1967
1967
| January
Judy Collins
- In My Life
|
Three American astronauts die during a launch pad rehearsal. |
| February
The Byrds -
Younger than Yesterday
|
Mick
Jagger & Keith Richards are arrested on drug charges in
England. General Suharto gains control in Indonesia. Police recapture the Boston Strangler after he escapes from prison. US troops launch their biggest attack yet of the Vietnam War, on Viet Cong headquarters. |
| March
Buffalo Springfield
- Buffalo Springfield
|
London School of Economics students hold hunger strikes and sit-ins to protest against the link of an administrator with Rhodesia. An oil tanker spills its cargo in the Atlantic Ocean near southwest England. |
| April
Country Joe
and the Fish - Electric Music for the
|
200 000 protest in New York City and San Francisco against the Vietnam War. Greece's army launches a coup and seizes control of power. Muhammad Ali is stripped of his world title for refusing the army draft. |
| May
The Jimi Hendrix
Experience - Are You
|
Brian
Jones is arrested on drug charges in London.
French President De Gaulle reiterates his refusal of Great Britain joining the European Common Market. Following ethnic massacres, Biafra secedes from Nigeria. |
| June
Herb Alpert
& the Tijuana Brass - Sounds Like
|
Israel is victorious after a 6-day war with Arab countries. Death of actors Spencer Tracy and Jayne Mansfield. The Monterey International Pop Festival is held in California. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards are found guilty of drug offences and sentenced. |
| July
The Beau Brummels
- Triangle
|
Nigerian
troops invade Biafra.
5000 attend a rally in London to legalize marijuana. New race riots erupts in Detroit and New York City; President Johnson appoints a commission. French President De Gaulle encourages Quebec separatists in Canada. Mick Jagger & Keith Richards win their appeal trial. Death of actress Vivien Leigh and musician John Coltrane. |
| August
Big Brother
and the Holding Company - Big Brother
|
Murder of young English playwright Joe Orton. The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein dies of a suicide. Violence erupts in China towards the British embassy. Another rock festival is held in Woburn, England. |
| September
The Beach Boys
- Smiley Smile
|
Governor
of California Ronald Reagan urges the escalation of the
Vietnam War. |
| October
The Doors -
Strange Days
|
North
Vietnam rejects an offer of peace talks by the USA.
Revolutionary Che Guevara is found dead in Bolivia. Joan Baez is arrested at an anti-war rally in California. An anti-Vietnam War demonstration near the Pentagon in Washington DC turns violent. Brian Jones is tried, found guilty then released pending an appeal. |
| November
The Beatles
- Magical Mystery Tour
|
The
USA steps up its bombing of North Vietnam.
Yemen achieves independence following the exit of UK troops. |
| December
The Beach Boys
- Wild Honey
|
The
first successful human heart transplant is achieved.
Death of singer Otis Redding in a plane crash. Nicolae Ceausescu becomes Prime Minister of Rumania. The Franco-English Concorde airplane is presented. The Prime Minister of Australia drowns. The Beatles air their Magical Mystery Tour movie on British TV. North Vietnam attacks Laos. |