chimel, American ring announcer
  • 11th » Artie Lange, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 11th » Daniel Razon, Filipino singer, minister, and radio host
  • 11th » David Starr, American race car driver
  • 13th » Scott Cooper (baseball) named Scott Cooper, American baseball player
  • 13th » Trevor Hoffman, American baseball player
  • 13th » Javier Sotomayor, Cuban high jumper
  • 13th » Steve Vickers (footballer) known as Steve Vickers, English footballer
  • 13th » Kate Walsh (actress) named Kate Walsh, American actress
  • 14th » Cha In-pyo, South Korean actor and novelist
  • 14th » Pat Kelly (infielder) or Pat Kelly, American baseball player, coach, and manager
  • 14th » Sylvain Lefebvre, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 14th » Jason Plato, English race car driver
  • 14th » Savanna Samson, American porn actress
  • 14th » Stephen A. Smith, American sportscaster and actor
  • 15th » Götz Otto, German actor and screenwriter
  • 16th » Michael Laffy, Australian footballer
  • 16th » Davina McCall, English television host and actress
  • 16th » Jason Everman, Guitarist and bassist (Nirvana and Soundgarden)
  • 17th » René Dif, Danish singer and actor (Aqua (band) e.g Aqua)
  • 17th » Kim Seung-jun, South Korean voice actor
  • 18th » Eric Stuart, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and voice actor
  • 19th » Amy Carter, American daughter of Jimmy Carter
  • 19th » Yoko Shimomura, Japanese composer
  • 20th » Elizabeth Carling, English actress and singer
  • 20th » Luigi Lo Cascio, Italian actor
  • 20th » Luck Mervil, Haitian-Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
  • 20th » Marco Ngai, Chinese actor
  • 21st » Paul Ince, English footballer and manager
  • 22nd » Salvatore Di Vittorio, Italian composer and conductor
  • 22nd » Rita Guerra, Portuguese singer
  • 22nd » Ulrike Maier, Austrian skier (d. 1994)
  • 22nd » Carlos Mencia, Honduran-American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 22nd » Ron Tugnutt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
  • 23rd » Dale Crover, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Melvins, The Men of Porn, and Altamont (band) called Altamont)
  • 23rd » Walt Flanagan, American actor, comic book store manager, reality television personality, podcaster, comic book artist, and songwriter
  • 24th » Ian Bishop (cricketer) called Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer
  • 24th » Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
  • 26th » Keith Urban, New Zealand-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Ranch (band) or The Ranch)
  • 27th » Steve Almond, American author
  • 27th » Simone Moro, Italian mountaineer
  • 27th » Dejan Raičković, Montenegrin footballer and manager
  • 27th » Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, The Wondergirls, and Camp Freddy)
  • 28th » Monica Chan, Hong Kong model and actress, Miss Hong Kong named Miss Hong Kong 1989
  • 28th » Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein
  • 28th » Kevin Macdonald (director) or Kevin Macdonald, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 28th » Julia Roberts, American actress and producer
  • 28th » John Romero, American video game designer, co-founded Id Software
  • 29th » Joely Fisher, American actress and director
  • 29th » Rufus Sewell, English actor
  • 30th » Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 30th » Karim el-Mejjati, Moroccan terrorist (d. 2005)
  • 30th » Leonidas Kavakos, Greek violinist
  • 31st » Petros Gaitanos, Greek singer
  • 31st » Vanilla Ice, American rapper, producer, and actor
  • 31st » Buddy Lazier, American race car driver
  • 31st » Irina Pantaeva, Russian-American model and actress
  • 31st » Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy (band) called Ivy and Tinted Windows (band) called Tinted Windows)

Famous Deaths for October 1967

  • 3rd » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Almanac Singers) (b. 1912)
  • 3rd » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
  • 7th » Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
  • 8th » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
  • 9th » Che Guevara, Argentinian physician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)
  • 9th » Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
  • 9th » André Maurois, French author (b. 1885)
  • 9th » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (b. 1883)
  • 12th » Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
  • 14th » Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)
  • 17th » Puyi, Chinese emperor (b. 1906)
  • 20th » Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese politician, 32nd Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1878)
  • 25th » Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (b. 1886)

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