September 1967 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1967 KMNE TV channel 7 in Bassett, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 02 Sep 1967 KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 03 Sep 1967 Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road
• 04 Sep 1967 Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
• 05 Sep 1967 KMEG TV channel 14 in Sioux City, IA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 08 Sep 1967 Surveyor 5 is launched; makes soft landing on Moon September 10.
• 09 Sep 1967 1st successful Test flight of a Saturn V
• 10 Sep 1967 81st US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats Ann H Jones
• 11 Sep 1967 French President De Gaulle visits Poland
• 14 Sep 1967 Melville Abrams Ball Field in Bronx named
• 15 Sep 1967 KPOB TV channel 15 in Poplar Bluff, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 16 Sep 1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon
• 17 Sep 1967 Mission Impossible premieres on CBS-TV
• 18 Sep 1967 ''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing'' debuts on U.S. daytime television and is the first soap opera to deal with an interracial relationship. CBS censors find it too controversial and ask for it to be stopped, causing show creator Irna Phillips to quit.
• 19 Sep 1967 Nigeria begins offensive against Biafra
• 20 Sep 1967 Benin separates from Nigeria
• 23 Sep 1967 Greek Colonels regime frees ex-premier Georgios Papandreou
• 24 Sep 1967 Cards Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals vs. Steelers
• 25 Sep 1967 WGBX TV channel 44 in Boston, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 27 Sep 1967 Phillies Jim Bunning ties NL record of 5, 1-0 losses in a year
• 28 Sep 1967 Walter Washington elected first mayor of Washington, DC.
• 29 Sep 1967 Gladys Knight and Pips releases I Heard it Through the Grapevine
• 30 Sep 1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition)

Famous Birthday

• Louis CK

  American comedian actor producer and screenwriter.

• Faith Hill

  American country pop singer and occasional actress.

• Akshay Kumar

  Indian actor.

• Harry Connick Jr
• Stéphane Rotenberg
• Mira Sorvino

  American actress.

• Samuel Maréchal
• Moon Zappa

  American noted family, the first child of Frank Zappa, a singer and actress herself.

• Macy Gray

  American singer-songwriter.

• Carole Richert
• Tara Fitzgerald

  Sussex, England -- Actress (Siren).

• Natalia Wörner
• Michael Johnson

  American field and track, runner, Gold in the 200 and 400M in Atlanta.

• Éric Jean-Jean
• Kristen Johnston

  American actress.

• James Packer

  Entrepreneur.

• Shannon Hoon

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Blind Melon) (d. 1995).

• Maria Bartiromo

  American financial journalist and television personality.

• Lloyd Daniels (basketball)
• Dan Cortese

  American actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Carson McCullers

  American novelist short story writer playwright essayist and poet (d. 1967).

• Ilse Koch

  German wife of Karl-Otto Koch (d. 1967).

• David Cohen

  Historian / Chairman (Jewish Council), dies at 84.

• Russell L Rogers

  USAF / Astronaut (X-20), dies in explosion at 38.

• Mohammed Abdul Hakim Amer

  Egyptian vice-PM, commits suicide at 47.

• Martin Block

  TV announcer (Chesterfield Supper Club), dies at 64.

• Henri Mulet

  Composer, dies at 88.

• Robert H van Gulik

  Diplomat / writer (Judge Tie).

• Felix F Yussupov

  Russian monarch, dies at 80.

• Ludwig Donath

  Actor (Torn Curtain, Sirocco), dies of Leukemia at 67.

• Eva McKenzie

  Sister of Ida Mae / actress (Virtuous Husband), dies at 78.

• Tadeusz Zylinski

  Polish technician and textilist (Born 1904).

• Hans Haug

  Swiss composer in the primitivist style.

• Vladimir Bartol

  Italian-Slovene author and playwright (d. 1967).

• Felix Yusupov

  Russian prince, participated in the murder of Grigori Rasputin (Born 1887).

• Francis Ouimet

  American golfer and businessman(Born1893).

• John Cockcroft

  English physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967).

• Orville Caldwell

  Deputy Major (LA-1940), dies at 71.

• Ilja Ehrenburg

  Writer, dies at 76.

• James Dunn

  Actor (Tree Grows in Brooklyn, 6 Gun Law), dies at 61.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
2. The Box Tops - The Letter
3. The Beatles - All You Need Is Love
4. Diana Ross and the Supremes - Reflections
5. Bobby Vee - Come Back When You Grow Up

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Engelbert Humperdinck - The Last Waltz
2. The Bee Gees - Massachusetts
3. Tom Jones - I'll Never Fall In Love Again
4. Traffic - Hole In My Shoe
5. Scott Mckenzie - San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)