Famous Births
- Jan. 02: Tia Carrere - Wayne's World
- Mar. 15: Lauren Graham - Gilmore Girls
- Apr. 29: Master P - Musician
- May 21: Lisa Edelstein - House M.D.
- May 29: Noel Gallagher - Oasis
- Jul. 16: Will Ferrell - SNL Alumni
- Jul. 18: Vin Diesel - Saving Private Ryan
- Dec. 15: Mo Vaughn - Boston Red Sox
Famous Deaths
- Jul. 08: Vivien Leigh - Actress
- Jul. 21: Jimmie Foxx - Boston Red Sox Alumni
- Oct. 09: Che Guevara - Revolutionary
Chart Toppers
- Jan. 17: The Monkees - I'm a Believer
- Feb. 18: The Buckinghams - Kind of a Drag
- Mar. 04: The Rolling Stones - Ruby Tuesday
- Mar. 11: The Supremes - Love is Here and...
- Mar. 18: The Beatles - Penny Lane
- Mar. 25: The Turtles - Happy Together
- Apr. 15: Nancy and Frank Sinatra
- May 13: The Supremes - The Happening
- May 20: The Young Rascals - Groovin
- Jun. 03: Aretha Franklin - Respect
- Jun. 17: The Young Rascals - Groovin
- Jul. 01: The Association - Windy
- Jul. 29: The Doors - Light My Fire
- Aug. 26: Bobbie Gentry - Ode to Billie Joe
- Sep. 23: Box Tops - The Letter
- Oct. 21: Lulu - To Sir, With Love
- Nov. 25: Strawberry Alarm Clock - Incense and Peppermints
- Dec. 04: The Monkees - Daydream Believer Billboard: Historical Billboard Charts
Top Grossing Films
40th Academy Awards
- Presented on: April 10, 1968
- Best Picture: In The Heat of The Night
- Lead Actor: Rod Steiger in In the Heat of the Night
- Lead Actress: Katharine Hepburn in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Best Director: Mike Nichols for The Graduate
- Best Documentary: The Anderson Platoon Rope of Silicon: Oscar Award Winners list
Championship Teams
Top Athletes
Nobel Laureates
January 15 1967
January 15: The Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in the first ever Super Bowl match up.
January 1967
- January 18: The Boston Strangler, who murdered 13 people was sentenced to life in prison.
- January 27: Apollo Program: The three astronauts expected to fly aboard Apollo 1 die in a fire during a test flight in Florida.
March 1967
- March 9: Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva requestes political asylum at the United States Embassy in India.
May 1967
- May 18: The Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning Nuclear Weapons from Outer Space.
July 1967
1967: Race riots in Newark, New Jersey claim the lives of 27 people.
August 1967
- August 25: George Lincoln Rockwell leader of the American Nazi Party is assassinated
September 1967
- September 8: Uganda abolished traditional tribal kingdoms and becomes a republic.
October 21 1967
October 21: Over 100,000 protesters marched toward The Pentagon in a rally against the Vietnam War. Over 600 people were arrested including novelist Norman Mailer.
October 1967
- October 2: Lyndon Johnson's nominee for the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to sit on the court.
- October 9: Guerrilla Leader Che Guevara is killed during a clash between Bolivian troops.
November 1967
- November 7: President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
