May 26, 1967 (Friday) The government of Israel ordered its ships to avoid challenging the Egyptian closing of the Strait of Tiran and specifically directed that any of its merchant vessels "must not, for the present, try to run the blockade declared by Cairo".
On 27 May 1967, Australians voted to change the Constitution so that like all other Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples would be counted as part of the population and the Commonwealth would be able to make laws for them.
January 8 – Vietnam War: Operation Cedar Falls starts. January 13 – A military coup occurs in Togo under the leadership of Étienne Eyadema. January 14 – The Human Be-In takes place in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco; the event sets the stage for the Summer of Love.
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—Prime Minister Harold Holt announces that the Constitution Alteration Bill has passed in both Houses of Parliament allowing for a referendum to be called on whether or not Australia should change the wording of the constitution. The date is set for 27 May 1967.
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.
The year 1967 was designated the “Summer of Love” when somewhere between 75,000 and 100,000 youth flooded 25 blocks in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. Beforehand, the neighborhood was home to a small community of “hip” residents interested in art, music, theatre, and literature.
Some of the most memorable 1967 newspaper headlines include the nationalisation of the British steel industry, the release of Charlie Chaplin's last film, and the launch of many of BBC radio's programs. The Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band“, an album that is still a classic today.
May 3, 1967 (Wednesday)
The U.S. Marines captured the heavily fortified peaks of "Hill 881" near Khe Sanh, south of the demilitarized zone between North Vietnam and South Vietnam after a three-day battle between the 3rd brigade of the USMC 9th Infantry, and the 514th Viet Cong battalion.
A partial solar eclipse occurred on May 9, 1967. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A partial solar eclipse occurs in the polar regions of the Earth when the center of the Moon's shadow misses the Earth.
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.
The year 1967 was designated the “Summer of Love” when somewhere between 75,000 and 100,000 youth flooded 25 blocks in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district. Beforehand, the neighborhood was home to a small community of “hip” residents interested in art, music, theatre, and literature.
The term "Summer of Love" originated with the formation of the Council for the Summer of Love during the spring of 1967 as a response to the convergence of young people on the Haight-Ashbury district.
For some, 1967 was the summer of love. But for countless others in urban centers across the United States, it was dubbed “the long, hot summer of 1967.” Cities like Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Tampa, and Newark all experienced civil disturbances as racial tensions reached a breaking point.
A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to different countries around the world.
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—Prime Minister Harold Holt announces that the Constitution Alteration Bill has passed in both Houses of Parliament allowing for a referendum to be called on whether or not Australia should change the wording of the constitution. The date is set for 27 May 1967.
May 28, 1937 (Friday)
Neville Chamberlain became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when Stanley Baldwin retired. Chamberlain signalled an intention to continue Baldwin's policies by making very few changes to the cabinet.
1929 Australia began a new gold rush in the Southwest part of the continent. 1934 Bank Robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow are killed by federal agents. 1945 Nazi Heinrich Himmler committed suicide after being taken into Allied custody. 2008 12 South American countries created the Union of South American Nations.
The U.S. Department of Defense announced that American forces in the Vietnam War had suffered their heaviest casualties since the start of the war, with 232 men killed and 1,381 wounded during the week ending March 4.
On May 26, 1937, the Battle of the Overpass took place. Union members were beaten by Ford Motor Co. reps for distributing leaflets. The company tried to destroy the photos, but this one survived, raising public sympathy for the union and leading to the establishment of the Pulitzer Prize for photography.
May 3, 1968 (Friday)
The first heart transplant in the United Kingdom was performed by Dr. Donald Ross and a team of surgeons at the National Heart Hospital in London. The patient, Frederick West, would survive for 46 days until dying from complications of an infection.