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In 1967, the world population was approximately 3,473,412,880 people[ā ]
1967Russell E. Morris, Welsh chemist and academic[ā ]
Russell Edward Morris is a British chemist and Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Chemistry at the University of St Andrews since 2016. He played first-class cricket while he was a student at the University of Oxford, and also represented the university in association football playing in Varsity matches at various venues, including Wembley Stadium and Highbury.
1967Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident: A United States Navy spy ship is attacked by the Israeli Air Force and Navy, resulting in 34 deaths and 171 wounded.[ā ]
The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 ArabāIsraeli War or Third ArabāIsraeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan from 5 to 10Ā June 1967.
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JERUSALEM, June 7--Israeli troops wept and prayed today at the foot of the Wailing Wall--the last remnant of Solomon's Second Temple and the object of pilgrimage
WASHINGTON, June 7--At least a part of the Israeli Air Force that caught large numbers of Egyptian aircraft on the ground in the early hours of the war may have slipped through gaps in the United Arab Republic's radar net by flying in over the Mediterranean.
WASHINGTON, June 7-- President Johnson has decided to use the members of his Cabinet as diplomatic agents in his campaign to improve relations between the Administration and state governments.
Demonstrators reptdly burn US consulate and Amer cars, Taiz
Cong conf approves mil draft bill continuing deferments for men in apprentice and job training programs
To seek temporary leave of absence as Ford Foundation pres to serve on special subcom of Natl Security Council dealing with Middle East crises
Mills anticipates large Fed deficit unless Cong passes Johnson's proposed 6% surcharge; Repr Byrnes and other Repubs on Ways and Means Com indicate willingness to back it
Parker, Dorothy
S on Mideast crisis, Security Council
Israel claimed victory in the Sinai Desert after three days of fighting. Sharm el Sheik, guarding the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba, fell after a paratroop attack, and the Israelis said the blockade of the gulf was broken. Other Israeli units were within 20 miles of the Suez Canal, and one Israeli report placed them in the eastern section of Ismailia, on the canal itself.