1967 Thomas Cup, Teams
5 teams from 4 regions took part in the Inter-Zone ties. As defending champion, Indonesia skipped the Final Round and played directly in the Challenge Round.


1967 Thomas Cup, Inter-zone playoffs
The first inter-zone tie in Jakarta pitted Denmark against Malaysia. "On paper" they were the two strongest teams in the tournament with recent major event champions such as Erland Kops, Henning Borch, and Svend Andersen (Pri) for Denmark, and Tan Aik Huang, Ng Boon Bee, and Tan Yee Khan for Malaysia. With wins by Kops in singles and Andersen and Per Walsoe in doubles, Denmark was able to stay even (2–2) on the first night of play.


1967 Thomas Cup, Inter-zone playoffs
On the second night, however, a familiar pattern recurred for the tropically-challenged Danes as they wilted in the heat to drop all five matches. In the other semifinal Japan's tiny but "jet-propelled" Ippei Kojima won all four of his matches to trump a crowd-pleasing performance by 35-year-old Jim Poole and lead his team to a 7–2 victory over the USA.


1967 Thomas Cup, Inter-zone playoffs
The inter-zone final between Malaysia and Japan was less suspenseful than the 6–3 final score might indicate. Though two of the first five matches were very close Malaysia won all five to clinch the contest early. The powerful doubles team of Boon Bee and Yee Khan remained undefeated in the series while Masao Akiyama performed well in defeat for Japan


1967 Thomas Cup, Challenge round
The most unusual finale in Thomas Cup history, the challenge round of the 1967 competition was full of firsts and lasts. It was the last actual challenge round since a subsequent rules change would end the defending champion's privilege of having only to defend the Cup against a single challenger. Politically, it was first Thomas Cup finale in which the former Malaya (minus Singapore but with additional territories) competed as Malaysia, and the first finale in which domestic turmoil caused Indonesian players of Chinese ethnicity to take "Indonesian" names.


1967 Thomas Cup, Challenge round
Thus veteran doubles player Tan King Gwan became Darmawan Supatera and Ang Tjin Siang became Muljadi. It was the first Thomas Cup appearance of Indonesia's badminton wunderkind Rudy Hartono (two months before his eighteenth birthday). It was the last appearance for Indonesia's past Thomas Cup hero Ferry Sonneville. For reasons unclear, he was pressed into service in one of the top two singles slots ahead of younger men who were by then almost certainly stronger players than the 36-year-old Sonneville. Most notably, it was the first and thus far the last final tie of Thomas Cup not to determine a champion on the court.


1967 Thomas Cup, Challenge round
The first day's play ended with a 3–1 advantage to Malaysia. With relentless attacking play Hartono stunned Tan Aik Huang 15-6, 15-8, but Malaysia won both doubles matches and the singles between Yew Cheng Hoe and Sonneville. On the second night Tan Aik Huang routed Sonneville to bring Malaysia to the verge of victory. At this point, however, young Hartono comfortably beat Yew Cheng Hoe to keep Indonesia's chances alive. Then Muljadi pulled away in the second game after winning a close first to beat Malaysian veteran Teh Kew San at third singles.


1967 Thomas Cup, Challenge round
Still up 4–3, Malaysia sent the world's number one doubles team of Ng Boon Bee and Tan Yee Khan onto the court to gain the vital fifth point. They seemed to be doing so easily until, up 10-2 in the second after steamrolling Muljadi and Agus Susanto in the first game, a few errors crept into their play. This encouraged ebullient Indonesian fans to try to promote a Malaysian collapse by making deafening noise on Malaysian serves, using flash photography at well timed moments, and ever more loudly cheering Malaysian errors. With no help from Indonesian authorities, IBF (BWF) officials intermittently appealed for "fair play" but in vain because the crowd's tactics were working. Plainly rattled, Boon Bee and Yee Khan let a 10-2 lead slip away into a 13-18 second game loss.


1967 Thomas Cup, Challenge round
At this juncture, during what would normally have been a five-minute break between games, tournament referee Herbert Scheele requested Indonesian authorities to clear the stadium and have the match continued with the crowd locked out. When this request was refused Scheele, at some personal risk, halted play. Eventually, a less than candid announcement that the match had been voluntarily suspended did help to clear the stadium, but play was never continued. Indonesia rejected a subsequent IBF (BWF) ruling that the tie be resumed in New Zealand. Thereby, it forfeited the remaining matches. Officially, if not convincingly, by a 6–3 margin Malaysia regained the Thomas Cup.


1967 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
The 1967 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship was the 77th staging of the Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Tipperary County Board in 1887.


1967 Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship
On 29 October 1967, Carrick Davins won the championship after a 2-10 to 2-07 defeat of Roscrea in the final at Thurles Sportsfield. It was their second championship title overall and their second title in succession.


1967 Tirreno–Adriatico
The 1967 Tirreno–Adriatico was the second edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico cycle race and was held from 8 March to 12 March 1967. The race started in Santa Marinella and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by Franco Bitossi.


1967 Togolese coup d'état
The 1967 Togolese coup d'état was a bloodless military coup that occurred in the West African country of Togo on 13 January 1967. The leader of the coup, Lieutenant Colonel Étienne Eyadéma (later General Gnassingbé Eyadéma) ousted Togo's second President, Nicolas Grunitzky, whom he essentially brought to power following the 1963 coup d'état.


1967 Togolese coup d'état
Following the coup, political parties were banned, and all constitutional processes were suspended. Colonel Kléber Dadjo was named interim President of Togo (as Chairman of the National Reconciliation Committee), a position that he held until 14 April 1967, when Eyadéma assumed the presidency.


1967 Togolese coup d'état
Eyadéma went on to rule the country until his death on 5 February 2005.


1967 Toledo Riot
The 1967 Toledo riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967".


1967 Toledo Riot
The riot occurred in Toledo, Ohio, beginning on July 23, 1967. Tensions were high across the midwest that week as the 1967 Detroit riots in nearby Detroit had been escalating since Sunday July 23. The first glass was broken in Toledo on Monday, the day after the unrest began in Detroit. It was mostly the work of roving gangs of kids, likely inspired by the images they were seeing on TV coming from the Motor City. They began their copycat crime spree by walking the streets of several neighborhoods, breaking windows, looting stores and setting fires.


1967 Toledo Riot
A dozen fires were set the first night, many of them in the Dorr Street corridor between Detroit Avenue and City Park Avenue. There was also looting of stores in the downtown area at Monroe and 17th Streets and windows were smashed in the Miracle Mile Shopping Center in west Toledo.


1967 Toledo Riot
As the night progressed, violence flared in numerous sections of the city. At Monroe and 10th Street, nine people were arrested with gasoline, bottles and rag wicks, the crude ingredients for firebombs. A fire bomb was believed to have caused a $10,000 fire at the Kellermeyer Chemical Company on Brown Avenue in central Toledo.


1967 Toledo Riot
As the reports of fires and looting continued in the early hours of the morning, more Toledo police officers were called in to help quell the situation and even in the Toledo suburbs, of Oregon, Maumee and Sylvania, extra crews were summoned just in case their normally tranquil streets would become targets for the restless youth. In another preemptive move, Toledo Police and County Deputies camped out on the Michigan State border to stop any potential Detroit "rioters" from coming across the state line.


1967 Toledo Riot
Also on alert, and ready for deployment was the Ohio National Guard and they got their chance the next day when 500 guardsmen were mobilized and put on standby at the Secor Road Armory in the event that Toledo Police needed their assistance. A 9:00 pm curfew was placed on everyone under the age of 21 in the city by Mayor John Potter. Many stores and bars and taverns were also asked to close, while some Community Traction bus routes were shut down through some neighborhoods.


1967 Toledo Riot
After several motorists were attacked and seriously injured by rock and bottle throwing teens, police opted to block off some streets in area of known trouble spots. Tuesday and Wednesday brought more reports of looting and dozens of scattered disturbances around the city including the arrests of more than a dozen people caught with fire bomb materials and weapons.


1967 Toledo Riot
When the city finally calmed down after five tense and turbulent days, police had made more than 180 arrests, and fire crews had responded to almost 80 arson fires.


1967 Toledo Rockets football team
The 1967 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their fifth season under head coach Frank Lauterbur, the Rockets compiled a 9–1 record (5–1 against MAC opponents), tied with Ohio for the MAC championship, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 266 to 83. After opening the season with a loss to Ohio, Toledo won nine consecutive games, part of a 12-game winning streak that extended into the 1968 season.


1967 Toledo Rockets football team
The 1967 defense was one of the toughest in program history. In total defense, the team allowed 198.4 yards per game, the fourth best in program history. The scoring defense, at 8.3 points per game, ranks fifth in program history. The total of 12 touchdowns allowed ranks third in program history. In a game against Ohio, the Rockets did not allow a single rushing first down. The Rockets held Northern Illinois to -109 rushing yards, which remains a program record. The 13 punts by Northern Illinois also remains tied for a program record for most punts forced.


1967 Toledo Rockets football team
The team's statistical leaders on offense included John Schneider with 1,650 passing yards, Roland Moss with 833 rushing yards, and Pete Kramer with 556 receiving yards and 96 points scored. Schneider and Tom Beutler were the team captains.


1967 Toledo Rockets football team
Attendance at Toledo's home football games totaled 84,455 in 1967, an average of 14,076 per game.


1967 Torneo Descentralizado
The 1967 Torneo Descentralizado was the 51st season of the highest division of Peruvian football. Although Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín and Octavio Espinosa were relegated last season, they regained promotion to the first division through the 1967 Copa Perú which was played prior to the start of the first division. Juan Aurich of Chiclayo made its debut in the first division in this season.


1967 Torneo Descentralizado
The defending champion Universitario retained their title. Deportivo Municipal and Alfonso Ugarte de Chiclín were relegated.


1967 Torneo di Viareggio
The 1967 winners of the Torneo di Viareggio (in English, the Viareggio Tournament, officially the Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale), the annual youth football tournament held in Viareggio, Tuscany, are listed below.


1967 Torneo di Viareggio, Format
The 16 teams are organized in knockout rounds. The round of 16 are played in two-legs, while the rest of the rounds are single tie.


1967 Toronto Argonauts season
The 1967 Toronto Argonauts finished in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 5–8–1 record. They appeared in the Eastern Semi-Final.


1967 Tour de France
The 1967 Tour de France was the 54th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 29 June and 23 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4,779 km (2,970 mi). Thirteen national teams of ten riders competed, with three French teams, two Belgian, two Italian, two Spanish, one each from Germany, United Kingdom and the Netherlands, and a Swiss/Luxembourgian team.


1967 Tour de France
The Tour was marred by the fatal collapse of Tom Simpson on the slopes of Mont Ventoux.


1967 Tour de France, Teams
The previous years, the Tour had been contested by trade teams. Tour director Félix Lévitan held the team sponsors responsible for the riders' strike in the 1966 Tour de France, and therefore the formula was changed, and the national teams returned. The Tour started with 130 cyclists, divided into 13 teams of 10 cyclists.


1967 Tour de France, Route and stages
The 1967 Tour de France started on 29 June, and was the first to have a prologue, a short individual time trial prior to stage racing, held in the evening, adding to the occasion. There were had two rest days, in Belfort and Sète. Whereas in previous years the trend had been that the Tour became shorter, in 1967 it was longer, with 4779 km. The highest point of elevation in the race was 2,556 m (8,386 ft) at the summit tunnel of the Col du Galibier mountain pass on stage 10.


1967 Tour de France, Race overview
The prologue was won by Spanish José María Errandonea, with Raymond Poulidor in second place, six seconds behind. In the next few stages, the lead in the general classification changed hands several times, but the margins between the top favourites were small.


1967 Tour de France, Race overview
In the first part of the fifth stage, in Belgium, a group of fourteen cyclists including some Belgian cyclists escaped early in the stage. On the advice of his teammate Jean Stablinski, Roger Pingeon bridged the gap and joined the escaped group. The group stayed away, and Pingeon escaped 60 km before the finish, riding alone until the end of the stage. Pingeon won the stage, and also became the leader of the general classification.


1967 Tour de France, Race overview
Pingeon's lead was not challenged in the sixth stage, but he lost it in the seventh stage to his teammate Raymond Riotte, after Riotte was in a group that escaped. In the eighth stage, Riotte lost considerable time, and Pingeon was back in the lead. On that stage, Raymond Riotte lost more than 11 minutes, also because of a fall and mechanical problems, and announced that he would ride the rest of the Tour in support of Pingeon.


1967 Tour de France, Race overview
Pingeon gained a few seconds in the ninth stage after a split in the peloton. In the tenth stage, Poulidor helped Pingeon over the major climbs, and after that stage Pingeon had a margin of more than four minutes over the next rider, Désiré Letort from the Bleuets team.


1967 Tour de France, Race overview
There were few changes in the general classification in the next two stages. The thirteenth stage was run in hot weather, and featured high climbs. During the climb of the Ventoux, Tom Simpson died. Unaware of what happened behind them, Jan Janssen won the stage, closely followed by Roger Pingeon, who extended his lead.


1967 Tour de France, Race overview
The riders in the peloton decided to ride the fourteenth stage in dedication of Tom Simpson, and let his teammate Barry Hoban win the stage.


1967 Tour de France, Race overview
In the sixteenth stage in the Pyrenees, Julio Jiménez won back a few minutes, and was now in second place behind Pingeon, 123 seconds behind. In the twentieth stage, with a finish on top of the Puy de Dôme, Jiménez won back some more time, and was now 1 minute and 39 seconds behind Pingeon. This was not enough to put Pingeon's victory in danger; the Tour ended with an individual time trial, and Pingeon rode it much better than Jiménez, and won the Tour de France of 1967.


1967 Tour de France, Race overview, Doping
After the death of Tom Simpson on stage 13, there were accusations of doping use. The organisation decided to increase the doping controls, not only in the Tour but also in the simultaneously run Tour de l'Avenir. The Tour de France gave no positive tests, but several riders from the Tour de l'Avenir were disqualified.


1967 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There were several classifications in the 1967 Tour de France, two of them awarding jerseys to their leaders. The most important was the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage. The cyclist with the least accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey; the winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Tour.


1967 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
Additionally, there was a points classification. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing among the best in a stage finish, or in intermediate sprints. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, and was identified with a green jersey.


1967 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
There was also a mountains classification. The organisation had categorised some climbs as either first, second, third, or fourth-category; points for this classification were won by the first cyclists that reached the top of these climbs first, with more points available for the higher-categorised climbs. The cyclist with the most points lead the classification, but was not identified with a jersey.


1967 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
For the team classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The riders in the team that led this classification wore yellow caps.


1967 Tour de France, Classification leadership and minor prizes
In addition, there was a combativity award, in which a jury composed of journalists gave points after each stage to the cyclist they considered most combative. The split stages each had a combined winner. At the conclusion of the Tour, Désiré Letort won the overall super-combativity award, also decided by journalists. by a jury. The Souvenir Henri Desgrange was given to the first rider to pass the memorial to Tour founder Henri Desgrange near the summit of the Col du Galibier on stage 10. This prize was won by Julio Jiménez.


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b
The 1967 Tour de France was the 54th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Angers with an individual time trial on 29 June, and Stage 12 occurred on 12 July with a flat stage from Digne. The race finished in Paris on 23 July.


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 12
12 July 1967 - Digne to Marseille, 207.5 km (128.9 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 13
13 July 1967 - Marseille to Carpentras, 211.5 km (131.4 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 14
14 July 1967 - Carpentras to Sète, 201.5 km (125.2 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 14
The peloton granted the stage win to Tom Simpson's teammate, Barry Hoban, after Simpson's death the day before.


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 15
16 July 1967 - Sète to Toulouse, 230.5 km (143.2 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 16
17 July 1967 - Toulouse to Luchon, 188 km (117 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 17
18 July 1967 - Luchon to Pau, 250 km (160 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 18
19 July 1967 - Pau to Bordeaux, 206.5 km (128.3 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 19
20 July 1967 - Bordeaux to Limoges, 217 km (135 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 20
21 July 1967 - Limoges to Puy de Dôme, 222 km (138 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 21
22 July 1967 - Clermont-Ferrand to Fontainebleau, 359 km (223 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 22a
23 July 1967 - Fontainebleau to Versailles, 104 km (65 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 22b, Stage 22b
23 July 1967 - Versailles to Paris, 46.6 km (29.0 mi) (ITT)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11
The 1967 Tour de France was the 54th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Angers with an individual time trial on 29 June, and Stage 11 occurred on 11 July with a mountainous stage to Digne. The race finished in Paris on 23 July.


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 1a
29 June 1967 - Angers to Angers, 5.775 km (3.588 mi) (ITT)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 1b
30 June 1967 - Angers to Saint-Malo, 185 km (115 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 2
1 July 1967 - Saint Malo to Caen, 180 km (110 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 3
2 July 1967 - Caen to Amiens, 248 km (154 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 4
3 July 1967 - Amiens to Roubaix, 191 km (119 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 5a
4 July 1967 - Roubaix to Jambes, 172 km (107 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 5b
4 July 1967 - Jambes to Jambes, 17 km (11 mi) (TTT)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 6
5 July 1967 - Jambes to Metz, 238 km (148 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 7
6 July 1967 - Metz to Strasbourg, 205.5 km (127.7 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 8
6 July 1967 - Strasbourg to Belfort/Ballon d’Alsace, 215 km (134 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 9
9 July 1967 - Belfort to Divonne-les-Bains, 238.5 km (148.2 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 10
10 July 1967 - Divonne les Bains to Briançon, 243 km (151 mi)


1967 Tour de France, Stage 1a to Stage 11, Stage 11
11 July 1967 - Briançon to Digne, 197 km (122 mi)


1967 Tour de Romandie
The 1967 Tour de Romandie was the 21st edition of the Tour de Romandie cycle race and was held from 4 May to 7 May 1967. The race started in Geneva and finished in Sainte-Croix. The race was won by Vittorio Adorni.


1967 Tour de Suisse
The 1967 Tour de Suisse was the 31st edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 18 June to 23 June 1967. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Gianni Motta of the Molteni team.


1967 Tour of Flanders
The 51st Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Sunday, 2 April 1967. The race was won by Italian rider Dino Zandegù in a two-man sprint with Noël Foré. Eddy Merckx won the sprint for third place. 92 of 139 riders finished.


1967 Tour of Flanders, Route
The race started in Ghent and finished in Gentbrugge – covering 245 km. The Kwaremont was re-included after the road works had suppressed it the previous years. There were four categorized climbs:


1967 Trampoline World Championships
The 4th Trampoline World Championships were held in Crystal Palace London, England on 17 June 1967.


1967 Trans-American Championship
The 1967 Trans-American Championship was the second running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. After the dominance of Alfa Romeo in the under 2000cc class in 1966, Porsche would rise to prominence, starting a dynasty that would last for several years. 1967 would also mark the debut of Mercury, with Dan Gurney winning at Green Valley for the company in its new Cougar. David Pearson would also win in a Cougar at Riverside later that year. Ford and Mercury would both end the year strongly, with four wins apiece. Mark Donohue would provide the first win in the series for Chevrolet at Marlboro Speedway. He would go on to win at Stardust and Pacific Raceways, igniting the Ford vs Chevy rivalry that made the series legendary.


1967 Trans-American Championship
Ford won the Over 2 Liter class and Porsche the Under 2 Liter class.


1967 Trans-American Championship, Championships
Points were awarded according to finishing position. Only the highest-placed car scored points for the manufacturer. Only the best 9 finishes counted towards the championship. Drivers' championships were not awarded in Trans-Am until 1972.


1967 Tripoli Fair Tournament
The 1967 Tripoli Fair Tournament was the 6th edition of football at the Tripoli International Fair, and was held from 3 to 12 March 1967 in Tripoli, Libya. Four teams participated: Iraq, Sudan, Libya A, and Libya B. Iraq won the tournament.


1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Until 1972, Tripura was a Union Territory. The 1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place on 21 February 1967 in a single phase to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 30 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India.


1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
Indian National Congress led by Sachindra Lal Singh, won 27 seats and formed a Government in Tripura union territory.


1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Highlights
Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 21, 1967. The election were held in a single phase for all the 30 assembly constituencies.


1967 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Government formation
Indian National Congress,(INC) won a majority of the 30 seats in the assembly. Sachindra Lal Singh of the INC continued as Chief Minister.


1967 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 1967 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season as an independent. In their second year under head coach Jim Pittman, the team compiled a 3–7 record.


1967 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1967 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their seventh year under head coach Glenn Dobbs, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 7–3 record, 3–1 against conference opponents, and finished in second place in the Missouri Valley Conference.


1967 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The team's statistical leaders included Mike Stripling with 1,271 passing yards, Cee Ellison with 661 rushing yards, and Rick Eber with 1,168 receiving yards.


1967 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
The 1967 U.S. National Championships (now known as the US Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor grass courts at the West Side Tennis Club, Forest Hills in New York City, United States. The tournament ran from 30 August until 10 September. It was the 87th staging of the U.S. National Championships, and the fourth Grand Slam tennis event of 1967. This was the last time the U.S. National Championship was played as an amateur event; the 1968 tournament, also played at West Side Tennis Club's Forest Hills Stadium, became the first U.S.Open, following the French and Wimbledon opens earlier that year.


1967 U.S. National Championships (tennis)
The three doubles tournaments took place at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, from 21 to 29 August.


1967 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's doubles
John Newcombe /  Tony Roche defeated  William Bowrey /  Owen Davidson 6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 6–3


1967 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's doubles
Rosie Casals /  Billie Jean King defeated  Mary-Ann Eisel /  Donna Floyd, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4


1967 U.S. National Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed doubles
Billie Jean King /  Owen Davidson defeated  Rosie Casals /  Stan Smith 6–3, 6–2


1967 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles
John Newcombe defeated Clark Graebner 6–4, 6–4, 8–6 in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1967 U.S. National Championships.


1967 U.S. National Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. John Newcombe is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1967 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles
Top-seeded Billie Jean King defeated Ann Haydon Jones 11–9, 6–4 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1967 U.S. National Championships.


1967 U.S. National Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Billie Jean King is the champion; others show in brackets the round in which they were eliminated.


1967 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1967 U.S. Open was the 67th U.S. Open, held June 15–18 at Baltusrol Golf Club in Springfield, New Jersey, west of New York City. Jack Nicklaus shot a final round 65 and established a new U.S. Open record of 275, four strokes ahead of runner-up Arnold Palmer, the 1960 champion. It was the second of Nicklaus' four U.S. Open titles and the seventh of his eighteen major championships.


1967 U.S. Open (golf)
Nicklaus' record score surpassed the 276 of Ben Hogan in 1948 at Riviera. His final round 65 (−5) tied the U.S. Open record for lowest final 18 holes, broken six years later by Johnny Miller at Oakmont. The 275 record stood for thirteen years, when Nicklaus broke it on the same course in 1980. For Palmer, it was his fourth runner-up finish at the U.S. Open in six years; the earlier three were in playoffs (1962, 1963, 1966). Hogan, age 54, played in his final major; he shot 72 in each of the first two rounds and tied for 34th place.


1967 U.S. Open (golf)
After winning the Masters in 1965 and 1966, Nicklaus missed the cut there two months earlier, which also kept him off the first Ryder Cup team for which he was eligible. (Other than a withdrawal in 1983, it was his only missed cut at Augusta from 1960–1993).


1967 U.S. Open (golf)
Lee Trevino, then a club pro from El Paso, finished fifth at Baltusrol in only his second major championship; he made the cut in his debut in 1966 at Olympic in San Francisco. The fifth place earnings of $6,000 allowed him to play in enough tournaments the rest of the 1967 season to earn his tour card for 1968. The high finish gave Trevino an exemption into the U.S. Open in 1968 at Oak Hill, which he won.


1967 U.S. Open (golf)
This was the fifth U.S. Open at Baltusrol and the second on the Lower Course; it previously hosted in 1954. The Upper Course was the site in 1936 and the defunct Old Course in 1903 and 1915. The U.S. Open returned in 1980, also won by Nicklaus, and its most recent appearance was in 1993. The PGA Championship was held at the Lower Course in 2005 and 2016.


1967 U.S. Open (golf)
With his seventh major won at age 27, Nicklaus went over three years before his next, at The Open Championship in 1970.


1967 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, First round
Marty Fleckman, a 23-year-old amateur from Port Arthur, Texas, shot an opening round 67 to lead the field by two in his first U.S. Open.


1967 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Third round
With a one-under 69 on Saturday, amateur Fleckman was the surprise 54-hole leader, a stroke ahead of defending champion Billy Casper and former champions Nicklaus (1962) and Palmer (1960).


1967 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Final round
Fleckman wilted under the pressure, shot a final round 80 (+10), and tied for 18th place. Alongside in the final pairing, Casper carded a 72 for 282 (+2), seven strokes behind in fourth place. The championship became a duel between Nicklaus and Palmer, in the penultimate pairing. Nicklaus birdied five of his first eight holes to open up a four-stroke advantage over Palmer, and that is how they finished. At the par-5 18th, Nicklaus played safe with a 1-iron off the tee, but it went right and required a recovery shot from the rough. The third shot was an uphill 230 yards (210 m) from the fairway with another 1-iron, then he sank the birdie putt from 22 feet (7 m) for the record. Fleckman held on for low amateur by a stroke over Bob Murphy, who shot 69.


1967 U.S. Women's Open
The 1967 U.S. Women's Open was the 22nd U.S. Women's Open, held June 29 to July 2 at the Cascades Course of The Homestead, in Hot Springs, Virginia.


1967 U.S. Women's Open
This winner was Catherine Lacoste, age 22, the first international and youngest champion at the time and the only amateur to ever win the title. She held a five-stroke lead after 36 and 54 holes, and despite a final round 79, held on for a two-stroke victory margin over runners-up Susie Maxwell and Beth Stone. It was also the first win by an amateur on the LPGA Tour.


1967 U.S. Women's Open
Defending champion Sandra Spuzich finished fifteen strokes back, tied for 27th place.


1967 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 1967 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. UC Davis competed in the Far Western Conference (FWC). The UC Davis sports teams were commonly called the “Cal Aggies” from 1924 until the mid 1970s.


1967 UC Davis Aggies football team
The Aggies were led by fifth-year head coach Herb Schmalenberger. They played home games at Toomey Field. The Aggies finished the season with a record of three wins and six losses (3–6, 2–4 FWC). They were outscored by their opponents 164–212 for the 1967 season.


1967 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft
No UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 1968 NFL Draft.


1967 UC Riverside Highlanders football team
The 1967 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1967.


1967 UC Riverside Highlanders football team
UC Riverside was led by third-year head coach Pete Kettela. They played home games at Highlander Stadium in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of four wins, four losses and one tie (4–4–1). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 169–180 for the season.


1967 UC Riverside Highlanders football team, Team players in the NFL
No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1968 NFL Draft.


1967 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
The 1967 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) during the 1967 NCAA College Division football season.


1967 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team
UCSB competed as an Independent in 1967. The team was led by fifth-year head coach "Cactus Jack" Curtice, and played home games at Campus Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins and five losses (5–5). For the 1967 season they outscored their opponents 230–205.


1967 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1968 NFL Draft.


1967 UCI Road World Championships
The 1967 UCI Road World Championships took place on 3 September 1967 in Heerlen, Netherlands.


1967 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The men's road race at the 1967 UCI Road World Championships was the 34th edition of the event. The race took place on Sunday 3 September 1967 in Heerlen, the Netherlands. The race was won by Eddy Merckx of Belgium.


1967 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1967 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 22 to 27 August 1967. Eleven events were contested, 9 for men (3 for professionals, 6 for amateurs) and 2 for women.


1967 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1967 UCLA Bruins football team represented UCLA in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. The Bruins competed in what was then officially known as the Athletic Association of Western Universities, but informally known as the Pacific-8 Conference, a name it would formally adopt in June 1968.


1967 UCLA Bruins football team
The Bruins offense scored 284 points while the defense allowed 161 points.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game
The 1967 UCLA vs. USC football game was an American college football game played during the 1967 NCAA University Division football season on November 18, 1967. The UCLA Bruins, 7–0–1 and ranked No. 1, with senior quarterback Gary Beban as a Heisman Trophy candidate, played the USC Trojans, 8–1 and ranked No. 4, with junior running back O. J. Simpson also as a Heisman candidate. This game is widely regarded as the signature game in the UCLA–USC rivalry as well as one of the 20th-century Games of the Century. The 64-yard run by Simpson for the winning touchdown is regarded as one of the greatest run plays in college football.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, 1965–66
In 1965, 6th ranked USC (led by Mike Garrett) met 7th ranked UCLA (led by All-Conference sophomore quarterback Gary Beban), with a berth in the 1966 Rose Bowl on the line. The scoring opened with All-American Tailback Mel Farr running 49 yards for a Bruin touchdown.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, 1965–66
The extra point was blocked, Despite dominating in the statistics, USC led only 16–6 with less than 4 minutes left in the game (In the first 3 1/2 quarters, USC had penetrated inside the UCLA 25 yard line 7 times; 3 times they fumbled, threw one interception in the end zone, settled for a short field goal, and scored 2 touchdowns, missing the extra point on one). On 3rd and 23,  UCLA linebacker Dallas Grider hit USC quarterback Troy Winslow and caused a fumble.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, 1965–66
UCLA scored on a Beban touchdown pass to Dick Witcher and successfully converted a two-point conversion to make the score 16–14 (A tie would have sent USC to the Rose Bowl, hence the reason UCLA went for two). Then Grider then recovered an on-side kick and two plays later, Beban hit Kurt Altenberg, a decoy for Mel Farr, on a 49-yard touchdown bomb to win the game, 20–16. In the final Poll, UCLA was ranked 4th in the AP and 5th in the UPI. UCLA went on to upset #1 ranked Michigan State in the 1966 Rose Bowl, 14–12. USC finished ranked #9 in the AP poll. Mike Garrett would go on to win the Heisman Trophy, but would not ever get to play in the Rose Bowl.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, 1965–66
In 1966, due to uneven scheduling that left out new AAWU members Oregon and Oregon State, UCLA was 3–1 in conference games and 8-1 overall. The Bruins lost only one game, at Washington 16–3. USC was 5–0, but lost out of conference to Miami (Florida). It was widely assumed that the winner of the 1966 game between 8th ranked UCLA and 7th ranked USC would go to the 1967 Rose Bowl. UCLA star QB Gary Beban was out with a broken ankle, but backup Norman Dow, making his first and only start at QB, led UCLA to a 14–7 win.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, 1965–66
A vote the next Monday among the AAWU conference athletic directors put USC in the Rose Bowl. It was speculated that this was to make up for 1964 when Oregon State (8-2 overall, 4-1 in conference) was voted in ahead of USC (7-3 overall, 4-1 in conference) despite USC's 20-17 upset of #1 Notre Dame in the season's final game; the Oregon State coach at the time was Tommy Prothro, who became UCLA's coach in 1965.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, 1965–66
In addition, the directors believed Beban could not play for UCLA in the Rose Bowl due to the broken ankle, thereby giving the Big 10 representative (Purdue) a better chance to win. UCLA students protested by blocking the Northbound lanes of I-405 at Wilshire Boulevard. A week after the vote, USC made the voters look really bad as they lost to Notre Dame 51–0. This still stands as the worst defeat in USC Trojan football history. USC entered the Rose Bowl unranked and lost to Purdue, 14–13. Ironically, Beban's ankle had healed and he could have played. UCLA finished fifth in both polls.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, 1967 season
USC and UCLA began the season ranked seventh and eighth respectively. USC had been ranked #1 for six weeks since beating #5 Texas and later Michigan State. USC notched a 24–7 victory over #5 Notre Dame on October 14, 1967. UCLA opened its season with a last minute 20-16 win over #7 Tennessee (the Vols only loss that regular season), and reached #2 before tying Oregon State 16–16 on November 4. A week later in a downpour in Corvallis, Oregon, Oregon State would beat top-ranked USC 3–0, as O.J. Simpson could not get going on the muddy field.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, 1967 season
USC dropped to #2 in the UPI and #4 in the AP, while UCLA ascended to the top ranking after their 48–0 win over Washington. It was the first time since the 1955 season that UCLA was ranked #1, and only the fourth AP weekly poll in the history of the school. UCLA's tie and USC's loss were both inflicted by the Oregon State Beavers and their famed "Giant Killers" team. This same Oregon State team had defeated #2 ranked Purdue. But a 13–6 loss to Washington earlier in the season ultimately cost the Beavers the conference title and Rose Bowl berth.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, What was at stake
This game was for the championship of the AAWU (then informally known as the Pac-8 and now the Pac-12), a berth in the Rose Bowl game, and for the likelihood that the winner of the game would be the AP Poll National Champion, as the final poll was published at the end of the regular season. The next year, the final poll would be published after the bowl games.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, What was at stake
Aside from conference standings, the top Heisman vote getter from the previous season, Beban, would meet Simpson, one of the most explosive running backs of that season. And as with all USC-UCLA games, the "championship" of Los Angeles and bragging rights within the city were also at stake. USC was the established football power with seven national championships, the most recent in 1962. UCLA was regarded as an upstart, but had one national championship in 1954.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, "Home" game
Both teams played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum until 1982, when UCLA first went outside the city of Los Angeles to play at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The 1967 game would be a USC "home" game, which meant that USC fans sat on the North side of the Coliseum, while the UCLA fans sat on the South (press box) side of the Coliseum. Both teams also wore their home uniforms when meeting at the Coliseum, UCLA in Powderkeg blue and USC in Cardinal.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Introduction, National television coverage
The American Broadcasting Company began showing college football on television in color the previous season. By the NCAA rules, only 8 national and 5 regional telecasts were allowed during the season. This game would be the ABC-TV game of the week and would be presented live in color and feature the ABC sports "Slo Mo replay". ABC's No. 1 broadcast team of Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson called the action.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Scoring
UCLA opened the scoring when running back Greg Jones scored on a 12-yard run. Sophomore Zenon Andrusyshyn kicked the extra point to make it 7–0. After a USC punt, Beban had the Bruins on the move again at the USC 41-yard line. The next play, Beban took a one step drop, rolled to the right, and faked a sideline pass to the right, then wheeled around and blindly threw a pass in the left flat intended for running back Greg Jones.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Scoring
However, USC linebacker Pat Cashman was not fooled by the fake to the right and jumped in front of Jones to take an interception return 55 yards for a USC touchdown. Rikki Aldridge kicked the extra point to tie the game. While O.J. Simpson's 64-yard run became famous, this play by Cashman turned the game around.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Scoring
In the second quarter, after a UCLA missed field goal, Earl McCullouch would run 52 yards on a flanker reverse; he fumbled near the end of the play but USC recovered. He then caught another 13-yard pass. This set up O. J. Simpson for a weaving 12-yard touchdown run through most of the UCLA defensive unit in which he dragged two tacklers to the end zone. USC led at halftime 14-7.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Scoring
In the third quarter Gary Beban hit George Farmer for a touchdown pass for 53 yards to tie the score. UCLA continued to dominate in the second half, despite the fact Beban had to be helped off the field numerous times after getting hit on his injured ribs (Beban had a bad bruise and a piece of detached cartilage). Twice he drove the Bruins into field goal range. However, USC head coach John McKay had noticed that UCLA kicker Andrusyshyn kicked with a low trajectory, so he put 6'8" Bill Hayhoe in the middle of the line on the Trojans field goal defense unit; Hayhoe blocked two field goals to keep the game tied.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Scoring
With the game tied 14–14 early in the fourth quarter, an injured Beban gamely threw a touchdown pass to Dave Nuttall. The extra point attempt by Andrusyshyn was tipped by Hayhoe and went wide, resulting in a 20–14 UCLA lead.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Scoring, The big play
With 10:38 left in the game, USC faced a 3rd and 7 from its own 36-yard line. Trojan quarterback Toby Page, who had replaced an ineffective Steve Sogge, called a pass play, then saw the Bruin linebackers drop back into pass coverage. He changed the signals before the snap, calling an audible ("23 blast"), and handed off to Simpson. Simpson would later recall standing in his halfback position, hearing the audible and thinking to himself "Toby, it's 3rd and 7; this is a terrible call."


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Scoring, The big play
Simpson veered to the left sideline, got a key block from fullback Dan Scott, and then cut back to the middle to run 64 yards for a touchdown. Rikki Aldridge kicked the extra point, and the Trojans led, 21–20. John McKay stated, "I believe it was the most exciting college run I've ever seen." By now Beban could barely move or breathe, and UCLA never crossed midfield again as USC won.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Scoring, The big play
Other key players were Ron Yary, Tim Rossovich, and Adrian Young for the Trojans.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath
Playing with badly bruised ribs and the cartilage injury, Beban passed for 301 yards. Simpson had a phenomenal run and finished with two touchdowns, 177 yards and 30 carries. Commenting on Beban's heroic effort playing through injury, famed Los Angeles Times columnist Jim Murray wrote among other things that he was "glad he didn't go to the opera after all", and if "Gary Beban wins the Heisman Trophy, they ought to fill it with aspirin"


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath
Keith Jackson, who was in his second year of ABC football broadcasting, narrating the taped highlights of the game, declared it many years later to be the greatest game he has ever seen. So did Giles Pellerin, a USC graduate who attended every game USC played from 1926 until his death at the 1998 USC-UCLA game at the Rose Bowl (797 straight games over 72 years).


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath
Both Beban and Simpson were featured on the cover of the November 20 issue of Sports Illustrated magazine.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath
UCLA had still beat the point spread, as they were a three-point underdog despite being ranked No. 1.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath, UCLA vs. Syracuse
With Beban out due to the rib injury, a disheartened UCLA would lose the next week at Larry Csonka-led Syracuse 32–14. UCLA would not be invited to any bowl games due to the exclusive Big Ten/AAWU Rose Bowl agreement – only the conference champions could go to a bowl game until 1975. UCLA finished second in the AAWU tied with Oregon State at 4–1–1, ranked 10th in the Coaches' poll.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath, Heisman trophy
Despite the losses, Beban would win the Heisman Trophy. Simpson would win the Heisman trophy the next season. The most common reason given is that Simpson was a junior, and would have a chance the next year. At the time, the Heisman trophy was rarely given to an underclassman.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath, Heisman trophy
UCLA became the first school to have a top winner in both basketball and football in the same year with Beban winning the Heisman Trophy and Lew Alcindor (now Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) winning the U.S. Basketball Writers Association player of the year award in 1968.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath, Rose Bowl
USC would go on to the 1968 Rose Bowl ranked #1 and defeat the #4 ranked Big Ten champion Indiana, 14–3.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath, National championship
USC would finish ranked #1 and win the national championship for 1967. This was the last year the Associated Press conducted its final poll prior to bowl games. The coaches' poll, then administered by United Press International, did not follow suit until 1974, when, ironically, USC was voted #1 (Oklahoma was voted #1 by the AP, but was ineligible to be ranked by UPI due to NCAA probation).


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath, Simpson and Beban in the NFL
Simpson would go on to have one of the greatest professional careers any running back has ever had, rushing for over 11,000 yards, mostly for the Buffalo Bills, at a time when an NFL season was still 14 games. Simpson played nine seasons with the Bills and his final two with the San Francisco 49ers. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1985.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath, Simpson and Beban in the NFL
Beban was a bust as a pro. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams, who already had an established starting quarterback, Roman Gabriel. Beban was then traded to the Washington Redskins, who already had a future Hall of Fame quarterback in Sonny Jurgensen. The Redskins, coached in 1968 by former Hall of Fame quarterback Otto Graham, moved Beban to wide receiver. Beban lasted only two seasons with the Redskins, playing in 1969 for Vince Lombardi. After failing to catch on with any team in 1970, Beban retired in August 1971.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Aftermath, Arnold Friberg paintings
Artist Arnold Friberg was commissioned by Chevrolet to paint a series commemorating the 100th anniversary of American intercollegiate football in 1969. He created four paintings, each representing major turning points in the intercollegiate game. Painting #4 was titled O.J. Simpson Breaks for Daylight and captures a moment in this famous Game of the Century. These paintings were used during the 1969 Chevrolet advertising campaign and were among the most demanding and exciting pieces Friberg had done. These paintings were such a success that they were taken on tour and shown at universities throughout the country.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Legacy
The 1967 USC Trojan football team has been named one of the best teams of the 20th century by the Sporting News and college football historian Richard Whittingham.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Legacy
No. 1 ranked USC would be heavily favored over a rebuilding 3–6 UCLA team again in 1968. UCLA took an early lead and trailed only 21–16 midway through the 4th quarter and, led by soph QB Jim Nader, would drive inside the USC 5-yard line. But UCLA was repelled on downs and USC, led by Simpson who would win the Heisman Trophy, scored a clinching touchdown to win 28–16. One week later USC would drop to #2 in the polls after being tied by Notre Dame, 21–21.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Legacy
The Trojans then lost to Ohio State 27–16 in a 1 vs. 2 matchup in the Rose Bowl. In 1969 both teams would be undefeated with the Rose Bowl on the line again. USC would prevail 14–12. The loss in 1969 reportedly affected UCLA coach Tommy Prothro more than the 1967 loss. USC would get a 10–2–1 record against UCLA through the 1970s, and would win all six matchups in that period where the Rose Bowl was on the line for both teams. The Trojans would win three more National championships in 1972, 1974, and 1978. The 1972 Trojan team also was named one of the best teams of the 20th century. The Trojans would regain the top position again in college football in the 21st century.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Legacy
Since that meeting UCLA would come close to a national championship in 1976, 1980, 1988 with a two-week #1 ranking, and 1998, with a season-ending loss in Miami keeping them out of the first BCS championship. They did beat top ranked Ohio State in the 1976 Rose Bowl, and later won 3 Rose Bowls in 4 years in the mid-1980s.


1967 UCLA vs. USC football game, Legacy
In a 1995 vote of the greatest moments in Los Angeles sports history, O.J. Simpson's touchdown run ranked #5. The 1965 UCLA defeat of USC in the UCLA–USC rivalry game to get to the Rose Bowl ranked #35. Bob Stiles stop of Bob Apisa on the goal line to defeat Michigan State in the 1966 Rose Bowl ranked #26.


1967 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1967 Final Tournament was held in Turkey.


1967 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, Teams
The following teams entered the tournament. Seven teams qualified (Q) and nine teams entered without playing qualification matches.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 41st year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service (BAGS) was formed to alleviate some of the ongoing problems of afternoon racing. The leading bookmaking firms funded BAGS who would pay the National Greyhound Racing Society (NGRS) a set fee for the off course rights. The NGRS would then distribute the money between all NGRC affiliated tracks. This system would continue until 1978. The first tracks selected to host the race meetings were Park Royal, Kings Heath, Stamford Bridge and Oxford.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Government tote tax was reduced from 5% to 2.5%. The annual totalisator turnover was £66,216,938 but attendances dipped below 10 million for the first time since 1927. There were 6009 meetings.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
The expected sale of West Ham Stadium to the Greyhound Racing Association went ahead  followed by the GRA purchase of Charlton Stadium. The GRA property trust then sold both within six years as they were redeveloped for housing and a shopping centre respectively.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
Three new tracks opened, Blackpool (Borough Park), Clacton and Braintree (Cressing Road).


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Clapton Stadium installed a closed-circuit television race patrol camera that was able to replay the races to the public. Although very expensive the equipment was a hit and would set the scene for the future. Former track owner John Bilsland died in June leaving legacies to three universities and their electrical engineers departments. Geoff De Mulder took over the kennels from his father Joe De Mulder. Foot and mouth broke out towards the later part of the year causing major problems on the open race scene in England and Ireland.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
The Crazy Parachute - Supreme Witch litter began to come to prominence, Forward Flash had won the Juvenile in 1966 and his brother Spectre II won the BBC Sportsview Television Trophy in April, with a track record in the final. Tric Trac and Spectre II then famously finished first and second in the 1967 English Greyhound Derby. After the final Tric-Trac was put to stud.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
The litter continued their good form when Forward Flash won the Manchester Cup and appeared in the Scottish Greyhound Derby final, while Forward King became Stewards' Cup champion as well as making the St Leger final along with litter sister Gezira at Wembley. Spectre II also won the Midlands St Leger at Wolverhampton.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
Monalee Champion trained by Frank Conlon broke Fearless Mac's White City track record when winning the Longcross Cup, winning his semi-final by 16 lengths and defeating Tric-Trac in the final. After running up in the Gold Collar final his preparations for the English Derby were hit when Conlon lost his licence and the dog was transferred to Vicky Holloway. Carry on Oregon, a brindle dog, came to prominence by lifting the Scurry Gold Cup in July and within a month the Laurels at Wimbledon Stadium was won. Carry on Oregon would be voted as Greyhound of the year.


1967 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Ireland
For the second successive year a greyhound won the double of the Easter Cup and Callanan Cup. The greyhound this time was Tinys Tidy Town who emulated Clomoney Grand's 1966 achievement. Tinys Tidy Town then joined Gay McKenna for a tilt at the English Derby.


1967 UMass Redmen football team
The 1967 UMass Redmen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1967 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Yankee Conference. The team was coached by Vic Fusia and played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. UMass finished the season with a record of 7–2 overall and 5–0 in conference play, repeating as conference champions.


1967 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1967 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships men's competition took place between June 26-28 at Memorial Stadium on the campus of Bakersfield College in Bakersfield, California. The women's division held their championships a little over a week later, separately, eighty miles southwest at La Playa Stadium on the campus of Santa Barbara City College, California. Both tracks were dirt tracks, technically a finely crushed brick surface.


1967 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
This is the meet where Jim Ryun set the world record in the mile, uncharacteristically leading from the gun in 3:51.1, which lasted for almost eight years. Paul Wilson also set the world record in the pole vault, that lasted over a year until runner-up Bob Seagren beat it, at altitude, at the 1968 Olympic Trials.


1967 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
In Santa Barbara, Barbara Ferrell also equalled the world record in the 100 meters at 11.1 (+0.3). Her record would last until Wyomia Tyus broke it in the Olympic final, at altitude, in Mexico City.


1967 USAC Championship Car season
The 1967 USAC Championship Car season consisted of 21 races, beginning in Avondale, Arizona on April 9 and concluding in Riverside, California on November 26. This season saw three new road courses added to the schedule in addition to the Hoosier Grand Prix at IRP: Mosport in Canada; Circuit Mont-Tremblant also in Canada; and the season finale at Riverside International Raceway in southern California in the United States. The USAC National Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner was A. J. Foyt.


1967 USAC Championship Car season, Final points standings
Note: Ronnie Bucknum, George Follmer, Dan Gurney, Jimmy Clark, Lothar Motschenbacher, Jochen Rindt, Denis Hulme, Jackie Stewart, Graham Hill, John Surtees, Cale Yarborough, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Peter Revson and Jerry Titus are not eligible for points.


1967 USC Trojans football team
The 1967 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1967 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth year under head coach John McKay, the Trojans compiled a 10–1 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU or Pac-8) championship, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 258 to 87. The team was ranked #1 in the final AP and Coaches Polls.


1967 USC Trojans football team
Steve Sogge led the team in passing, completing 75 of 151 passes for 1,032 yards with seven touchdowns and seven interceptions. O. J. Simpson led the team in rushing with 291 carries for 1,543 yards and 13 touchdowns. Earl McCullouch led the team in receiving with 30 catches for 540 yards and five touchdowns. Simpson won the Walter Camp Award.


1967 USC Trojans football team
Robert Kardashian is said to have met OJ Simpson while serving as a water boy for the team. The relationship would later culminate in Kardashian being a part of the Dream Team in the O. J. Simpson murder case.


1967 USC Trojans football team, Game summaries, UCLA
The University of California at Los Angeles, 7-0-1 and ranked Number 1, with senior quarterback Gary Beban as a Heisman Trophy candidate, played the University of Southern California, 8-1 and ranked Number 4, with junior running back O. J. Simpson as a Heisman candidate. This game is widely regarded as the signature game in the UCLA–USC rivalry and the Trojans won the game by a score of 21-20.


1967 USS Forrestal fire
On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on a F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk. The flammable jet fuel spilled across the flight deck, ignited, and triggered a chain-reaction of explosions that killed 134 sailors and injured 161. At the time, Forrestal was engaged in combat operations in the Gulf of Tonkin, during the Vietnam War. The ship survived, but with damage exceeding US$72 million, not including the damage to aircraft. Future United States Senator John McCain and future four-star admiral and U.S. Pacific Fleet Commander Ronald J. Zlatoper were among the survivors. Another on-board officer, Lieutenant Tom Treanore, later returned to the ship as its commander and retired an admiral.


1967 USS Forrestal fire
The disaster prompted the Navy to revise its fire fighting practices. It also modified its weapon handling procedures and installed a deck wash down system on all carriers. The newly established Farrier Fire Fighting School Learning Site in Norfolk, Virginia was named after Chief Gerald W. Farrier, the commander of Damage Control Team 8, who was among the first to die in the fire and explosions.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Arrival in Gulf of Tonkin
Forrestal  departed her home port in Norfolk, Virginia in early June 1967. After she completed required inspections for the upcoming West Pacific cruise, she sailed to Brazil for a show of force. She then traveled east around the Horn of Africa and visited Naval Air Station Cubi Point in the Philippine Islands before sailing to Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin on 25 July.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Arrival in Gulf of Tonkin
After arrival at Yankee Station, aircraft from Attack Carrier Air Wing 17 flew approximately 150 missions against targets in North Vietnam over four days.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Vietnam bombing campaign
The ongoing naval bombing campaign during 1967 originating at Yankee Station represented by far the most intense and sustained air attack operation in the U.S. Navy's history. The demand for general-purpose bombs (e.g., "iron bombs") greatly exceeded production. The inventory of bombs dwindled throughout 1966 and became critically low by 1967. This was particularly true for the new 1,000 lb (450 kg) Mark 83, which the Navy favored for its power-to-size ratio. A carrier-launched A-4 Skyhawk, the Navy's standard light attack / ground attack aircraft, could carry either a single 2,000 lb (910 kg) bomb, or two 1,000 lb bombs. The latter gave it the ability to strike two separate hardened targets in a single sortie, which was more effective in most circumstances.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Vietnam bombing campaign
The U.S. Air Force's primary ground attack aircraft in Vietnam was the much heavier, land-based, F-105 Thunderchief. It could simultaneously carry two 3,000 lb (1,360 kg) M118 bombs and four 750 lb (340 kg) M117 bombs. The Air Force had a large supply of these bombs, and did not rely as heavily on the limited supply of 1,000 lb bombs as did the Navy.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Issues with Zuni rockets
In addition to bombs, the ground attack aircraft carried unguided 5 in (127 mm) Mk-32 "Zuni" rockets. These rockets were in wide use although they had a reputation for electrical difficulties and accidental firing. It was common for aircraft to launch with six or more rocket packs, each containing four rockets.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Specialized fire-fighting teams
Based on lessons learned during Japanese attacks on vessels during World War II, most sailors on board ships after World War II received training in fighting shipboard fires. These lessons were gradually lost and by 1967, the U.S. Navy had reverted to the Japanese model at Midway and relied on specialized, highly trained damage control and fire-fighting teams.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Specialized fire-fighting teams
The damage control team specializing in on-deck firefighting for Forrestal was Damage Control Team No. 8, led by Chief Aviation Boatswain's Mate Gerald Farrier. They had been shown films during training of Navy ordnance tests demonstrating how a 1,000 lb bomb could be directly exposed to a jet fuel fire for a full ten minutes and still be extinguished and cooled without an explosive cook-off. However, these tests were conducted using the new Mark 83 1,000 lb bombs, which featured relatively stable Composition H6 explosive and thicker, heat-resistant cases, compared to their predecessors.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Specialized fire-fighting teams
Because it is relatively insensitive to heat, shock and electricity, Composition H6 is still used as of 2021 in many types of naval ordnance. It is also designed to deflagrate instead of detonate when it reaches its ignition point in a fire, either melting the case and producing no explosion at all, or, at most, a subsonic low order detonation at a fraction of its normal power.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Unstable ordnance received
On 28 July, the day before the accident, Forrestal was resupplied with ordnance by the ammunition ship USS Diamond Head. The load included sixteen 1,000 lb AN/M65A1 "fat boy" bombs (so nicknamed because of their short, rotund shape), which Diamond Head had picked up from Subic Bay Naval Base and were intended for the next day's second bombing sortie.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Unstable ordnance received
Some of the batch of AN-M65A1s Forrestal received were more than a decade old, having spent a portion of that exposed to the heat and humidity of Okinawa or Guam, eventually being improperly stored in open-air Quonset huts at a disused ammunition dump on the periphery of Subic Bay Naval Base. Unlike the thick-cased Mark 83 bombs filled with Composition H6, the AN/M65A1 bombs were thin-skinned and filled with Composition B, an older explosive with greater shock and heat sensitivity.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Unstable ordnance received
Composition B also had the dangerous tendency to become more powerful (up to 50% by weight) and more sensitive if it was old or improperly stored. Forrestal's ordnance handlers had never even seen an AN/M65A1 before, and to their shock, the bombs delivered from Diamond Head were in terrible condition; coated with "decades of accumulated rust and grime" and still in their original packing crates (now moldy and rotten); some were stamped with production dates as early as 1953. Most dangerous of all, several bombs were seen to be leaking liquid paraffin phlegmatizing agent from their seams, an unmistakable sign that the bomb's explosive filler had degenerated with excessive age, and exposure to heat and moisture.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Unstable ordnance received
According to Lieutenant R. R. "Rocky" Pratt, a naval aviator attached to VA-106, the concern felt by Forrestal's ordnance handlers was striking, with many afraid to even handle the bombs; one officer wondered out loud if they would survive the shock of a catapult-assisted launch without spontaneously detonating, and others suggested they immediately jettison them. Forrestal's ordnance officers reported the situation up the chain of command to the ship's commanding officer, Captain John Beling, and informed him the bombs were, in their assessment, an imminent danger to the ship and should be immediately jettisoned overboard.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Unstable ordnance received
Faced with this, but still needing 1,000 lb bombs for the next day's missions, Beling demanded Diamond Head take the AN-M65A1s back in exchange for new Mark 83s, but was told by Diamond Head that they had none to give him. The AN-M65A1 bombs had been returned to service specifically because there were not enough Mark 83s to go around.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Unstable ordnance received
According to one crew member on Diamond Head, when they had arrived at Subic Bay to pick up their load of ordnance for the carriers, the base personnel who had prepared the AN-M65A1 bombs for transfer assumed Diamond Head had been ordered to dump them at sea on the way back to Yankee Station. When notified that the bombs were actually destined for active service in the carrier fleet, the commanding officer of the naval ordnance detachment at Subic Bay was so shocked that he initially refused the transfer, believing a paperwork mistake had been made. At the risk of delaying Diamond Head's departure, he refused to sign the transfer forms until receiving written orders from CINCPAC on the teleprinter, explicitly absolving his detachment of responsibility for the bombs' terrible condition.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Background, Unstable bombs stored on deck
With orders to conduct strike missions over North Vietnam the next day, and with no replacement bombs available, Captain Beling reluctantly concluded that he had no choice but to accept the AN-M65A1 bombs in their current condition. In one concession to the demands of the ordnance handlers, Beling agreed to store all 16 bombs alone on deck in the "bomb farm" area between the starboard rail and the carrier's island until they were loaded for the next day's missions. Standard procedure was to store them in the ship's magazine with the rest of the air wing's ordnance; had they been stored as standard, an accidental detonation could easily have destroyed the ship.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions
While preparing for the second sortie of the day, the aft portion of the flight deck was packed wing-to-wing with twelve A-4E Skyhawk, seven F-4B Phantom II, and two Vigilante aircraft. A total of 27 aircraft were on deck, fully loaded with bombs, rockets, ammunition, and fuel. Several tons of bombs were stored on wooden pallets on deck in the bomb farm. An F-4B Phantom II (No. 110, BuNo 153061), flown by Lieutenant Commander James E. Bangert and Lieutenant (JG)


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions
Lawrence E. McKay from VF-11, was positioned on the aft starboard corner of the deck, pointing about 45 degrees across the ship. It was armed with LAU-10 underwing rocket pods, each containing four unguided 5 in (127.0 mm) Mk-32 "Zuni" rockets. The Zuni was protected from launching by a safety pin that was only to be removed prior to launch from the catapult.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Zuni rocket launched
At about 10:51 (local time) on 29 July, an electrical power surge in Phantom No. 110 occurred during the switch from external to internal power. The electrical surge caused one of the four 5-inch Mk-32 Zuni unguided rockets in a pod on external stores station 2 (port inboard station) to fire. The rocket was later determined to be missing the rocket safety pin, allowing the rocket to launch. The rocket flew about 100 feet (30 m) across the flight deck, likely severing the arm of a crewman, and ruptured a 400-US-gallon (1,500 l; 330 imp gal) wing-mounted external fuel tank on a Skyhawk from Attack Squadron 46 (VA-46) awaiting launch.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Aircraft struck
The official Navy investigation identified the Skyhawk struck by the Zuni as aircraft No. 405, piloted by Lieutenant Commander Fred D. White. Lieutenant Commander John McCain stated in his 1999 book Faith of My Fathers that the missile struck his aircraft, alongside White's A-4 Skyhawk. "On that Saturday morning in July, as I sat in the cockpit of my A-4 preparing to take off, a rocket hit the fuel tank under my airplane." Later accounts relying on his book also state that the rocket struck his A-4 Skyhawk.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Aircraft struck
The Zuni rocket's warhead safety mechanism prevented it from detonating. The rocket broke apart on impact with the external fuel tank. The highly flammable JP-5 fuel spread on the deck under White's and McCain's A-4s, ignited by numerous fragments of burning rocket propellant, and causing an instantaneous conflagration. A sailor standing about 100 feet forward was struck by a fragment of the Zuni or the exploding fuel tank. A fragment also punctured the centerline external fuel tank of A-4 #310, positioned just aft of the jet blast deflector of catapult number 3.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Aircraft struck
The resulting fire was fanned by 32-knot (59 km/h; 37 mph) winds and the exhaust of at least three jets. Fire quarters and then general quarters were sounded at 10:52 and 10:53. Condition ZEBRA was declared at 10:59, requiring all hands to secure the ship for maximum survivability, including closing the fire-proof steel doors that separate the ship's compartments.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Aircraft struck
The official report states that one Korean War-era 1,000 lb AN-M65 bomb fell from an A-4 Skyhawk to the deck; other reports say two. The bomb fell in a pool of burning fuel between White's and McCain's aircraft.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Aircraft struck
Damage Control Team No. 8, led by Chief Gerald W. Farrier, were the first responders to any incident on the flight deck. They immediately took action. Farrier, without taking the time to locate and put on protective clothing, immediately attempted to smother the bomb with a PKP fire extinguisher, attempting to delay the fuel fire from spreading and give the pilots time to escape their aircraft. Based on their training, the team believed they had a ten-minute window to extinguish the fire before the bombs casing would melt resulting in a low-order explosion.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Aircraft struck
The pilots, preparing to launch, were strapped into their aircraft. When the fire started and quickly spread, they immediately attempted to escape their aircraft. McCain, pilot of A-4 Skyhawk side No. 416, next to White's, was among the first to notice the flames, and escaped by scrambling down the nose of his A-4 and jumping off the refueling probe. Lt . Cmdr . Robert "Bo" Browning, in an A-4E Skyhawk on the port side, escaped by crossing the flight deck and ducking under the tails of F-4B Phantoms spotted along the starboard side. CVW-17 operations officer, Lt. Cmdr . Herbert A. Hope of VA-46, escaped by jumping out of the Skyhawk cockpit and rolling off the flight deck and into the starboard man-overboard net. He went to the hangar deck and took command of a firefighting team.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Bombs detonate
Despite Farrier's constant effort to cool the bomb that had fallen to the deck, the casing suddenly split open and the explosive began to burn brightly. Farrier, recognizing that a lethal cook-off was imminent, shouted for his firefighters to withdraw, but the bomb detonated—one minute and 36 seconds after the start of the fire. The unstable Composition B in the old bombs enhanced the power of the explosions. Thirty-five personnel were in close proximity to the blast. Two fire control teams were virtually destroyed; Farrier and all but three of his men were killed instantly. Twenty-seven men were injured.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Bombs detonate
"I saw a dozen people running... into the fire, just before the bomb cooked off," Lt. Cmdr . Browning later said. McCain saw another pilot on fire, and turned to help him, when the first bomb detonated. McCain was knocked backwards 10 feet (3.0 m), struck by shrapnel and wounded. White managed to get out of his burning aircraft but was killed by the detonation of the first bomb. Not all of the pilots were able to get out of their aircraft in time. Lt Ken McMillen escaped. LT(JG) Don Dameworth and LT(JG) David Dollarhide were injured escaping their aircraft. Lt . Cmdrs Gerry Stark and Dennis Barton were missing.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fire enters lower decks
The first bomb detonation destroyed White's and McCain's aircraft, blew a crater in the armored flight deck, and sprayed the deck and crew with bomb fragments and shrapnel from the destroyed aircraft. Burning fuel poured through the hole in the deck into occupied berthing compartments below. In the tightly packed formation on the aft deck, every aircraft, all fully fueled and bomb-laden, was damaged. All seven F-4s caught fire.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fire enters lower decks
Lieutenant James J. Campbell recoiled for a few moments in stunned dismay as burning torches tumbled toward him, until their screams stirred him to action. Several men jumped or were blown into the ocean. Neighboring ships came alongside and pulled the men from the water. When Browning got back on deck, he recalled, "The port quarter of the flight deck where I was is no longer there."


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fire enters lower decks
Two more of the unstable 1,000 lb bombs exploded 10 seconds after the first, and a fourth blew up 44 seconds after that. A total of ten bombs exploded during the fire. Bodies and debris were hurled as far as the bow of the ship.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fire enters lower decks
In less than five minutes, seven or eight 1,000-pound bombs, one 750-pound bomb, one 500-pound (227 kg) bomb, and several missile and rocket warheads heated by the fire exploded with varying degrees of violence. Several of the explosions of the 1,000-pound Korean War-era AN-M65 Composition B bombs were estimated to be as much as 50% more powerful than a standard 1,000-pound bomb, due to the badly degraded Composition B. The ninth explosion was attributed to a sympathetic detonation between an AN-M65 and a newer 500 lb M117 H6 bomb that were positioned next to each other. The other H6-based bombs performed as designed and either burned on the deck or were jettisoned, but did not detonate under the heat of the fires. The ongoing detonations prevented fire suppression efforts during the first critical minutes of the disaster.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fire enters lower decks
The explosions tore seven holes in the flight deck. About 40,000 US gallons (150,000 l; 33,000 imp gal) of burning jet fuel from ruptured aircraft tanks poured across the deck and through the holes in the deck into the aft hangar bay and berthing compartments. The explosions and fire killed fifty night crew personnel who were sleeping in berthing compartments below the aft portion of the flight deck. Forty-one additional crew members were killed in internal compartments in the aft portion of Forrestal.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fire enters lower decks
Personnel from all over the ship rallied to fight the fires and control further damage. They pushed aircraft, missiles, rockets, bombs, and burning fragments over the side. Sailors manually jettisoned numerous 250 and 500 lb bombs by rolling them along the deck and off the side. Sailors without training in firefighting and damage control took over for the depleted damage control teams. Unknowingly, inexperienced hose teams using seawater washed away the efforts of others attempting to smother the fire with foam.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fires controlled
The destroyer USS George K. MacKenzie pulled men from the water and directed its fire hoses on the burning ship. Another destroyer, USS Rupertus, maneuvered as close as 20 feet (6.1 m) to Forrestal for 90 minutes, directing her own on-board fire hoses at the burning flight and hangar deck on the starboard side, and at the port-side aft 5-inch gun mount. Rear Admiral and Task Group commander Harvey P. Lanham, aboard Forrestal, called the actions of Rupertus commanding officer Commander Edwin Burke an "act of magnificent seamanship". At 11:47 am, Forrestal reported the flight deck fire was under control. About 30 minutes later, they had put out the flight deck fires. Fire fighting crews continued to fight fires below deck for many more hours.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fires controlled
Undetonated bombs were continually found during the afternoon. LT(JG) Robert Cates, the carrier's explosive ordnance demolition officer, recounted later how he had "noticed that there was a 500-pound bomb and a 750-pound bomb in the middle of the flight deck... that were still smoking. They hadn't detonated or anything; they were just sitting there smoking. So I went up and defused them and had them jettisoned."


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fires controlled
Another sailor volunteered to be lowered by line through a hole in the flight deck to defuse a live bomb that had dropped to the 03 level—even though the compartment was still on fire and full of smoke. Later on, Cates had himself lowered into the compartment to attach a line to the bomb so it could be hauled up to the deck and jettisoned.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fires controlled
Throughout the day, the ship's medical staff worked in dangerous conditions to assist their comrades. The number of casualties quickly overwhelmed the ship's medical teams, and Forrestal was escorted by USS Henry W. Tucker to rendezvous with hospital ship USS Repose at 20:54, allowing the crew to begin transferring the dead and wounded at 22:53. Firefighter Milt Crutchley said, "The worst was going back into the burned-out areas later and finding your dead and wounded shipmates." He said it was extremely difficult to remove charred, blackened bodies locked in rigor mortis "while maintaining some sort of dignity for your fallen comrades."


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fires controlled
At 5:05, a muster of Forrestal crewmen—both in the carrier and aboard other ships—was begun. It took many hours to account for the ship's crew. Wounded and dead had been transferred to other ships, and some men were missing, either burned beyond recognition or blown overboard. At 6:44 pm, fires were still burning in the ship's carpenter shop and in the aft compartments. At 8:33 pm, the fires in the 02 and 03 levels were contained, but the areas were still too hot to enter. Fire fighting was greatly hampered because of smoke and heat.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Fire and explosions, Fires controlled
Crew members cut additional holes in the flight deck to help fight fires in the compartments below. At 12:20 am, July 30, 14 hours after the fires had begun, all the fires were controlled. Forrestal crew members continued to put out hot spots, clear smoke, and cool hot steel on the 02 and 03 levels. The fires were declared out at 4:00 am.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath
The fire left 134 men dead and 161 more injured. It was the worst loss of life on a U.S. Navy ship since World War II. Of the 73 aircraft aboard the carrier, 21 were destroyed and 40 were damaged.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath
Twenty-one aircraft were stricken from naval inventory: seven F-4B Phantom IIs, eleven A-4E Skyhawks, and three RA-5C Vigilantes.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath
The ship's chaplains held a memorial service in Hangar Bay One for the crewmen which was attended by more than 2,000 of Forrestal's crew.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Temporary repairs
On 31 July, Forrestal arrived at Naval Air Station Cubi Point in the Philippines, to undertake repairs sufficient to allow the ship to return to the United States. During welcoming ceremonies, a fire alarm signal alerted crews to a fire in mattresses within the burned-out compartments.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Investigation begun
A special group, the Aircraft Carrier Safety Review Panel, led by Rear Admiral Forsyth Massey, was convened on 15 August in the Philippines. Owing to the necessity of returning the ship to the United States for repair, the panel acted quickly to interview personnel on board the ship.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Ordnance issues found
Investigators identified issues with stray voltage in the circuitry of the LAU-10 rocket launchers and Zuni missiles. They also identified issues with the aging 1,000 lb "fat bombs" carried for the strike, which were discovered to have dated from the Korean War in 1953.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Safety procedures overridden
The board of investigation stated, "Poor and outdated doctrinal and technical documentation of ordnance and aircraft equipment and procedures, evident at all levels of command, was a contributing cause of the accidental rocket firing." However, the doctrine and procedures employed were not unique to Forrestal. Other carriers had problems with the Zuni rockets.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Safety procedures overridden
The investigation found that safety regulations should have prevented the Zuni rocket from firing. A triple ejector rack (TER) electrical safety pin was designed to prevent any electrical signal from reaching the rockets before the aircraft was launched, but it was also known that high winds could sometimes catch the attached tags and blow them free. In addition to the pin, a "pigtail" connected the electrical wiring of the missile to the rocket pod. US Navy regulations required the pigtail be connected only when the aircraft was attached to the catapult and ready to launch, but the ordnance officers found this slowed down the launch rate.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Safety procedures overridden
The Navy investigation found that four weeks before the fire, Forrestal's Weapons Coordination Board, along with members of the Weapons Planning Board, held a meeting to discuss the issue of attaching the pigtail at the catapult. Launches were sometimes delayed when a crew member had difficulty completing the connection. They agreed on a deviation from standard procedure. In a memorandum of the meeting, they agreed to "Allow ordnance personnel to connect pigtails 'in the pack', prior to taxi, leaving only safety pin removal at the cat." The memo, written on 8 July 1967, was circulated to the ship's operations officer. But the memo and the decision were never communicated to Captain Beling, the ship's commanding officer, who was required to approve such decisions.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Causes identified
The official inquiry found that the ordnance crew acted immediately on the Weapons Coordination Board's decision. They found that the pigtail was connected early, that the TER pin on the faulty Zuni missile was likely blown free, and that the missile fired when a power surge occurred as the pilot transferred his systems from external to internal power. Their report concluded that a ZUNI rocket on the portside TER-7 on external stores station 2 of F-4B No. 110 of VF-11, spotted on the extreme starboard quarter of the flight deck, struck A-4 No. 405, piloted by Lt. Cmdr


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Causes identified
. Fred D. White, on the port side of the aft deck. The accidental firing was due to the simultaneous malfunction of three components: CA42282 pylon electrical disconnect, TER-7 safety switch, and LAU-10/ A shorting device. They concluded that the CA42282 pylon electrical disconnect had a design defect, and found that the TER-7 safety pin was poorly designed, making it easy to confuse with ordnance pins used in the AERO-7 Sparrow Launcher, which if used by mistake would not operate effectively.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Drydock repairs
When temporary repairs in the Philippines were completed, Forrestal departed on 11 August, arriving at Naval Station Mayport in Florida on 12 September to disembark the remaining aircraft and air group personnel stationed in Florida. Two days later, Forrestal returned to Norfolk to be welcomed home by over 3,000 family members and friends of the crew, gathered on Pier 12 and onboard Randolph, Forrestal's host ship.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Drydock repairs
From 19 September 1967 to 8 April 1968, Forrestal underwent repairs in Norfolk Naval Shipyard, beginning with removal of the starboard deck-edge elevator, which was stuck in place. It had to be cut from the ship while being supported by the shipyard's hammerhead crane. The carrier occupied drydock number 8 from 21 September 1967, until 10 February 1968, displacing USS John King, an oil tanker, and a minesweeper that were occupying the drydock. During the post-fire refit, 175 feet (53 m) of the flight deck was replaced, along with about 200 compartments on the 03, 02, 01 decks. The ship's four aft 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns were removed. The forward four guns had been removed prior to 1962. The repair cost about $72 million (equal to more than $602 million in 2019 dollars), and took nearly five months to complete.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Beling reassigned
Captain Beling, as an Admiral-selectee, received orders to report to Washington, D.C., as the Director of Development Programs in Naval Operations, reporting to Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Thomas H. Moorer. On 18 September 1967, Captain Robert B. Baldwin assumed command of Forrestal. From 8 to 15 April 1968, he sailed the ship down the Elizabeth River and out into the waters off the Virginia Capes for post-repair trials, the ship's first time at sea in 207 days. While accomplishing trials, the ship also recorded its first arrested landing since the fire, when Commander Robert E. Ferguson, Commander, CVW-17, landed on board.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Beling absolved of responsibility
The Naval investigation panel's findings were released on 18 October. They concluded Beling knew that the Zuni missiles had a history of problems, and he should have made more effort to confirm that the ordnance crew was following procedure in handling the ordnance. They ruled he was not responsible for the disaster, but he was nonetheless transferred to staff work, and never returned to active command.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Beling absolved of responsibility
Beling was assigned temporary duty on the staff of Admiral Ephraim P. Holmes, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. Holmes disagreed with many portions of the Navy's report into the Forrestal disaster, including the section clearing Beling. He had Beling assigned to his staff so he could issue a letter of reprimand. By holding Beling responsible he would effectively end his career. Holmes attached the reprimand to the final report, but when Admiral Moorer endorsed the report, he ordered Admiral Holmes to rescind and remove the reprimand.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Beling absolved of responsibility
The investigation panel recommended several changes to safety procedures aboard carriers. This included development of a remote-control fire-fighting system for the flight deck, development of more stable ordnance, improvement in survival equipment, and increased training in fire survival. The U.S. Navy implemented safety reviews for weapons systems brought on board ships for use or for transshipment. This evaluation is still carried out by the Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board. The fire aboard Forrestal was the second of three serious fires to strike American carriers in the 1960s.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Aftermath, Beling absolved of responsibility
A 1966 fire aboard USS Oriskany killed 44 and injured 138 and a 1969 fire aboard USS Enterprise killed 28 and injured 314. The greatest loss of life on a U.S. Navy ship since World War II was when the destroyer USS Hobson collided with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp on 26 April 1952, breaking in half, killing 176.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Incorrect NASA report
A 1995 report, NASA Reference Publication 1374, incorrectly described the Forrestal fire as a result of electromagnetic interference. It states, "a Navy jet landing on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Forrestal experienced the uncommanded release of munitions that struck a fully armed and fueled fighter on deck... This accident was caused by the landing aircraft being illuminated by carrier based radar, and the resulting EMI sent an unwanted signal to the weapons system."


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Incorrect NASA report
This incorrect description has been cited as a cautionary tale on the importance of avoiding electromagnetic interference. The report itself lacks an accurate reference to the fire. While text contains a superscript pointing to item 12 in the references section, item 12 in the reference section is to "Von Achen, W.: The Apache Helicopter: An EMI Case History. Compliance Engineering, Fall, 1991."


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy
Eighteen crewmen were buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Names of the dead are also listed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy
On 29 July 2017, the USS Forrestal Association commemorated the 50th anniversary of the incident. Members of the military, survivors of the disaster, and family members gathered to memorialize those lost in this incident. Active duty personnel presented American flags to represent each sailor who died.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy
The non-profit USS Forrestal Association was formed in 1990 to preserve the memory of those lost in the tragedy.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy, Farrier Fire Fighting School established
The Farrier Fire Fighting School Learning Site in Norfolk, Virginia is named after Chief Gerald W. Farrier, the commander of Damage Control Team 8, who was killed in the initial explosion. The school hosts an annual memorial remembering the sailors who lost their lives aboard the Forrestal.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy, Lessons learned
The fire revealed that Forrestal lacked a heavy-duty, armored forklift needed to jettison aircraft, particularly heavier planes like the RA-5C Vigilante, as well as heavy or damaged ordnance.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy, Lessons learned
The United States Navy uses the Forrestal fire and the lessons learned from it when teaching damage control and ammunition safety. The flight-deck film of the flight operations, titled "Learn or Burn", became mandatory viewing for firefighting trainees. All new Navy recruits are required to view a training video titled Trial by Fire: A Carrier Fights for Life, produced from footage of the fire and damage control efforts, both successful and unsuccessful.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy, Lessons learned
Footage revealed that damage-control teams sprayed firefighting foam on the deck to smother the burning fuel, which was the correct procedure, but their efforts were negated by crewmen on the other side of the deck who sprayed seawater, which washed the foam away. The seawater worsened the situation by washing burning fuel through the holes in the flight deck and into the decks below. In response, a "wash down" system, which floods the flight deck with foam or water, was incorporated into all carriers, with the first being installed aboard Franklin D. Roosevelt during her 1968–1969 refit. Many other fire-safety improvements also stemmed from this incident.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy, Lessons learned
Due to the first bomb blast, which killed nearly all of the trained firefighters on the ship, the remaining crew, who had no formal firefighting training, were forced to improvise. All current Navy recruits receive week-long training in compartment identification, fixed and portable extinguishers, battle dress, self-contained breathing apparatus and emergency escape breathing devices. Recruits are tested on their knowledge and skills by having to use portable extinguishers and charged hoses to fight fires, as well as demonstrating the ability to egress from compartments that are heated and filled with smoke.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy, Media
The disaster was a major news story and was featured under the headline "Inferno at Sea" on the cover of the 11 August 1967, issue of Life magazine.


1967 USS Forrestal fire, Legacy, Media
The incident was featured on the first episode of the History Channel's Shockwave and the third episode of the second season of the National Geographic Channel's Seconds From Disaster.


1967 USSR Chess Championship
The 1967 Soviet Chess Championship was the 35th edition of USSR Chess Championship. Held from 7 December to 26 December 1967 in Tbilisi. The tournament was won by Lev Polugaevsky and Mikhail Tal. For the first time the Soviet Chess Championship was played on a Swiss system organized as a 13 round tournament for 130 players.


1967 USSR Chess Championship, The Championship
The 35th edition was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was decided that a return to massactivity was called for and the experiment of a Swiss system for 130 players over 13 rounds was tried. There were other reasons. 1967 had been a very busy year for the top Soviet players, with major international tournaments in Leningrad and Moscow. Many of them were expected to skip the Soviet Championship to rest, so it seemed a good idea to open things up and see what kind of talent was out there.


1967 USSR Chess Championship, The Championship
The Swiss system experiment, which attracted few of the stars, was not repeated until the dying days of the USSR in 1991. In fact, as early as the first round Lev Polugaevsky was incensed that he had to play such a strong opponent as Lutikov, whereas Mikhail Tal was paired with Hillar Kamer, to whom he had lost in a junior event a decade earlier.


1967 USSR Chess Championship, The Championship
Although 130 players started out in Kharkov, four of them did not finish: Vladimir Simagin withdrew after making 2½/4. Oleg Moiseev left after six rounds with the same score. Nikolai Kopylov went after making ½/5. Finally, Valery Zhidkov was expelled from the event, according to the Swiss Chess Agency report, after scoring 5 points out of nine rounds, for unclear reasons (the chief judge Salo Flohr claimed in his report that there had been no incidents).