May 1967 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1967 Jelle Zijlstra becomes President of the Netherlands Bank
• 03 May 1967 Black students seize finance building at Northwestern University.
• 04 May 1967 Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US; begins orbiting Moon May 7.
• 06 May 1967 400 students seize administration building at Cheyney State College.
• 07 May 1967 Carol Mann wins LPGA Tall City Golf Open.
• 08 May 1967 Muhammad Ali is indicted for refusing induction in US Army
• 09 May 1967 Gijsbert van Hall resigns as Mayor of Amsterdam
• 10 May 1967 Keith Richards, Brian Jones and Mick Jagger arrested on drug charges
• 11 May 1967 Sing, Israel Sing opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 14 performances
• 12 May 1967 H Rap Brown replaces Stokely Carmichael as Chairman of Student
• 13 May 1967 Octagonal boxing ring is tested to avoid corner injuries.
• 14 May 1967 Pirate Radio Station 270 (England) closes down
• 15 May 1967 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
• 16 May 1967 Philadelphia voters approve a US$13 million bond issue to build a new stadium.
• 17 May 1967 Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.
• 18 May 1967 Silver hits record $1.60 an ounce in London
• 19 May 1967 US bombs Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 20 May 1967 93rd Preakness: Bill Shoemaker aboard Damascus wins in 1:55.2.
• 21 May 1967 Sing, Israel Sing closes at Brooks Atkinson NYC after 14 performances
• 22 May 1967 Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser closes Straits of Tiran to Israel.
• 23 May 1967 Government bans submarines near South Africa.
• 24 May 1967 AFL grants a franchise to the Cincinnati Bengals.
• 25 May 1967 John Lennon takes delivery of his psychedelic-painted Rolls Royce.
• 26 May 1967 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 27 May 1967 Sherry! closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 65 performances
• 28 May 1967 Francis Chichester arrives home at Plymouth from Round-the-world trip
• 29 May 1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, Archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
• 30 May 1967 King Hussein of Jordan visits Cairo

Famous Birthday

• Noel Gallagher

  English musician (Oasis).

• Madhuri Dixit

  Indian actress.

• Sandrine Bonnaire

  French actress, has appeared in over 40 French and Hollywood films.

• Tim McGraw

  American musician.

• Anaïs Jeanneret
• Bob Sinclar
• Valeria Marini

  Italian model, actress, showgirl and fashion designer.

• Paul Gascoigne

  Soccer Player.

• Tawnni Cable
• Kate Garraway

  English GMTV Presenter.

• Melanie Thornton

  American-German singer (La Bouche) (d. 2001).

• Alexia (Italian singer)
• Pavlos Crown Prince of Greece
• Phil Selway

  English drummer (Radiohead).

• Eric Close

  American actor and director.

• Mika Brzezinski

  American journalist and author.

• Cameron Bancroft

  Actor (Beverly Hills 90210).

• Kristen Pfaff

  US bass guitarist (Hole-Live through this), dies at 24.

• Osiel Cárdenas
• Poppy Z Brite

  American author.

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Famous Deaths

• Langston Hughes

  American writer, an important figure in Harlem renaissance.

• Barbara Payton

  American actress onscreen from 1940.

• Billy Strayhorn

  American jazz musician, composer and arranger, pianist and lyricist.

• Bengt Axel von Torne

  Composer, dies at 75.

• Judith Evelyn

  Dies of cancer at 54.

• Frank McGrath

  Actor (Wagon Train), dies at 64.

• Jaromir Fiala

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Nigel Martin Balchin

  Novelist.

• Richard Ainley

  Actor (I Dood It, Above Suspicion), dies at 56.

• J Langston Hughes

  US Author (Tambourines to Glory), dies at 65.

• Sanne Sannes

  Photographer, dies at 30.

• George E Stone

  Actor (5 Star Final, Front Page), dies at 64.

• Philip Coolidge

  Actor (I Want to Live, Tingler), dies at 58.

• Elmar Berkovich

  Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies.

• Antoon Spinoy

  Belgian politician, dies at age 60.

• Elmer Rice

  New York playwright/director/novelist, dies at age 74.

• W Otto Miessner

  American composer and music educator (Born 1880).

• LaVerne Andrews

  American contralto singer, the eldest of the three siblings known as The Andrews Sisters, a close harmony singing group of the swing and...

• John Masefield

  English writer who wrote more than one hundred works including his autobiography, "So Long To Learn," in 1952.

• Lionel Groulx

  French Canadian priest and historian (Born 1878).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Nancy Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid
2. The Supremes - The Happening
3. The Young Rascals - Groovin'
4. Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
5. Aretha Franklin - Respect

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden
2. Sandie Shaw - Puppet On A String
3. The Mamas & The Papas - Dedicated To The One I Love
4. Nancy Sinatra & Frank Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid
5. The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset