- July 12
- Blacks in Newark, New Jersey riot; 26 killed, 1500 injured and over 1000 arrested. [1]
- July 14
- US Treasury begins removing silver coins from circulation from bags of mixed coins coming into Federal Reserve banks, and discontinues fixed price of silver at $1.293 per ounce. [433.1] [582.51]
- July 16
- Prison brawl ignites barracks, killing 37 (Jay, Florida, USA). [1]
- July 17
- The Monkees music group performs at Forest Hills, New York; Jimi Hendrix is opening act. [1]
- July 18
- Silver hits record US$1.87 an ounce in New York. [1]
- July 22
- In Turkey, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs on the Bolu-Abant fault in the Murdurnu Valley. 173 killed, 183 injured, and 3,701 houses razed or made uninhabitable. [53]
- July 23
- 43 killed in racial rebellion in Detroit, Michigan, USA (2,000 injured, 442 fires). [1]
- July 24
- Charles de Gaulle, in Canada, says 'Vive le Québec libre! Long live free Quebec!'. [1]
- July 26
- In the Pulumur region of Turkey, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs. 92 killed, and about 3,000 houses destroyed or made uninhabitable. [53]
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- July 29
- Explosion and fire aboard aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, causes US$100 million in damage. [1]
- Near the coast of Venezuela, about 30 miles west of Caracas, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurs. 240 fatalities, 1,536 injuries, and over $100 million property damage. [1] [53]
- In northern Colombia, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurs. 12 deaths, and almost every building was damaged in Betulia. [53]
- July 30
- Death of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach in Essen, Germany; industrialist (Krupp steel works). [37]
- August 2
- New Orleans Saints' first pre-season game, they lose to Los Angeles Rams 16-77. [1]
- August
- Aubrey and Adeline Bebee acquire a 1913 Liberty Head nickel at the Paramount International Coin Corporation auction at the ANA convention for US$46,000, a world record for a single coin at auction. [450.72]
- August 5
- Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) and Radio London close down. [1]
- August 12
- New Orleans Saints' first pre-season victory, beat Saint Louis Cardinals 23-14. [1]
- August 13
- In Pyrenees, southern France, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs, strongly felt in northern Spain. [53]
- August 14
- Pirate radio stations Radio 270, Radio London, Radio Ireland, Radio Scotland and Radio Swinging Holland go off the air. [1]
- August 15
- England's Marine Offense Bill making pirate radio stations a crime goes into effect; pirate station Radio 355 closes down. [1]
- August 24
- Liberian flag designed. [1]
- August 25
- Paraguay accepts its constitution. [1]
- September 3
- Nguyen Van Thieu elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution. [1]
- Swedish automobile driving switches to the right-hand side of roads. [1] [7]
- September 4
- 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam, India, kills 200. [1]
- September 8
- Surveyor 5 is launched; makes soft landing on Moon September 10. [1]
- Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic. [1]
- September 10
- Gibraltar votes 12,138 to 44 to remain British (not Spanish). [1] [1428.16]
- September 20
- Hurricane Beulah hits Texas-Mexican border, kills 38. [1]
- September 22
- The Cunard ocean liner Queen Mary leaves New York on its final Atlantic crossing. [73.42] [260.86]
- September 30
- BBC starts their own popular music radio station. [1]
- October 3
- William Knight sets X-15 speed record of 7,297 KPH/4,534 MPH/Mach 6.72. [1]
- October 6
- Haight-Ashbury hippies throw a funeral to mark the end of hippies. [1]
- October 7
- The Beatles turn down US$1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein. [1]
- October 9
- In a schoolhouse in La Higuera, Bolivia, soldier Mario Terán Salazar executes the captured guerilla leader Che Guavara. [1532.74]
- October 21
- Thousands opposing Vietnam War try to storm the Pentagon. [1]
- October 26
- Shah of Iran crowns himself after 26 years on Peacock Throne. [1]
- October 27
- Expo '67 closes in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [1]
- October 31
- Nguyen Van Thieu takes oath of office as first president of South Vietnam's second Republic. [1]
- November 5
- ATS-3 launched by US to take first pictures of full Earth disk. [1]
- A train collision in Hither Green, England, kills 49. [720.24]
- November 6
- US launches Surveyor 6; makes soft landing on Moon November 9. [1]
- November 8
- Silver hits record US$1.951 an ounce in London, England. [1]
- November 9
- NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft from Cape Kennedy. [1] [5]
- November 18
- British government devalues pound sterling from US equivalent of US$2.80 to US$2.40. [1]
- November 22
- Silver hits record US$2.17 an ounce in New York. [1] [762.46]
- United Nations Security Council passes resolution 242: Israel must give back occupied land. [1]
- November 25
- Puerto Rico placed on Atlantic Standard Time. [1]
- November 27
- Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price. [1]
- November 29
- British troops withdraw from Aden. [1]
- US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara becomes President of the World Bank. [1]
- November 30
- A magnitude 6.5 earthquake occurs centered along the Albania-Yugoslavia border in the vicinity of Debar, Yugoslavia, and Shupenze, Albania. Eighteen people killed, 204 injured, and 70 percent of the living quarters were left unsafe for habitation. [53]
- Kuria Muria islands ceded by Britain to Oman. [1]
- The Federation of South Arabia gains independence as the People's Republic of Southern Yemen. [285.75,1086]
- December 1
- Queen Elizabeth II inaugurates 98-inch (249-cm) Isaac Newton telescope. [1]
- December 2
- First human heart transplant performed by Dr Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa. Louis Waskansky receives the heart of Denise Darvali in an operation taking six hours. (Waskansky dies of pneumonia 18 days later.) [55.33] (December 3 [1])
- December 3
- Ex-President Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia. [1]
- December 6
- USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan. [1]
- December 9
- Nicolae Ceausescu becomes President (dictator) of Romania. [1]
- December 10
- In Koyna, India, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. 177 deaths, 2000 injured, all buildings in Koynanagar damaged, 25 percent destroyed, 50,000 people left homeless. The filling of the Koyna Reservoir in 1963 caused a series of earthquakes in the area. [53]
- December 11
- 6.5 earthquake in West India, 170 killed. [1]
- People's Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) established. [1]
- In France, the SuperSonicTransport prototype "Concorde" is first shown. [1]
- December 13
- Unsuccessful coup against Greek King Constantine II. [1]
- December 14
- DNA created in a test tube. [1]
- December 15
- Silver Bay bridge (Ohio-West Virginia) collapses during afternoon rush hour, 34 die. [1]
- December 17
- Harold Holt, Australian premier (1966-67), drowns at age 59. [1]
- December 21
- Near the coast of northern Chile, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs. Few deaths and injuries, but severe property damage at Quillagua and Tocopilla. [53]
- The first man to undergo a heart transplant (Louis Washkansky, age 55) dies in Cape Town, South Africa, after living for 18 days. [1] [5] (December 20 [55])
- December 23
- In Brussels, Belgium, the NATO council accepts "Flexible Response" strategy. [1]
- December 24
- People's Republic of China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor. [1]
- December 29
- Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus. [1]
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