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November 2 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson holds a secret meeting with a group of the nation's most prestigious leaders ("the Wise Men") and asks them to suggest ways to unite the American people behind the war effort. They conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
January 6 – President Johnson signs Proclamation 3760, inviting Americans to participate in the observance of February 1967 as "American History Month" and partake in activities of recognition of the occasion. [3] January 10 – President Johnson delivers the 1967 State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress. [4]
1967 was a common year ... causing the biggest oil spill in history up to that point. ... Jack Ruby, American nightclub owner and convicted criminal, ...
The history of the United States from 1964 to 1980 includes the climax and end of the Civil Rights Movement; the escalation and ending of the Vietnam War; the drama of a generational revolt with its sexual freedoms and use of drugs; and the continuation of the Cold War, with its Space Race to put a man on the Moon.
1967: Vandals poured approximately four gallons of paint into Mary Gibbard Park swimming pool. City workers forced to drain tank for cleaning.
1967 – Jack Ruby died of a pulmonary embolism, secondary to bronchogenic carcinoma (lung cancer), on January 3, 1967 at Parkland Hospital, where Oswald had died and where President Kennedy had been pronounced dead after his assassination. 1967 – The first Super Bowl is played, with the Green Bay Packers defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 35–10.
1967: A porch roof in Clay Twp. collapsed killing two children after 2-feet of snow fell in the South Bend area. The Sheriff's Dept. is investigating.
1967 Negro History in the Home, School, and the Community. 1968 The Centennial of the Fourteenth Amendment Afro American History Week. 1969 Changing the Afro American Image through History.