Kathy Kress: 40 Important and Unimportant Events from 40 Years Ago (1967)

You decide which are which:

1. Che Guevara was killed in Bolivia.
2. Troop level in Vietnam reached 525,000 and US bombers raided Hanoi.
3. Communist China announced it had the H Bomb.
4. Rene Favaloro, Cleveland Clinic developed the first coronary bypass operation.
5. Steve Benton was born.
6. The U.S. Population hit 200 million.
7. Linda McGill swam the English Channel twice (13h.02m and 9h.59m).
8. Miniskirts, bell bottoms and go-go boots reached their height of popularity.
9. Expo "67" opened in Montreal.
10. Synthetic DNA was invented.
11. US astronauts Edward White, Virgil Grissom & Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire during a launch test.
12. Francis Chichester completed the first solo voyage around the world.
13. The musical "Hair" was produced.
14. The Israelis won a victory in the Six-Day War with the Arab states.
15. Muhammad Ali was convicted of draft evasion.
16. The Turtles sang "Happy Together."
17. The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Miguel Angel Asturias.
18. Mike Nichols won the Best Director Academy Award for "The Graduate."
19. American Samoa adopted a new constitution and became self governing.
20. Dow high was 943 and the low was 786.
21. Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov was killed landing Soyuz 1.
22. St. Louis Cardinals beat the Boston Red Sox in the World Series: 4-3.
23. Aretha Franklin sang "Respect."
24. 50,000 people protested the Vietnam War at the Lincoln Memorial.
25. The First Super Bowl was played in Los Angeles, California.
26. Bernard Malamud won the Pulitzer Prize for "The Fixer."
27. A gallon of gas cost 28 cents.
28. Earth Day was celebrated for the first time.
29. Jayne Mansfield died in a car crash.
30. Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the Supreme Court.
31. Stanley Cup was won by the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Montreal Canadiens: 4 games to 2.
32. A military coup overthrew the government of Greece.
33. Sesame Street was first broadcast.
34. South Yemen gained independence from the UK.
35. Katherine Hepburn won the Best Actress Oscar for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?"
36. The average American family income was $7,300.
37. Dr Christian Barnard performed the first human-heart transplant in South Africa.
38. Svetlana Alliluyeva, Stalin's daughter, defected to the West.
39. A federal court in Alabama ordered the governor and the board of education to integrate all public schools.
40. Philadelphia 76ers beat the San Francisco Warriors in the NBA finals: 4-2.

Compiled by Kathy Kress for Steve’s 40th on July 5, 2007
¡Feliz cumpleaños de Kathy, Mike, Tao y Maya!