Mariner 5 Launch
Mariner 5 launches to perform a close Venus flyby focused on atmospheric and space-environment measurements.
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1967 in United States of America — Page 2
Explore 157 historical events and records for United States of America in 1967.
Historical records for United States of America in 1967
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June
Vietnam Study Commissioned
McNamara commissions a secret historical study of United States involvement in Vietnam from 1945 through 1967.
Vietnam Study Leadership Appointments
McNamara appoints John McNaughton, Morton Halperin and Leslie Gelb to lead the Defense Department history project.
Vietnam Study Scope
McNamara directs the task force to examine political and military decision-making across successive administrations.
Death of Jayne Mansfield
Death of Jayne Mansfield
Light My Fire
The single "Light My Fire," written by Krieger, hits number one
Light My Fire
The single "Light My Fire," written by Krieger, hits number one
Pentagon Papers
Instead of using existing Defense Department historians, McNamara assigned his close aide and Assistant Secretary of Defense John T. McNaughton to collect the papers. McNaughton died in an air accident one month after work began in June 1967, but the project continued under the direction of Defense Department official Leslie H. Gelb
July
3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the
3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the U.S. & Hanoi in 1968
Death During Pentagon Papers Project
McNaughton's death during 1967 removes one of the original leaders appointed to organize the Pentagon Papers study.
Operation Pennsylvania
3 month diplomacy with North Vietnam leading to a meeting between the U.S. & Hanoi in 1968
August
State Requests Trial Date
Louisiana prosecutors moved on August 1, 1967, to have a trial date selected in the case against Shaw.
Demonstrations
Calls for a campaign of civil disobedience to meet black demands
Bombing of Vietnam
The Stennis Committee defends restricted bombing in North Vietnam. Says only annhilation can break the will of the north Vietnamese
September
Invasion of Vietnam
In a secret memo to Johnson states US status would not be too damaged by withdrawal
Ed Sullivan Show
Performs Light My Fire on national television.
Sullivan Controversy
Refuses to alter Light My Fire lyrics for television.
Strange Days
Releases the second album Strange Days.
Continuance and Venue Request
On September 27, 1967, Shaw requested a continuance or a change of venue because of concerns surrounding the prosecution.
San Antonio Formula
Offers to stop bombing North Vietnam if talks can begin productively
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
CIA monitors and responds to Jim Garrison's New Orleans investigation.
CIA Evidence
Helps circulate CIA material defending the Warren Report against criticism during the Garrison investigation.
People Are Strange
Releases People Are Strange as a single.
October
Death of Robert Allen Zimmerman
Woody Guthrie died on October 3, 1967, and Dylan makes his first live appearance in twenty months at a Guthrie memorial concert held at Carnegie Hall on January 20, 1968
Outer Space Treaty Enters Force
The Outer Space Treaty enters into force, creating binding restrictions on nuclear weapons in outer space.
Mariner 5 Venus Flyby
Mariner 5 passes close to Venus and performs radio-occultation and plasma measurements of the planet's environment.
Venus Bow Shock
Mariner 5 observations show that Venus's ionosphere creates a bow shock that deflects the solar wind despite the lack of a strong magnetic field.
March on the Pentagon
Helps organize the antiwar March on the Pentagon
March on the Pentagon
Participates in the March on the Pentagon and later writes about it
November
Apollo 4
Oversees the first uncrewed Saturn V test flight.
Battle of Dak To
Blunts North Vietnam's penetration into the Southern Highlands
Battle of Dak To
Nov 19-Nov 23, The People's Army, PAVN, is defeated by the US
PAVN
Nov 19-Nov 23, The People's Army, PAVN, is defeated by the US
A Model of Leptons
Publishes A Model of Leptons, giving a compact electroweak gauge theory with spontaneous symmetry breaking and a scalar field.
Higgs Boson
Uses spontaneous symmetry breaking in A Model of Leptons to construct a unified electroweak theory incorporating a Higgs-type scalar field.
Air Quality Act
Signs the Air Quality Act of 1967, expanding federal air-pollution authority.
National Press Club Speech
Tells US audiences that progress is being made in Vietnam
Progress Speech
Tells US audiences that the war is showing progress
Resignation Announced
Announces he will leave the Defense Department amid doubts about the war
Love Me Two Times
Releases Love Me Two Times from Strange Days.
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