2nd » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of Supreme Court of the United States or United States Supreme Court.
4th » Omar Ali Saifuddien III of Brunei abdicates in favour of his son, His Majesty Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah.
8th » Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
9th » A day after being captured, Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara is executed for attempting to incite a revolution in Bolivia.
10th » The Outer Space Treaty, signed on January 27 by more than sixty nations, comes into force.
13th » The first game in the history of the American Basketball Association (1967-1976) or American Basketball Association is played as the Anaheim Amigos lose to the Virginia Squires e.g Oakland Oaks 134-129 in Oakland, California.
18th » The Soviet Union called Soviet probe Venera 4 reaches Venus and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
21st » Vietnam War: More than 100,000 war protesters gather in Washington, D.C.. A Protests against the Vietnam War or peaceful rally at the Lincoln Memorial is followed by a march to The Pentagon and clashes with soldiers and United States Marshals protecting t
26th » Mohammad Reza Pahlavi coronation called crowns himself Emperor of Iran and then crowns his wife Farah Pahlavi known as Farah Empress of Iran.
27th » Catholic priest Philip Berrigan and others of the 'Baltimore Four' protest the Vietnam War by pouring blood on Selective Service records.
29th » London criminal Jack McVitie is murdered by the Kray twins, leading to their eventual imprisonment and downfall.
Famous Birthdays on October in 1967
1st » Mike Pringle (Canadian football) known as Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
1st » Scott Young (ice hockey, born 1967) named Scott Young, American ice hockey player
2nd » Bud Gaugh, American drummer (Sublime (band) or Sublime, Long Beach Dub Allstars, Eyes Adrift, Volcano (supergroup) or Volcano, and Sublime with Rome)
2nd » Gary L. Gregg, American political scientist, author, and acadmeic
2nd » Thomas Muster, Austrian tennis player
2nd » Lew Temple, American actor
2nd » Gillian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
3rd » Rob Liefeld, American author and illustrator
3rd » Chris Collingwood, English-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fountains of Wayne)
31st » Vanilla Ice, American rapper, producer, and actor
31st » Buddy Lazier, American race car driver
31st » Irina Pantaeva, Russian-American model and actress
31st » Adam Schlesinger, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy (band) called Ivy and Tinted Windows (band) called Tinted Windows)
Famous Deaths for October 1967
3rd » Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Almanac Singers) (b. 1912)
3rd » Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer, and conductor (b. 1895)
7th » Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Peace Prize known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
8th » Clement Attlee, English soldier, lawyer, and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1883)
9th » Che Guevara, Argentinian physician and guerrilla leader (b. 1928)
9th » Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
9th » André Maurois, French author (b. 1885)
9th » Joseph Pilates, German-American fitness trainer, developed Pilates (b. 1883)
12th » Ram Manohar Lohia, Indian activist and politician (b. 1910)
14th » Marcel Aymé, French author and playwright (b. 1902)