January 3, 1967 — Jack Ruby dies
On November 24, 1963, Jack Ruby changed the course of history when he shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald before...
April 19, 2017
1967
January 17, 1967 — The County Borough of Blackburn reports on its potholes
The County Borough of Blackburn was, in 1967, the governing body of the Blackburn area. Blackburn is an industrial town...
April 14, 2017
January 26, 1967 — David Bowie records “The Laughing Gnome”
Bowie himself regards it as one of his worst songs. He’s not wrong. The Alvin and the Chipmunks high-voices, the...
April 9, 2017
February 13, 1967 — The Beatles release “Strawberry Fields Forever”
Originally recorded for “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”, it was instead decided to release “Strawberry Fields Forever” as a...
April 4, 2017
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
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
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