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1967 By year's end, there are 480,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam. The U.S. begins mining rivers in North Vietnam.
* In Washington, DC, 50,000 people protest the Vietnam War at the LIncoln Memorial. Students nationwide burn their draft cards. Mohammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title for refusing to join the Army because of his Muslim faith.
* The third Arab-Israel war – also known as the Six-Day War – begins after Egyptian president Nasser begins remilitarizing the Sinai Peninsula. Israel routs the Arab forces of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, capturing old Jerusalem, the Sinai, the West Bank and Golan Heights.
* After the Six-Day War, the Suez Canal is closed for security reasons, until 1975.
* In the first Super Bowl, Green Bay Packers beats the Kansas City Chiefs by a score of 35-10.
* Both sides in the Nigerian civil war agree to a 48-hour cease-fire so they can watch Pelé play in an exhibition soccer match in Lagos.
* The Soviet Union is forced to overhaul their Soyuz spacecrafts after cosmonaut Vladimir Kamarov is killed during reentry.
* Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the first human heart transplant operation in Cape Town, South Africa. He is assisted by Hamilton Naki, a self-taught black African surgeon who later receives an honorary degree in medicine.
* Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American judge appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
* The first automatic teller machine (ATM) is put into service at Barclays Bank in London.
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