April 1967 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1967 The United States Department of Transportation begins operation.
• 02 Apr 1967 Susie Maxwell wins LPGA Louise Suggs Golf Invitational.
• 03 Apr 1967 WNYE TV channel 25 in Brooklyn, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 04 Apr 1967 Amsterdam Marines chase out nozems of Central Station
• 05 Apr 1967 ATS II launched but fails to reach orbit.
• 06 Apr 1967 Premier Pompidou forms new French government.
• 07 Apr 1967 Israeli / Syrian border fights
• 09 Apr 1967 At the Drop of Another Hat closes at Booth NYC after 105 performances
• 10 Apr 1967 39th Academy Awards - Man For All Seasons, Elizabeth Taylor and P Scofield win.
• 11 Apr 1967 Illya Darling opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances
• 12 Apr 1967 The Ahmanson Theatre opens in Los Angeles.
• 13 Apr 1967 Conservatives win the Greater London Council elections.
• 14 Apr 1967 Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
• 15 Apr 1967 Wait A Minim! closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 457 performances
• 16 Apr 1967 Walking Happy closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 161 performances
• 17 Apr 1967 Shortwave Radio New York Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
• 19 Apr 1967 Casino Royale premieres
• 20 Apr 1967 US planes bomb Haiphong for 1st time during Vietnam War
• 21 Apr 1967 EO, Evangelical Broadcasting, begins in the Netherlands
• 22 Apr 1967 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece.
• 23 Apr 1967 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty
• 24 Apr 1967 21st NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers beat San Francisco Warriors, 4 games to 2.
• 25 Apr 1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland.
• 26 Apr 1967 Hallelujah, Baby! opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 293 performances
• 27 Apr 1967 Rocky Marciano retires as undefeated boxing champ
• 28 Apr 1967 Muhammad Ali refuses induction into army and is stripped of boxing title.
• 29 Apr 1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect".
• 30 Apr 1967 New York Mets' pitcher Tom Seaver wins his first game.

Famous Birthday

• Frédéric López
• Ajay Devgan
• Maria Bello

  American actress.

• Philippe Saint-André

  French rugby player and coach.

• Kane (wrestler)
• Melina Kanakaredes

  American actress of Greek descent who objected to a name-change, star of the hit TV series "Providence.

• Liz Phair

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

• Kari Wuhrer

  American actress and singer.

• Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
• Sheryl Lee

  German-American actress.

• Christophe Pieux

  French horse racing jockey, who retired on 1 November 2012.

• Kate Barry
• Kimberly Elise

  American actress.

• Marianne Jean-Baptiste

  English actress singer-songwriter composer and director.

• Michel Andrieux

  French athlete, a rower who won a Bronze Medal in coxless pairs with J.C.

• Rachel Williams
• Isabel Marant

  French fashion designer.

• Lara Jill Miller
• Jonathan Firth

  English actor.

• Mike Portnoy

  American drummer (Dream Theater, Avenged Sevenfold).

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Famous Deaths

• Anthony Mann

  US director (El Cid, Last Frontier), dies at age 60.

• J B Lenoir

  American musician (Born 1929).

• Al Lewis

  American songwriter (Born 1901).

• Luis Somoza Debayle

  President of Nicaragua (1956-63), dies at age 44.

• Conrad Adenauer

  West Germany chancellor (1949-63), dies at age 91.

• Vladimir M Komarov

  cosmonaut (Voshkod I), is first to die in space, aboard Soyuz 1 at age 40.

• Mischa Elman

  Ukraine/US violinist, dies at age 76.

• Hector Scarone

  Uruguayan footballer (Born 1898).

• Donald Sangster

  Jamaican Prime Minister (Born 1911).

• Anne Morrison Chapin

  Dies in West Hollywood.

• Red Allen

  American jazz trumpeter (Born 1908).

• Mischa Elman

  Ukrainian-American violinist (d. 1967).

• Vladimir Komarov

  Russian pilot engineer and astronaut (d. 1967).

• Karl Miller

  English journalist and critic (d. 2014).

• Tom Conway

  Actor (Mark Saber, Betty Hutton Show), dies at 62.

• William Douglas Cook

  founder of Eastwoodhill Arboretum and Pukeiti, (New Zealand) (Born 1884).

• Antonio de Curtis Toto

  Comedian, dies of heart attack at 69.

• Hermann Joseph Muller

  American geneticist, Nobel laureate (Born 1890).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Turtles - Happy Together
2. Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid
3. The Mama's & The Papa's - Dedicated To The One I Love
4. The Monkees - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
5. The Beatles - Penny Lane

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid
2. Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String
3. Engelbert Humperdinck - Release Me
4. The Mamas & The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love
5. Harry Secombe - This Is My Song