Timeline October 1967

Events in October 1967 11

• 1912 – 1967 Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) Died 3 October 1967, aged 55 The folk singer-songwriter, best known for "This Land Is Your Land," died from complications of Huntington's disease. His music and activism influenced generations of American folk and protest singers.
• 1928 – 1967 Che Guevara (1928-1967) Died 9 October 1967, aged 39 The Argentine-born revolutionary and guerrilla leader was captured by the Bolivian army, with CIA assistance, while attempting to spark a continental revolution. He was executed the following day, and his image later became a globally recognized symbol of rebellion.
• 1967 Expo 67 opens in Montreal World's fair draws over 50 million visitors Held to mark Canada's centennial, Expo 67 became one of the most successful world's fairs of the 20th century, featuring pavilions from over 60 nations including Buckminster Fuller's geodesic Biosphere. It ran for six months and boosted Montreal's international profile.
• 1967 Jackson Browne's These Days recorded by Nico Chelsea Girl A song he wrote at 16 appears on Nico's first album.
• 1967 Sly and the Family Stone release A Whole New Thing Debut album A debut that sells poorly.
• 1967 The Byrds fire David Crosby Line-up change Crosby goes on to Crosby, Stills & Nash.
• 1967 Thurgood Marshall joins US Supreme Court First Black justice sworn in Thurgood Marshall, the lawyer who had argued Brown v. Board of Education, was sworn in as the first African American justice of the United States Supreme Court. He served on the Court for 24 years, consistently voting on its liberal wing.
• 1967 Woody Guthrie dies in New York Aged 55 Dies at Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens.
• 1967 Outer Space Treaty enters into force Nations agree space belongs to no one The treaty, negotiated by the United States, Soviet Union, and United Kingdom, banned nuclear weapons in orbit and claims of sovereignty over celestial bodies. It became the foundational legal framework for international space law.
• 1967 Marvin Gaye's duet partner Tammi Terrell collapses on stage Hampden-Sydney College She collapses in his arms — she dies in 1970, aged 24.
• 1967 – 2015 Scott Weiland (1967-2015) Died 3 December 2015, aged 48 Scott Weiland was an American musician best known as the lead singer of the rock band Stone Temple Pilots, and later fronted Velvet Revolver. Stone Temple Pilots became one of the best-selling rock bands of the 1990s. Weiland's career was repeatedly disrupted by publicized struggles with drug addiction.