Timeline February 1967

Events in February 1967 6

• 1904 – 1967 J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) Died 18 February 1967, aged 62 The physicist who led the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory and is often called the "father of the atomic bomb" died of throat cancer in Princeton, New Jersey. He spent his later years advocating for international control of nuclear weapons after being stripped of his security clearance during the Red Scare.
• 1967 Arusha Declaration Tanzania commits to African socialism Tanzanian president Julius Nyerere issued the Arusha Declaration, outlining a program of socialist self-reliance including the nationalization of banks and major industries. It became the ideological foundation of Tanzania's development policy for the next two decades.
• 1967 Redlands drug bust Police raid Keith Richards' home — February 12, 1967 On February 12, 1967, 18 police officers raided Keith Richards' Redlands estate in Sussex following a tip-off from the News of the World. Mick Jagger was charged with drug possession, Richards with allowing cannabis smoking on his premises. Both were briefly jailed in June 1967 before their sentences were overturned after a public outcry led by The Times editor William Rees-Mogg.
• 1967 – present Roberto Baggio The Divine Ponytail One of the greatest footballers in history, known for his skill and the 1994 World Cup final.
• 1967 – 1994 Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) Died 5 April 1994, aged 27 Kurt Cobain, frontman of Nirvana and a defining voice of grunge and 1990s rock, died by suicide at his Seattle home. His death made him one of the most mourned musicians of his generation.
• 1967 Kurt Cobain born in Aberdeen, Washington Kurt Donald Cobain Born in Aberdeen, a struggling logging town.