1967
 
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  • Israeli victory in the Six-Day War with the Arab states
  • Biafra secedes from Nigeria leading to civil war
  • King Constantine 11 of Greece deposed; military junta led by Col. George Papadopoulos takes power
  • Australian Prime Minister Harold Hold drowned; John McKewan becomes interim P.M.
  • British Aden becomes independent Yemen
  • Dr Christian Barnard performs first human heart transplant
  • Che Guevara killed in Bolivia
  • Ronald Ryan, last person to be executed in Australia, hanged
  • US astronauts Edward White, Virgil Grissom & Roger Chaffee killed in fire during a launch test
  • Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov killed landing Soyuz 1
  • Expo 67 features a geodesic dome designed by R Buckminster Fuller
  • Radio astronomers discover the first pulsar
  • Francis Chichester complete the first solo voyage around the world
  • The musical "Hair" produced
  • Tie-died t-shirts and turtle-neck sweaters in fashion

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  		Geodesic dome at Expo 67

Che Guevera poster

   

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