Timeline Sunday 31 December 1967

Events on Sunday 31 December 1967 10

• 1949 – 1967 Childhood in Kobe Grew up in Kobe, a cosmopolitan port city where he was exposed to Western culture through imported books and records. His parents encouraged reading, though he rejected the classic Japanese works they taught and devoured American paperbacks instead.
• 1958 – 1967 Andy and the Bey Sisters Performed as part of the vocal trio Andy and the Bey Sisters with her brother Andy Bey and sister Salome Bey. Starting on the Miami club scene, they toured the United States and Europe, becoming the featured act at the Blue Note in Paris and appearing in a jazz film directed by Roger Vadim.
• 1963 – 1967 National Theatre with Olivier Recruited by Laurence Olivier to join the newly formed National Theatre Company, where he spent four years as one of its original members.
• 1965 – 1967 Blue Note Solo Albums Released a series of landmark solo albums on Blue Note Records including Speak No Evil (1966), Adam's Apple (1966) and Schizophrenia (1967), compositions that became enduring jazz standards.
• 1967 1967: Denny Hulme Brabham New Zealander Hulme beat his boss Jack Brabham to the title, becoming the only New Zealand-born World Champion.
• 1967 Bedazzled and Fathom Played Lust in the comedy Bedazzled with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and starred as a glamorous secret agent in the spy spoof Fathom.
• 1967 Casino Royale and Alfie Composed scores for the James Bond spoof Casino Royale and the Michael Caine drama Alfie, demonstrating his range as a film composer.
• 1967 Hello, I'm Dolly and The Porter Wagoner Show Released her debut album Hello, I'm Dolly on Monument Records, featuring the hit singles Dumb Blonde and Something Fishy. In September, she was invited to join The Porter Wagoner Show as a regular performer, replacing Norma Jean, and signed to RCA Victor.
• 1967 Pulitzer Prize Won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning at the age of 31, becoming one of the youngest recipients. The award recognised his work at The Denver Post.
• 1967 The Joke Published his first novel, The Joke, a satirical exploration of life under Communist rule that became a sensation in Czechoslovakia.