August 1967 calendar

August 1967
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1967.
The US president was Lyndon B. Johnson (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1967: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1967?

Events

01 Aug 1967 WBRA TV channel 15 in Roanoke, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
02 Aug 1967 New Orleans Saints' first pre-season game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 16-77.
03 Aug 1967 45,000 US soldiers sent to Vietnam
04 Aug 1967 34th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 27, All-Stars 0
05 Aug 1967 Bobby Gentry releases her only hit Ode to Billy Joe
06 Aug 1967 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
07 Aug 1967 Vietnam War: the People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
08 Aug 1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations
09 Aug 1967 Biafran offensive against Nigerian army
10 Aug 1967 Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme's troops take the Congolese border town of Bukavu.
11 Aug 1967 Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on nine pitches.
12 Aug 1967 New Orleans Saints' first pre-season victory, beat Saint Louis Cardinals 23-14.
13 Aug 1967 WQLN TV channel 54 in Erie, PA (PBS) begins broadcasting
14 Aug 1967 Belgian embassy in Kinshasa, Congo, plundered
15 Aug 1967 Pope Paul VI publishes constitution Regimini Ecclesiae Universae
16 Aug 1967 Cin Red Jim Maloney retires 19 Pirates, then gets injured and leaves
18 Aug 1967 Red Sox Tony Conigliaro is beaned by Angels Jack Hamilton
19 Aug 1967 West Germany receives 36 East German prisoners it has quotpurchasedquot through the border posts of Herleshausen and Wartha.
21 Aug 1967 China reports downing of 2 US bombers
24 Aug 1967 Liberian flag designed.
25 Aug 1967 Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
26 Aug 1967 Beatles, Mick Jagger and Marienne Faithful meet Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
27 Aug 1967 Naomi Sims is 1st black model on US cover
28 Aug 1967 Asif Iqbal and Intikhab Alam make 190 stand for 9th wkt vs. Eng
29 Aug 1967 Final TV episode of Fugitive
30 Aug 1967 Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
13 Aug 1967 Two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in the 57-year history of Montana's Glacier National Park in separate incidents.