America - 1967AD
In 1967AD:
Thurgood Marshall became the first black member of the U.S. Supreme Court.
The X-15 research aircraft established a speed record of Mach 6.7 (4,520 mph).
A fire killed U.S. astronauts White, Grissom and Chaffee during a launch test.
Tennis player Billie Jean King won the U.S. Open championship for the first time.
Quarterback Joe Namath set a one-season record by passing for 4,007 yards.
The North American Soccer League (NASL) was formed.
R. Buckminster Fuller designed a geodesic dome for the U.S. Pavilion at Expo '67.
The hippie musical revue
Hair
was produced.
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper starred in the motorcycle film
Easy Rider
.
Warren Beaty and Faye Dunaway starred in Arthur Penn's film
Bonnie and Clyde
.
Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger starred in the film
In the Heat of the Night
.
Dustin Hoffman starred in Mike Nichols' film
The Graduate
.
American writer Joyce Carol Oates published
A Garden of Earthly Delights
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