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year 1967 saw the magazine Rolling Stone
begin publication by entrepreneur Jann Wenner. This
was also the year that 3-D holographic movies were
developed and Aspirin was found to be a possible cause
of ulcers. In other news:
- The
25th amendment to the Constitution is passed, giving
the president the authority to appoint a vice president
— with Congressional approval — when
that office becomes vacant.
- Thurgood
Marshall becomes the first black to sit on the Supreme
Court.
- Puerto
Rico votes to remain a US commonwealth rather than
become a state or independent country.
- Egypt
blockades the Israeli port of Elat. Israel attacks
Egypt, Syria and Jordan, occupying the Gaza Strip,
the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights in the
Six-Day Israeli-Arab War. The United Nations obtains
a cease-fire on all fronts.
- Broadway
musicals include You’re a Good Man Charlie
Brown and Hair, the first show to
emphasize rock music.
- Christiaan
Barnard, a South African surgeon, performs the first
human heart transplant.
- Gordon
Murray, a Canadian surgeon, claims the he successfully
repaired a severed spinal cord.
- Albert
de Salvo, the “Boston Strangler”, who
admits to 13 murders is sentenced to life in prison.
- Mickey
Mantle of the New York Yankees hits his 500th career
home run.
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