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1967 – Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States. 1967 – Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is killed by a police officer. His death results in the founding of the terrorist group Movement 2 June.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1967 (26 P) Pages in category "1967 deaths" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,927 total.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in February 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1967th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 967th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1960s decade.
June 17, 1967: China joins U.S., USSR and UK in exploding a hydrogen bomb (pictured, a 1954 U.S. test) The People's Republic of China successfully exploded its first hydrogen bomb. [104] Only three other nations— the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom— had successfully tested a fusion bomb.
June 2 – Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States. June 5 – Murderer Richard Speck is sentenced to death in the electric chair for killing eight student nurses in Chicago. June 7 – Two Moby Grape members are arrested for contributing to the delinquency of minors.
James Donald French (June 16, 1936 [a] – August 10, 1966) was an American double murderer who was the last person executed under Oklahoma's death penalty laws prior to Furman v. Georgia , which suspended capital punishment in the United States from 1972 until 1976.
[2] [3] This perceived phenomenon, which came to be known as the "27 Club", attributes special significance to popular musicians, artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27, often as a result of drug and alcohol abuse or violent means such as homicide, suicide, or transportation-related accidents. [6]