On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the
January 3, 1967 (Tuesday)
Israel's Ministry of Defense issued an order to the Israel Defense Forces that they were not to return fire against tank or mortar attacks by Syria from its side of the border, in an effort to prevent violence from escalating into war.
On January 15, 1967, the first Super Bowl championship game was held. The game was between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The two leagues—NFL and AFL—decided that the perfect conclusion to a year of football would be a match-up between the winning team from each league.
On January 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo program when a flash fire occurred in command module 012 during a launch pad test of the Apollo/Saturn space vehicle being prepared for the first piloted flight, the AS-204 mission. Three astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil I.
A classic "synoptically evident" severe weather pattern developed over the Midwest in late January 1967.
January 8, 1967
Nearly 16,000 American troops and 14,000 soldiers of the South Vietnamese Army move into the Iron Triangle, but they encounter no major resistance.
United States Marine Corps and ARVN troops launch "Operation Deckhouse Five" in the Mekong River delta.
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27 May 1967: Historic referendum
In the largest majority of any Australian referendum, voters overwhelmingly supported a proposal to count Indigenous peoples in the national census and to give the Federal Parliament power to legislate for Indigenous peoples.
1967 the continued presence of American troops increased further and a total of 475,000 were serving in Vietnam and the peace rallies were multiplying as the number of protesters against the war increased. The Boxer Muhammad Ali was stripped of his boxing world championship for refusing to be inducted into the US Army.
In film, audiences were seeing “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Dirty Dozen,” “The Graduate,” “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,” “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Point Blank,” “Wait Until Dark” and “In the Heat of the Night,” which would win Best Picture at the Oscars.
The first handheld calculator invented. South African doctor Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant. Rolling Stone began publication. The first issue sold about 5,000 copies.
Pop Culture Facts:
The first handheld calculator was invented. McDonald's Big Mac was introduced, at 45 cents each. The largest Emerald, the 'Gachala Emerald' was found. It weighs in at 858 carats.
1967: Handheld calculator
Texas Instruments invented the first electronic handheld calculator in 1967.
On January 26 and 27, 1967, Chicago endured its worst snowstorm on record. The snow started at 502 AM on the 26th, and by 1010 AM of the 27th a record 23 inches of snow crippled the city.
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Moon Phase for Friday Jan 6th, 1967
The current moon phase for January 6th, 1967 is the Waning Crescent phase. On this day, the moon is 25.02 days old and 22.1% illuminated with a tilt of -51.093°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 375,115.94 km and the moon sign is Scorpio.
1967 Chinese Zodiac - Fire Sheep.
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Fifty years ago, on February 11, 1967, a mass demonstration protesting police harassment of LGBTQ people took place at the Black Cat Tavern, located at 3909 West Sunset Boulevard in Silver Lake's Sunset Junction neighborhood in Los Angeles. It preceded New York City's Stonewall riots by over two years.
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The current moon phase for January 24th, 1967 is the Waxing Gibbous phase. On this day, the moon is 12.92 days old and 92.65% illuminated with a tilt of 131.98°. The approximate distance from Earth to the moon is 378,797.03 km and the moon sign is Cancer. The Moon phase for January 24th, 1967 is a Waxing Gibbous phase.
February 14, 1967 (Tuesday)
The Treaty of Tlatelolco was signed in Mexico City by representatives of almost all of the nations of Latin America, agreeing to ban "the testing, use, manufacture, production or acquisition by any means or type" of nuclear weapons within their countries.