WORLD EVENTS AND THE YEAR 1967

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World Events of 1967

Twiggy becomes world-wide sensation.

Twiggy
The third Arab / Israeli war is fought (a.k.a. "Six Day War").

Arab-Israeli "Six Day War"
Biafra declares its independence from Nigeria. Nigeria does not recognise this and invades Biafra, thus beginning a war.
China explodes its first hydrogen bomb.

H-Bomb
US and USSR enter talks on nuclear non-proliferation.
Vietnam war continues, so does widespread protest. People's Republic of China agrees to give North Vietnam an undisclosed amount of aid.

Rising dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War
Elvis Presley and Priscilla Beaulieu are married in Las Vegas.

Elvis Marriage
The United Kingdom and Ireland apply officially for European Economic Community membership.
The "Hippie" movement declares that summer of 1967 will be the "Summer of Love" with its epicentre being San Francisco.

Hippies
Israel annexes Jerusalem, thus initiating widespread protest.
Che Guevara is killed in Bolivia.

Che's body with CIA agents
Yemen gains independence.
Ronald Ryan is hanged in Pentridge Prison, Melbourne. He is the last person to be executed in Australia.
China's "Cultural Revolution" continues.

Cultural Revolution

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