Historical figures in 1967
The atlas holds 91 people and 162 moments here, in 1967. The most recorded lives are Eisaku Satō, Mercedes Sosa and U Thant. Among them Writers, Performers and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
in 1967
1 moment here
Algerian politician, diplomat, and president. Born in Oujda, he joined the National Liberation Army during the Algerian War, served as Algeria's…
Abebe Bikila
in 1967
1 moment here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Alan García
in 1967
1 moment here
Alan García Pérez was a Peruvian politician and leader of the Peruvian Aprista Party who served two nonconsecutive terms as president of Peru, from…
Albert Luthuli
in 1967
1 moment here
Albert John Luthuli was a South African teacher, traditional leader, anti-apartheid activist, and President-General of the African National Congress.…
Alfredo Di Stéfano
in 1967
1 moment here
Argentine-born footballer and manager who became a Spanish citizen and was the central player in Real Madrid's five consecutive European Cup…
Aretha Franklin
in 1967
1 moment here
American singer, pianist, songwriter, and civil-rights activist known as the “Queen of Soul.” Her documented movements span childhood relocations…
Ariel Sharon
in 1967
1 moment here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Bruce Lee
in 1967
2 moments here
Bruce Lee (Lee Jun-fan) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and founder of Jeet Kune Do.…
Charles de Gaulle
in 1967
2 moments here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Che Guevara
in 1967
4 moments here
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967) was an Argentine physician, Marxist revolutionary, Cuban government official, diplomat, and guerrilla commander.…
Chinua Achebe
in 1967
1 moment here
Nigerian novelist, poet, critic, editor, educator, and Biafran representative whose life moved between southeastern Nigeria, Lagos, East Africa,…
Christiaan Barnard
in 1967
1 moment here
South African cardiac surgeon who led the team that performed the first successful human-to-human heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape…
Claude Simon
in 1967
2 moments here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Claudia Cardinale
in 1967
1 moment here
Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…
Colleen McCullough
in 1967
1 moment here
Australian novelist and neurophysiologist best known for The Thorn Birds. Born in Wellington, New South Wales, she worked in Sydney, London, and New…
Dalida
in 1967
1 moment here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Desmond Tutu
in 1967
1 moment here
South African Anglican bishop, theologian, anti-apartheid activist, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Archbishop of Cape Town, and chair of South Africa’s…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1967
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1967
2 moments here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Eisaku Satō
in 1967
12 moments here
Japanese politician and prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. A former railway bureaucrat, Satō led Japan during rapid economic growth, pursued…
Elizabeth Taylor
in 1967
1 moment here
British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…
Elvis Presley
in 1967
1 moment here
American singer and actor Elvis Aaron Presley, widely known as the “King of Rock and Roll.” Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, he grew up in Memphis,…
Eusébio
in 1967
2 moments here
Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (1942–2014) was a Portuguese footballer, born in Lourenço Marques (now Maputo), who became Benfica's record goalscorer and…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1967
3 moments here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Moments
- 1967 Arab heads-of-state conference in Khartoum Abdelaziz Bouteflika
- 1967 Studies at Pontifical Catholic University Alan García
- 1967 FAME Studios recording session Aretha Franklin
- 1967 Jun Fan Gung Fu Institute in Los Angeles Chinatown Bruce Lee
- 1967 Second Long Beach karate-tournament appearance Bruce Lee
- 1967 Guerrilla operations in the Camiri region Che Guevara
- 1967 Wartime move to Aba Chinua Achebe
- 1967 Wedding ceremony in Atlanta Claudia Cardinale
- 1967 Research post at Yale Medical School Colleen McCullough
- 1967 Sanremo Music Festival performance Dalida
- 1967 Teaching at Federal Theological Seminary Desmond Tutu
- 1967 Lived with her mother during parental separation Diana, Princess of Wales
- 1967 Lecture at the National Chemical Laboratory Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1967 Scientific tour of Delhi Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1967 Filming The Taming of the Shrew Elizabeth Taylor
- 1967 Expo 67 opening Haile Selassie
- 1967 Visit with President Johnson Haile Selassie
- 1967 Economics degree in Tashkent Islam Karimov
- 1967 Move to Paris Italo Calvino
- 1967 Journey to Israel for intellectual dialogue Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1967 Photographed in Venice Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1967 Completed secondary school Jerry Rawlings
- 1967 Dial M for Murder in Chicago Joan Fontaine
- 1967 Law degree at Legon John Atta Mills
- 1967 Chato Primary School John Magufuli
- 1967 War reporting visit to Vietnam John Steinbeck
- 1967 Norton Lectures at Harvard Jorge Luis Borges
- 1967 Writer-in-residence presence at University of Virginia Jorge Luis Borges
- 1967 Visiting professor at Rockefeller University Lars Onsager
- 1967 Noranda Lecture at Expo 67 Macfarlane Burnet
- 1967 First Broadway engagement Marlene Dietrich
- 1967 UNICEF charity appearance Marlon Brando
- 1967 Visit to Bihar during famine Marlon Brando
- 1967 Return to New York Maya Angelou
- 1967 Brigade-major posting Muhammadu Buhari
- 1967 Civil-war movement to Afikpo Muhammadu Buhari
- 1967 Lecturer at the University of Nairobi Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- 1967 Filming Romeo and Juliet at Cinecittà Olivia Hussey
- 1967 Settlement in Paris Oscar Niemeyer
- 1967 Theological studies at San Miguel Pope Francis
- 1967 Family move to Tiburon Robin Williams
- 1967 Lives in Sacramento governor's mansion Ronald Reagan
- 1967 Cruise around the Aeolian Islands Saint-John Perse
- 1967 Graduation from Colegio del Verbo Divino Sebastián Piñera
- 1967 Meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser Simone de Beauvoir
- 1967 Move to Crist Drive home Steve Jobs
- 1967 Paris Night nightclub debut Teresa Teng
- 1967 Random House transfer Toni Morrison
- 1967 Doctoral study at Giessen Wangarĩ Maathai
- 1967 Doctoral study in Munich Wangarĩ Maathai