Historical Events in March 1967

Mar 1 US House of Representatives expels Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr (307 to 116)

Mar 2 9th Grammy Awards: "Strangers in the Night" by Frank Sinatra wins best record, "Michele" by The Beatles best song

Mar 2 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 3 Grenada gains partial independence from Britain
Mar 3 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 3 White Sox given permission to use semi-DH in training camp with home club permission (use of pinch hitter twice in same game)
Mar 4 Ice Dance Championship at Vienna won by Towler & Ford (GRB)
Mar 4 Ice Pairs Championship at Vienna won by Belousova & Protopopov (USSR)
Mar 4 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT)
Mar 4 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (US)
Mar 5 WEDN TV channel 53 in Norwich, CT (PBS) begins broadcasting

Mar 6 2nd Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Bonnie Guitar win

Mar 6 Muhammad Ali is ordered by selective service to be inducted

Mar 6 Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilujeva approaches the US Embassy in New Delhi, India, and asks for political asylum
Mar 6 WACS TV channel 25 in Dawson, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Mar 7 Clark Gesner's musical "You're a Good Man" premieres in NYC
Mar 7 Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa begins 8-year jail sentence for defrauding the union & jury tampering (commuted Dec 23, 1971)
Mar 8 New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day)

Mar 11 Pink Floyd releases 1st single "Arnold Layne"

Mar 12 Indonesian congress strips President Sukarno of authority and names General Suharto as acting President

Mar 14 JFK's body moved from temporary grave to a permanent memorial

Mar 14 1967 NFL Draft: Bubba Smith from Michigan State first pick by Baltimore Colts
Mar 15 Allied Forces Central Europe (AFCENT)-headquarter moves to Brunssum
Mar 15 Marshal Arturo da Costa e Silva sworn in as President of Brazil
Mar 15 WSJK TV channel 2 in Sneedville/Knoxville, TN (PBS) 1st broadcast
Mar 16 Pirate Radio Station 333 (Radio Britain) ship breaks down
Mar 18 Beatles' "Penny Lane" single goes #1

Mar 20 The Supremes release "The Happening"

Mar 20 WOET (now WPTD) TV channel 16 in Dayton, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Mar 22 Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title
Mar 24 University of Michigan holds 1st "Teach-in" after bombing of North Vietnam

Mar 25 29th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Dayton, 79-64; Bruins center Lew Alcindor (later named Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) tournament MOP

Mar 26 Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Populorum progressio

Mar 31 1st time Jimi Hendrix burns his guitar (London)