January 1
January 1
Operation Sam Houston begins
Operation Sam Houston begins as a continuation of border surveillance operations in Pleiku and Kontum Provinces in the Central Highlands by units from the U.S. 4th and 25th Infantry Divisions.…
A Year In History: 1967
Also Within This Year in History:
1967
Riots in Detroit… San Francisco's Summer of Love… the Six-Day War in the Middle East… Elvis and Priscilla's Vegas wedding... 1967 was a momentous year around the world. It also a year of firsts: the first successful human heart transplant in South Africa (the recipient lasted 18 days), the confirmation of the first Black Supreme Court Justice in the U.S. (Thurgood Marshall) and the first McDonald’s Big Mac (price: 45 cents).
January 2
January 2
U.S. planes down seven enemy planes
In what is described as the biggest air battle of the war to date, U.S. Air Force F‑4 Phantom jets down seven communist MiG‑21s over North Vietnam. The Phantoms were…
January 3
January 3
Jack Ruby dies before second trial
On January 3, 1967, Jack Ruby, the Dallas nightclub owner who killed the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, dies of a massive blood clot in a Dallas hospital.…
January 5
January 5
Amphibious operations conducted in the Mekong Delta
On this day, 1st Battalion, 9th U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese Marine Brigade Force Bravo conduct amphibious operations in the Kien Hoa Province in the Mekong Delta, located 62 miles…
January 8
January 8
Operation Cedar Falls is launched
About 16,000 U.S. soldiers from the 1st and 25th Infantry Divisions, 173rd Airborne Brigade and 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment join 14,000 South Vietnamese troops to mount Operation Cedar Falls. This…
January 9
January 9
U.S. officials try to counter claims of Saigon corruption
The Agency for International Development (AID) attempts to respond to reports in the American media of widespread corruption and thievery of commodities sent to South Vietnam by the United States.…
January 10
January 10
Johnson asks for surcharge to pay for the war
President Johnson, in his annual State of the Union message to Congress, asks for enactment of a 6 percent surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes to help support the…
January 10
January 10
President Johnson asks for more funding for Vietnam War
On January 10, 1967, during his State of the Union speech, President Lyndon B. Johnson asks Congress for more money to support the Vietnam War. Lyndon’s War, a war Johnson…
January 14
January 14
San Francisco’s “Human Be‑In” launches the Summer of Love
The Human Be‑In is held in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967, launching the “Summer of Love.” The event draws more than 20,000 people to enjoy peace,…
January 15
January 15
Packers beat Chiefs in first Super Bowl
On January 15, 1967, the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) smash the American Football League (AFL)’s Kansas City Chiefs, 35‑10, in the first‑ever AFL‑NFL World Championship,…
January 15
January 15
Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl
On this day in 1967, at the Los Angeles Coliseum, the Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first‑ever world championship game of American football. In the…
January 24
January 24
Aretha Franklin’s career is reborn
“Respect,” “Chain of Fools,” and “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” are the passionate, gospel‑charged classics with which Aretha Franklin is most closely associated. They were enormous, career‑defining…
January 27
January 27
Astronauts die in launch pad fire
A launch pad fire during Apollo program tests at Cape Canaveral, Florida, kills astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee. An investigation indicated that a…
January 27
January 27
Donald Evans receives Medal of Honor
Specialist Four Donald W. Evans, a 23‑year‑old medic from Covina, California, was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor for action on this day in the Kontum Province. Evans’ platoon had…
February 18
February 18
J. Robert Oppenheimer dies
On February 18, 1967, J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” dies in Princeton, New Jersey, at the age of 62. An expert in quantum theory and nuclear…
February 21
February 21
Bernard Fall killed by mine in South Vietnam
Writer and historian Bernard B. Fall is killed by a Viet Cong mine while accompanying a U.S. Marine patrol along the seacoast about 14 miles northwest of Hue, on a…
February 22
February 22
Suharto takes full power in Indonesia
On February 22, 1967, Indonesian President Sukarno surrenders all executive authority to military dictator General Haji Mohammad Suharto, remaining president in title only. In 1965, Suharto, a senior army officer,…
February 22
February 22
Operation Junction City begins
Operation Junction City is launched to ease pressure on Saigon. It was an effort to smash the Viet Cong’s stronghold in Tay Ninh Province and surrounding areas along the Cambodian…
March 2
March 2
Bobby Kennedy proposes plan to end the war
Senator Robert Kennedy (D‑New York) proposes a three‑point plan to help end the war. The plan included suspension of the U.S. bombing of North Vietnam and the gradual withdrawal of…
March 7
March 7
Republic of Korea forces operation launch
The largest South Korean operation to date starts, forming a link‑up of two Korean division areas of operations along the central coastal area of South Vietnam. South Korean forces had…
