War, Protest and Politics
Coups, wars and diplomacy outside the Middle East and Vietnam.
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A survey of 1967 politics in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America: the Greek coup, Biafra, Aden, de Gaulle's vetoes, Che Guevara and the year's other turning points.
How Nigeria's Eastern Region declared the Republic of Biafra on 30 May 1967, why negotiations failed, and how the first months of the civil war unfolded.
How British rule in Aden ended in November 1967 after years of insurgency, the Crater mutiny and a rushed departure that left the new state of South Yemen in nationalist hands.
What Charles de Gaulle said from the Montreal city hall balcony on 24 July 1967, why it caused a diplomatic row with Canada, and how Quebec politics changed afterward.
Why Charles de Gaulle rejected Britain's second application to the European Economic Community on 27 November 1967, and how Britain eventually joined in 1973.
A note on the dating, then the story of the May 1968 student protests and general strike in France, and how de Gaulle's government survived but weakened.
How Stalin's daughter walked into the US embassy in New Delhi in March 1967, reached America in April, and published Twenty Letters to a Friend.
Britain held no general election in 1967. This article explains Wilson's Labour government, the Conservative London win in April and the Hamilton by-election.
Canada's 1967 is remembered for the Centennial and Expo 67, not a flood disaster. A look at documented Canadian floods, from Hurricane Hazel to the Saguenay.
How a group of colonels seized power in Athens on 21 April 1967, the reasons they gave, and how the regime ruled until its collapse in 1974.
How Alexander Dubcek's reforms opened Czechoslovakia to reform in 1968, and how the Warsaw Pact invasion of 20-21 August ended the experiment.
The March 1967 wreck of the supertanker Torrey Canyon off Cornwall, the clean-up with detergents, the decision to bomb the ship, and the rules that followed.
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