What Happened in June 1967

Historical Events

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Jun 1 EMI releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" nation-wide in the UK; it goes to number one for 22 weeks in the UK

Jun 1 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C.
Jun 2 Capitol Records releases The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in the US; it is their first album with identical track listings in US and UK, and goes to number one for 15 weeks in US, 22 weeks in UK
Jun 2 Race riots in Roxbury suburb of Boston

Belmont Stakes

Jun 3 99th Belmont: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 2:28.8

Racing Hall of Fame Jockey Bill Shoemaker

#1 in the Charts

Jun 3 Aretha Franklin's cover of the Otis Redding song "Respect" reaches #1

Singer-Songwriter and Producer Otis Redding

French Open Men's Tennis

Jun 3 French Championships Men's Tennis: Roy Emerson bests fellow Australian Tony Roche, 6-1, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 for his 12th, and final, Grand Slam title

Jun 3 French Championships Women's Tennis: Local favourite Françoise Dürr beats Lesley Turner of Australia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Emmy Awards

Jun 4 19th Emmy Awards: "Mission Impossible", "The Monkees", Don Knotts & Lucille Ball win

Album Release

Jun 4 American guitarist Jimi Hendrix covers new Beatles song "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" at Saville Theatre (London), just days after its release, with George Harrison and Paul McCartney in the audience

Sports History

Jun 4 Curt Flood's record 568 straight chances without an error ends (227 straight games)

Jun 4 KTVN TV channel 2 in Reno, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
Jun 4 Stockport Air Disaster: British Midland flight G-ALHG crashes in Hopes Carr, Stockport, killing 72 passengers and crew
Jun 5 American mass murderer Richard Speck sentenced to death in electric chair (later reversed, dies in prison)
Jun 5 Royal Canadian Mint ordered to start converting 10 cent & 25 cent coins to pure nickel as soon as possible

Six-Day War

Jun 5 Six-Day War begins between Israel and the neighboring Arab states of Egypt, Jordan and Syria

Jun 5 WSBE TV channel 36 in Providence, RI (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jun 6 Israeli troops occupy Gaza during second day of the Six-Day War
Jun 7 2 Moby Grape members arrested for contributing to deliquency of minors
Jun 7 Israel captures Wailing Wall in East Jerusalem, Jericho and Bethlehem
Jun 7 NY Yankees draft Ron Blomberg #1
Jun 8 Six Day War: Israel's navy and air force attack USS Liberty in Mediterranean Sea in broad daylight, mistaking it for an Egyptian ship; 34 US crewmen killed, 75 injured, and ship badly damaged
Jun 9 Boycott scores 246* v India, Leeds, 573 minutes, 29 fours 1 six
Jun 9 Israeli troops reach Suez Canal
Jun 9 The Monkees appear at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California
Jun 10 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California
Jun 10 American pole vaulter Bob Seagren sets a world record mark of 17'7" in San Diego, California
Jun 10 Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
Jun 10 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help
Jun 10 USSR drops diplomatic relations with Israel

Sports History

Jun 11 A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drive a Ford to victory in Le Mans

Jun 11 Chicago Cubs (7) & NY Mets (4) tie record of 11 HRs in a game
Jun 11 Mexico becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty
Jun 11 Race riot in Tampa, Florida; National Guard mobilizes

You Only Live Twice

Jun 12 "You Only Live Twice", 5th James Bond film starring Sean Connery, screenplay by Roald Dahl, premieres in London

Jun 12 In the case of Loving v. Virginia, United States Supreme Court unanimously strikes down laws against interracial marriages
Jun 12 Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested)
Jun 12 USSR launches Venera 4 for parachute landing on Venus
Jun 12 Washington Senators beat Chicago White Sox, 6-5 in 22 innings at D.C. Stadium

Event of Interest

Jun 13 Thurgood Marshall nominated as 1st African American Supreme Court justice

First Black Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall

The Steve Allen Comedy Hour

Jun 14 "The Steve Allen Comedy Hour" premieres on CBS-TV

TV Personality, Comedian and Composer Steve Allen

To Sir, with Love

Jun 14 British film "To Sir, with Love" written and directed by James Clavell, and starring Sidney Poitier is 1st released in the US

Event of Interest

Jun 14 California Governor Ronald Reagan signs the Therapeutic Abortion Act, legalizing abortions in the state under certain circumstances, the second state after Colorado to do so

Jun 14 Mariner 5 Launch (Venus Flyby)
Jun 14 USSR launches Kosmos 166 for observation of Sun from Earth orbit

The Dirty Dozen

Jun 15 "The Dirty Dozen", based on E. M. Nathanson's novel, directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Charles Bronson is released in the US

Jun 15 Governor Reagan signs liberalized California abortion bill
Jun 16 50,000 attend first day of the Monterey International Pop Festival - beginning of the Summer of Love
Jun 16 The first Montreux Jazz Festival is held in Switzerland, created by Claude Nobs [1]
Jun 17 "Somebody To Love" by Jefferson Airplane peaks at #5

Music Concert

Jun 17 Barbra Streisand performs a "A Happening in Central Park" concert in NYC

Singer-Songwriter and Actress Barbra Streisand

Jun 17 China becomes world's 4th thermonuclear power by exploding a hydrogen bomb
Jun 17 Longest doubleheader 9:15 (Tigers & Athletics)
Jun 18 Closing day of the Monterey International Pop Festival, Southern California, featuring first major US appearances of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, and Otis Redding
Jun 18 Houston Astros pitcher Don Wilson no-hits Atlanta Braves, 2-0 at the Astrodome, Houston
Jun 18 Jimi Hendrix and Pete Townsend wage a battle of guitars at the Monetery Pop Festival

US Golf Open

Jun 18 US Open Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: Jack Nicklaus shoots a final round 65 for a new tournament record 275, 4 strokes ahead of Arnold Palmer

Music History

Jun 19 Paul McCartney admits on TV that he took LSD

Jun 20 Mohammed Ali [Cassius Clay] sentenced to 5 years by jury after 21 minutes of deliberation for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces during the Vietnam War
Jun 20 Phillies Larry Jackson beats NY Mets for 18th straight time
Jun 21 Yanks take 5-3 lead in 11th & lose 6-5, in 2nd game Red Sox lead 3-2 in 9th & Yanks beat them 6-3
Jun 23 17th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Departure" wins the Golden Bear
Jun 23 Jim Ryun sets mile record (3:51.1, Bakersfield CA)

Summit of Interest

Jun 23 US President Lyndon B. Johnson and Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin hold 1st of 2 summit meetings in Glassboro, New Jersey (about halfway between NYC and Washington, DC) [1]

Premier of the Soviet Union Alexei Kosygin

Jun 23 US Senate censures Thomas J Dodd from Connecticut (D). for misusing campaign funds

Catholic Encyclical

Jun 24 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Sacerdotalis coelibatus

Jun 24 Zaire adopts constitution
Jun 25 First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcast features 19 acts representing 19 nations including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"
Jun 25 KPBS TV channel 15 in San Diego, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jun 26 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals including Karol Józef Wojtyła, the Archbishop of Cracow and future Pope John Paul II
Jun 27 Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested)
Jun 27 The world's first ATM is installed in Enfield, London

Music History

Jun 28 George Harrison is fined £6 for speeding

Jun 28 Israel annexes East Jerusalem
Jun 29 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem

Music History

Jun 29 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge

Jun 30 Former Congolese Prime Minister Moise Tsjombe's plane hijacked to Algeria
Jun 30 Philadelphia Phillies utility man Cookie Rojas pitches a scoreless 9th inning in 12-3 loss to SF Giants; Rojas had now played all 9 positions since arriving in MLB in 1963

Event of Interest

Jun 30 Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. named 1st black astronaut

Events in 1967

Famous Birthdays

Jun 1 Roger Sanchez, American disc jockey
Jun 2 Kenny Atkinson, American basketball head coach (Brooklyn Nets 2016-19; Director Player Development, Houston Rockets 2007–08), born in Huntington, New York
Jun 2 Mike Stanton, American pitcher (MLB All Star 2001; World Series 1998-2000; NY Yankees), born in Houston, Texas
Jun 3 Anderson Cooper, American reporter and TV presenter (CNN), born in New York City
Jun 3 Tamás Darnyi, Hungarian swimmer (4 Olympic gold 200/400m medley 1988, 92), born in Budapest, Hungary
Jun 3 William "Bill" Carlucci, American rower (Olympic bronze 1996), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jun 4 Scott Servais, catcher (Chicago Cubs), born in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Jun 5 Joe Deloach, American 200m runner (Olympic gold 1988)
Jun 5 Matt Bullard, NBA forward, 1990-2002 (Houston Rockets, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets), born in Des Moines, Iowa
Jun 5 Ray Lankford, Modesto California, outfielder (St Louis Cardinals)
Jun 5 Ron Livingston, American actor (Band of Brothers), born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Jun 6 Max Casella, American actor (Doogie Howser - "Vinnie"; The Sopranos - "Benny"), born in Washington, D.C.
Jun 6 Michael Timpson, NFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles)
Jun 6 Paul Giamatti, American actor (The Holdovers), born in New Haven, Connecticut
Jun 6 Wasim Haider, cricketer (member Pakistan's 1992 World Cup squad)
Jun 7 Dave Navarro, American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, (Jane's Addiction - "Just Because"; Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1993-98), born in Santa Monica, California

Jun 7 Sarah Malin, actress (Stephane Prescott-Another World), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
Jun 7 Terance Mathis, American football wide receiver (Pro Bowl, All-Pro 1994; Atlanta Falcons), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jun 8 Kathryn Tickell, English traditional folk musician, Northumbrian smallpipe bagpiper, and fiddle player, born in Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Jun 8 Neil Mitchell, Scottish rock keyboardist (Wet Wet Wet - "Good Night Gir"; "Love Is All Around"), born in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire.
Jun 8 Stephane Simian, French tennis star
Jun 9 Dean Dinning, American bass player and record producer (Toad The Wet Sprocket), born in California
Jun 9 Dean Felber, American rock bassist (Hootie and the Blowfish - "Only Wanna Be With You"), born in Bethesda, Maryland
Jun 9 Robert Reading, American 110m hurdler, born in Buffalo, New York
Jun 10 Emma Anderson, British pop guitarist and songwriter (Lush, Sing-Sing), born in Wimbledon, England
Jun 10 Human Beatbox [Darren Robinson], American rapper and actor (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock), born in Manning, South Carolina (d. 1995)
Jun 11 Clare Carey, American actress (Coach), born in Rhodesia
Jun 11 Graeme Bachop, New Zealand rugby union halfback (31 Tests; Canterbury, Fukuoka Sanix Blues), born in Christchurch, New Zealand
Jun 12 Frances O'Connor, English-Australian actress (The Importance of Being Earnest), born in Wantage, Oxfordshire, England
Jun 12 Icíar Bollaín, Spanish actress, director and screenwriter, born in Madrid
Jun 14 Ante Miše, Croatian soccer player (Hajduk Split/Vitesse), born in Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

Jun 14 Dedrick Dodge, American NFL safety (SF 49ers, Denver Broncos-Super Bowl 32), born in Neptune, New Jersey
Jun 14 Kelly Nash, American radio personality
Jun 14 Wendy Lian Williams, American diver (Olympic bronze 1988, 92), born in St Louis, Missouri
Jun 15 Yūji Ueda, Japanese voice actor
Jun 16 John Franklin, American actor (Cousin Itt in The Adams Family), born in Blue Island, Illinois
Jun 16 Jürgen Klopp, German football manager (Liverpool), born in Stuttgart, West Germany
Jun 17 Eric Stefani, American musician (No Doubt, 1986-95 - "Don't Talk"; "Spiderwebs"), born in Fullerton, California
Jun 17 Keith Sims, American football offensive guard (Pro Bowl 1993–95; Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 17 Terry Norris, American boxer and three-time light middleweight world champion, born in Lubbock, Texas
Jun 19 Bjørn Dæhlie, Norwegian skier
Jun 19 Eric Schweig, Inuvik Canada, actor (Dead Man's Walk)
Jun 19 Mia Sara, American actress
Jun 20 Anthony Smith, American NFL defensive end (Oakland Raiders), born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Jun 20 Francis Reyes, Filipino new wave and Pinoy rock guitarist (The Dawn), broadcaster, and music editor, born in Lipa City, Batangas, Philippines
Jun 20 Joey Cathcart, American rock guitarist (Nelson - "Love & Affection"), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2021)

Nicole Kidman (56 years old)

Jun 20 Australian-American actress (Dead Calm; The Hours), born in Honolulu, Hawaii

Jun 20 Pat Jablonski, American NHL goalie, 1989-98 (Montreal Canadiens, and 4 other teams), born in Toledo, Ohio
Jun 20 [Matthew] Murphy Karges, American bassist (Sugar Ray - "Every Morning"), born in Orange County, California
Jun 21 Derrick Coleman, American basketball forward (NBA Rookie of the Year 1991, NBA All-Star 1994 NJ Nets; Philadelphia 76ers), born in Mobile, Alabama
Jun 21 Jim Breuer, American comedian and actor, born in Valley Stream, New York
Jun 21 Michele Smith, Califon NJ, softball pitcher (Olympic gold 1996)
Jun 21 Pierre Omidyar, Iranian-American billionaire (founded eBay), born in Paris, France
Jun 21 Robert Drummond, CFL running back (Toronto Argonauts)
Jun 22 Eric Green, American football tight end (Pro Bowl 1993, 94 Pittsburgh Steelers; Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens), born in Savannah, Georgia
Jun 23 Helen Geake, British archaeologist, born in Wolverhampton, England
Jun 24 Bill Huard, Welland, NHL left wing (Dallas Stars)
Jun 24 Crystal Carson, Spaulding NE, actress (Cartel, Julia-General Hospital)
Jun 24 Janez Lapajne, Slovenian film director
Jun 24 Jeff Cease, American rock guitarist (Black Crowes, 1989-91 - "Hard To Handle"), born in Nashville, Tennessee
Jun 24 Sherry Stringfield, American actress (Dr. Susan Lewis-ER, Laura-NYPD Blue), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Jun 24 [Zven] Richard Kruspe, German heavy metal guitarist (Rammstein), and vocalist (Emigrate), born in Wittenberge, East Germany
Jun 25 Brian Wanek, American speed skater (Olympics 1994), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jun 25 Joan Smith, American biathlete (Olympics 1994), born in Rochester, New York
Jun 25 Roshan Jurangpathy, Sri Lankan cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Colombo CC), born in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Jun 26 Travis Fine, American actor (Ike McSwain-Young Riders), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 27 Lester Archambeau, American NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons), born in Montville, New Jersey
Jun 27 Michelle Torres, American tennis star, born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 28 Gil Bellows, Canadian actor, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Jun 28 Matt Karchner, American baseball pitcher (Chicago White Sox), born in Berwick, Pennsylvania
Jun 29 John Wehner, American MLB infielder (Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jun 29 Melora Hardin, American actress (Family Tree, Best Times), born in Houston, Texas
Jun 29 Murray Foster, Canadian songwriter, bassist (Moxy Früvous - "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors"; Great Big Sea, 2003-12), and playwright, born in Thorn Hill, Ontario
Jun 30 Rudi Steyn, South African cricketer (South African opening batsman 1995), born in Kimberley, South Africa
Jun 30 Sheila Hudson, American triple jumper (US record 1992), born in Wurzburg, Germany

Born in 1967

Famous Weddings

John Denver

Jun 6 American pop singer John Denver (23) weds psychotherapist Annie Martell at the Christ Chapel in St. Peter, Minnesota; divorce in 1982

Margrethe II

Jun 10 Margrethe II of Denmark (27) weds Prince Henrik of Denmark (32) at the Naval Church of Copenhagen in Denmark

Jun 23 British bassist John Entwistle (22) of rock group Who weds Alison Wise

O.J. Simpson

Jun 24 American NFL running back, broadcaster, actor, and later criminal O.J. Simpson (19) weds high school sweetheart Marguerite Whitley (18); divorce in 1979

Nolan Ryan

Jun 25 MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan (20) weds his high school sweetheart Ruth Holdorff (18)

Maggie Smith

Jun 29 Actress Maggie Smith (32) weds actor Robert Stephens (35) in Greenwich, England

Famous Deaths

Jun 2 Benno Ohnesorg, German student (b. 1940)
Jun 2 Zamah Cunningham, actress (Menosha the Magnificent), dies at 74
Jun 3 Arthur Ransome, British journalist, critic, and children's book author (Swallows and Amazons), dies at 83
Jun 3 Arthur Tedder, British air marshal (deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force during Normandy landings WWII), dies at 76
Jun 3 Gertrude "Mickey" MacFadden, American entertainer, dies of a heart attack at 67
Jun 5 Edna Park Edwards, American stage and vaudeville actress, dies at 72
Jun 6 Edward G Givens Jr, Major USAF/astronaut, dies in an car crash at 47
Jun 7 Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician (decidability of various algebraic groups), dies at 57

Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)

Jun 7 American poet (Enough Rope), short story writer and satirist (1958 Marjorie Peabody Award), dies at 73

Jun 7 Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54
Jun 8 Elliot Griffis, American composer, dies at 74
Jun 9 Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski, Polish composer, dies at 64
Jun 10 Frank Butler, American actor and screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76

Spencer Tracy (1900-1967)

Jun 10 American actor (Woman of the Year, Father of the Bride), dies at 67

Jun 12 Bombardier Billy Wells [William Thomas Wells], English heavyweight boxer (Lionsdale Belt, 1911), dies at 79

Gerald Patterson (1895-1967)

Jun 13 Australian tennis player (Wimbledon 1919, 21; Australian C'ships 1927), dies at 71

Eddie Eagan (1897-1967)

Jun 14 American boxer (Olympic gold - light heavyweight, 1920) and bobsledder (Olympic gold - 4-man team,1932), dies of a heart attack at 69

Jun 16 Reginald Denny, English actor (Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman), dies at 75
Jun 18 Beat Fehr, Swiss racing driver, killed in crash at Caserta, Italy at 23
Jun 18 Giacomo Russo, Italian racing driver, killed in crash at Caserta, Italy at 29
Jun 18 William Tracy, American character actor (To the Shores of Tripoli; The Shop Around the Corner), dies at 49 [some sources state July 18, grave marked June]
Jun 22 Adrian Grigor'yevich Shaposhnikov, composer, dies at 79
Jun 24 Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer, dies at 81
Jun 26 Errol Hunte, Trinidadian cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies at 55
Jun 26 Françoise Dorléac, French actress, sister of Catherine Deneuve dies in a car accident at 25