February 28 » The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
May 17 » Second Boer War: British troops relieve Mafeking.
May 18 » The United Kingdom proclaims a protectorate over Tonga.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
July 29 » In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
December 19 » Hopetoun Blunder: The first Governor-General of Australia John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, appoints Sir William Lyne premier of the new state of New South Wales, but he is unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and is forced to resign.
Day of death January 3, 1967
The temperature on January 3, 1967 was between 0.4 °C and 5.4 °C and averaged 2.6 °C. There was 5.0 mm of rain during 4.5 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (39%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 14 » The body of U.S. President John F. Kennedy is moved to a permanent burial place at Arlington National Cemetery.
April 21 » A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasts for seven years.
July 29 » During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
October 2 » Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court.
November 2 » Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
November 21 » Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland tells news reporters: "I am absolutely certain that whereas in 1965 the enemy was winning, today he is certainly losing."
Day of burial January 6, 1967
The temperature on January 6, 1967 was between -12.4 °C and 0.1 °C and averaged -5.3 °C. There was 6.0 hours of sunshine (76%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 6 » Cold War: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
April 4 » Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
May 13 » Dr. Zakir Husain becomes the third President of India. He is the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He holds this position until August 24, 1969.
May 20 » The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
July 12 » Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
November 30 » South Yemen becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
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