February 26, 1967 — Melanie Coe leaves home
Although much of “She’s Leaving Home” is fictionalised in its details, the heart of the story – a teenage girl...
March 29, 2017
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February 28, 1967 — Henry Luce dies
Henry Luce was an American magazine publisher, who rose to be a magnate in his industry and was called, with...
March 24, 2017
March 3, 1967 — Peter Allen and Liza Minelli marry
It must have seemed quite the fairytale romance at the time. Peter Allen, the Boy from Oz, all of 23...
March 19, 2017
June 29, 1967 — Jayne Mansfield dies in an automobile accident
Jayne Mansfield was one of the great blonde bombshells so beloved of American cinema in the Fifties and Sixties. Along...
March 9, 2017
October 20, 1967 — Bigfoot caught on film at Bluff Creek
Or were they? Ever since Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin filmed a hairy humanoid at Bluff Creek, California, on October...
February 27, 2017
November 9, 1967 — The first issue of Rolling Stone hits the stands
From slight beginnings, Rolling Stone magazine would go on to become one of the world’s great organs of music journalism,...
February 22, 2017
November 14, 1967 — Nina Gordon of Veruca Salt born
Nina Gordon was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967. It was here that her friend Lili Taylor introduced her to...
February 17, 2017
December 9, 1967 — Jim Morrison dragged from the stage by the police
Jim Morrison’s first, and second most notorious, arrest.
February 12, 2017
January 23, 1968 — Prudence Farrow arrives at Rishikesh
Prudence Farrow (younger sister of Mia Farrow), came to study under the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at his ashram Rishikesh for...
February 2, 2017
February 8, 1968 — Police shoot black protestors in Orangeburg, South Carolina, killing three
About 200 protestors gathered outside a bowling alley in Orangeburg, South Carolina to demonstrate in favour of the civil rights...
January 29, 2017
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