What Happened In August 1967 In History

Historical Events for August, 1967

• 8th » The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is founded by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
• 14th » UK Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967 or Marine Broadcasting Offences Act declares participation in offshore pirate radio illegal.
• 24th » Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them.
• 30th » Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States called Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1967

• 1st » Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player and coach
• 1st » José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter
• 2nd » Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player
• 2nd » Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter and producer
• 3rd » Skin (musician) called Skin, English singer and model (Skunk Anansie)
• 3rd » Mathieu Kassovitz, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, founded MNP Entreprise
• 3rd » Manmohan Waris, Indian singer
• 4th » Timothy Adams (actor) named Timothy Adams, American model and actor
• 4th » Michael Marsh (athlete) called Michael Marsh, American sprinter
• 5th » Matthew Caws, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Nada Surf)
• 5th » Thomas Lang, Austrian drummer and producer (stOrk and Vienna Art Orchestra)
• 6th » Mike Greenberg, American journalist and sportscaster
• 6th » Lorna Fitzsimons, English businesswoman and politician
• 6th » Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer
• 7th » Jason Grimsley, American baseball player
• 8th » Sable (wrestler) called Sable, American wrestler and actress
• 8th » Eric Angle, American wrestler
• 8th » Marcelo Balboa, American soccer player
• 8th » Lee Unkrich, American director and screenwriter
• 9th » Deion Sanders, American football and baseball player
• 10th » Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer
• 10th » Riddick Bowe, American boxer
• 10th » Gus Johnson (sportscaster) or Gus Johnson, American sportscaster
• 10th » Lorraine Pearson, English singer and author (Five Star)
• 10th » Mart Sander, Estonian actor, singer, director, and author
• 10th » Reinout Scholte, Dutch cricketer
• 11th » Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Héroes del Silencio)
• 11th » Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor and martial artist
• 11th » Eric Maleson, Brazilian bobsled racer, founded the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation
• 11th » Joe Rogan, American comedian, actor, and television host
• 12th » Andy Hui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Big Four (band) e.g Big Four)
• 12th » Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker
• 12th » Regilio Tuur, Dutch boxer
• 13th » Quinn Cummings, American actress
• 13th » Dave Jamerson, American basketball player
• 13th » Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player
• 14th » Erik Gandini, Italian-Swedish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 14th » Dirk Rehbein, German footballer
• 15th » Peter Hermann (actor) or Peter Hermann, American actor
• 16th » Ulrika Jonsson, Swedish journalist, actress, and author
• 17th » David Conrad, American actor
• 18th » Brian Michael Bendis, American author and illustrator
• 18th » Daler Mehndi, Indian singer-songwriter and producer
• 18th » Dan Peters, American drummer (Bundle of Hiss, Mudhoney, Nirvana (band) e.g Nirvana, and Love Battery)
• 19th » Khandro Rinpoche, Indian spiritual leader
• 20th » Tori (wrestler) known as Tori, American bodybuilder and wrestler
• 20th » Andy Benes, American baseball player
• 21st » Darren Bewick, Australian footballer
• 21st » B. D. Foxmoor, Greek rapper and producer (Active Member)
• 21st » Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress
• 21st » Serj Tankian, Lebanese-American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (System of a Down and Axis of Justice)
• 22nd » Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor
• 22nd » Ty Burrell, American actor
• 22nd » Alfred Gough, American screenwriter and producer
• 22nd » Yukiko Okada, Japanese singer and actress (d. 1986)
• 22nd » Bill Welke, American baseball player and umpire
• 23rd » Ant (comedian) known as Ant, American comedian and actor
• 23rd » Jim Murphy, Scottish politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 23rd » Richard Petrie, New Zealand cricketer
• 24th » Michael Thomas (footballer, born 1967) or Michael Thomas, English footballer
• 25th » Tom Hollander, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 25th » Jeff Tweedy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wilco, Loose Fur, and Uncle Tupelo)
• 25th » Nobuyuki Hiyama, Japanese voice actor
• 26th » Michael Gove, Scottish journalist and politician, Secretary of State for Education
• 27th » Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
• 28th » Dominic Lucero, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 1994)
• 28th » Jamie Osborne, English jockey and trainer
• 29th » Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
• 31st » Nigel Avery, New Zealand weightlifter
• 31st » Jonathan Cake, English actor
• 31st » Gene Hoglan, American drummer (Tenet (band) or Tenet, Strapping Young Lad, Testament (band) known as Testament, Fear Factory, and Dethklok)
• 31st » Anita Moen, Norwegian skier

Famous Deaths for August 1967

• 1st » Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1900)
• 2nd » Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and educator (b. 1886)
• 4th » Peter Smith (cricketer) named Peter Smith, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 5th » György Bródy, Hungarian water polo player (b. 1908)
• 9th » Joe Orton, English author and playwright (b. 1933)
• 12th » Esther Forbes, American historian and author (b. 1891)
• 14th » Bob Anderson (racing driver) e.g Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
• 15th » René Magritte, Belgian painter (b. 1898)
• 19th » Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-American author and publisher (b. 1884)
• 19th » Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (b. 1907)
• 22nd » Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist, co-created the Combined oral contraceptive pill called birth-control pill (b. 1903)
• 23rd » Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (b. 1918)
• 23rd » Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 24th » Lam Bun, Hong Kong radio host (b. 1930)
• 24th » Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (b. 1882)
• 25th » Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1883)
• 25th » Paul Muni, Ukrainian-American actor and singer (b. 1895)
• 25th » George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (b. 1918)
• 27th » Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (b. 1934)
• 31st » Ilya Ehrenburg, Russian journalist and author (b. 1891)

• « Year 1966
• Year 1968 »