Timeline July 1967

Events in July 1967 12

• 1878 – 1967 Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) Died 22 July 1967, aged 89 The American poet and biographer won three Pulitzer Prizes, including two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. He died at his home in North Carolina.
• 1892 – 1967 Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) Died 21 July 1967, aged 75 The British actor was best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes in a long-running series of films during the 1930s and 1940s. He died of a heart attack in New York City.
• 1913 – 1967 Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) Died 8 July 1967, aged 53 The British actress won Academy Awards for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. She died of tuberculosis in London.
• 1926 – 1967 John Coltrane (1926-1967) Died 17 July 1967, aged 40 The saxophonist and composer was one of the most influential figures in jazz history, known for albums including A Love Supreme. He died of liver cancer in New York.
• 1967 Wimbledon 1967 Men: John Newcombe · Women: Billie Jean King Last amateur-only Wimbledon.
• 1967 European Communities merge institutions Coal, steel, and economic bodies unite under one Commission The Merger Treaty combined the executive institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community, Euratom, and the European Economic Community into a single Commission and Council. It was a key step toward what later became the European Union.
• 1967 Newark riots Six days of unrest follow the beating of a Black cab driver Rumors that police had killed a Black taxi driver in custody ignited days of rioting, looting, and gunfire in Newark, New Jersey. Twenty-six people were killed before the National Guard restored order.
• 1967 John Coltrane dies Huntington, New York Dies of liver cancer, aged 40.
• 1967 Detroit riots Five days of civil unrest kill 43 A police raid on an unlicensed bar sparked one of the deadliest riots in US history, with widespread arson, looting, and clashes with National Guard and army troops. Forty-three people died and thousands of buildings were destroyed, accelerating the city's decline.
• 1967 – 2014 Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) Died 2 February 2014, aged 46 Philip Seymour Hoffman, an Academy Award-winning actor known for "Capote" and roles in "The Master" and the "Hunger Games" series, was found dead in his New York apartment from an accidental drug overdose. He was widely regarded as one of the finest character actors of his generation. His death cut short several unfinished film projects.
• 1967 Hoepla — first nude on Dutch television In the first episode of the youth programme Hoepla, which Schippers makes together with Willem de Ridder, model Phil Bloom walks naked through the studio set. It is the first nudity on Dutch television. The uproar reaches parliament; questions are tabled and VPRO members cancel their subscriptions en masse.
• 1967 The Doors' Light My Fire reaches number one Summer of Love Number one for three weeks.