Events in History in April 1967

Event of Interest

Apr 6 Premier Georges Pompidou forms new French government

French President Georges Pompidou — French President
Georges Pompidou

Apr 7 Israeli Syrian border fights
Apr 7 Tom Donahue, San Francisco DJ begins new radio format - Progressive (KMPX-FM)
Apr 9 1st Boeing 737 (a 100 series) makes its maiden flight

Election of Interest

Apr 11 Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Congressman Adam Clayton Powell Jr. — Congressman
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.

Theater Premiere

Apr 11 Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead" debuts in London at the Old Vic

Playwright and Screenwriter Tom Stoppard — Playwright and Screenwriter
Tom Stoppard

Event of Interest

Apr 14 General Gnassingbé Eyadéma becomes President of Togo

General and President of Togo Gnassingbé Eyadéma — General and President of Togo
Gnassingbé Eyadéma

Apr 17 Shortwave Radio NY Worldwide goes back on the air after a week off
Apr 17 Surveyor 3 launched; soft lands on Moon, April 20
Apr 18 Jonathan Frid makes his 1st appearance as 200-year-old vampire Barnabas Collins on TV's "Dark Shadows", show becomes a huge hit

Apr 19 Yugoslav author Mihaljo Mihaljov sentenced 4½ years
Apr 20 French author Régis Debray caught in Bolivia
Apr 20 US Surveyor 3 lands on Moon
Apr 20 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Apr 20 A Globe Air Bristol Britannia turboprop crashes at Nicosia, Cyprus, killing 126.
Apr 21 Evangelical Broadcasting begins in Netherlands
Apr 21 Military coup in Greece, Konstantinos Kollias becomes premier
Apr 21 Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Allilueva arrives in New York City after defecting to the US
Apr 22 Martial Law goes into effect in Greece
Apr 23 Soyuz 1 launched; Vladimir Komarov becomes 1st in-flight casualty

Event of Interest

Apr 24 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that the enemy had "gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily."

US General William Westmoreland — US General
William Westmoreland

Apr 25 Abortion legalized in Colorado
Apr 25 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland
Apr 25 Jules Feiffer's "Little Murders" premieres in NYC
Apr 26 San Marco 2 Launch (1st Equatorial Launch)
Apr 27 Expo 67 opens in Montreal, Canada
Apr 27 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Agreement of Interest

Apr 28 The Douglas Aircraft Company behind schedule with deliveries of the DC-8 and DC-9 and close to bankruptcy agrees to merge with the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation to form McDonnell Douglas