Some timeline items…
February 23, 1966
In China, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND) organised a conference to outline detailed development plans for a missile defense program, which was given a codename "Project 640" after Chairman Mao’s "640 Directive."
January 2, 1967
In the biggest air battle to date in the Vietnam War, seven North Vietnamese Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbeds are destroyed by U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4C Phantom II fighters of the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing in Operation Bolo.
January 27, 1967
Outer Space Treaty: Opened for signature in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union on January 27, 1967. Prohibits the placing of nuclear weapons in space, but does not ban military activities within space, militiary space forces, or other weapons in space.
January 27, 1967
The Apollo 1 is destroyed in a fire on the launch pad.
March 31, 1967
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE): NATO headquarters is relocated to Brussels from France with SHAPE moving to a site near Mons, Belgium, with the official opening on March 31, 1967.
April 27, 1967
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, or Expo 67, begins in Montreal, Canada and runs until October.
May 1, 1967
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration signs a contract with the Boeing Company for the construction of two Boeing 2707 supersonic transports.
May 5, 1967
Ariel-3, the first all-British made satellite, was launched into an orbit around the Earth during May.
May 20, 1967
American aircraft strike military targets in downtown Hanoi.
May 26, 1967
The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
July 25, 1967
Ministers from France, Germany and Britain agree "for the purpose of strengthening European co-operation in the field of aviation technology and thereby promoting economic and technological progress in Europe, to take appropriate measures for the joint development and production of an airbus." This eventually leads to the development of the Airbus A300.
September 11, 1967
Nathu La clashes start when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) launches an attack on Indian posts at Nathu La, lasting until 15 September 1967.
September 20, 1967
The RMS Queen Elizabeth II Passenger Liner is launched by the Cunard Line to replace the older RMS Queen Elizabeth.
October 10, 1967
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space (Outer Space Treaty) is entered in force.
October 30, 1967
Two Soviet spacecraft, Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188, made the first fully automated space docking in the history of space exploration. Mutual search, approach, mooring, and docking were automatically performed by the IGLA-system onboard Kosmos 186.
December 3, 1967
The first successful human to human heart transplant takes place at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the operation on the 53-year-old patient Louis Washkansky.
December 11, 1967
The British-French supersonic airliner Concorde is presented to the public for the first time in Toulouse, France.
December 14, 1967
In December 1967, the Ministers of the North Atlantic Council approve the Harmel Report on the future tasks of the Atlantic Alliance. The report encourages the Allies to improve relations with the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries and calls on them to use the Alliance in the interests of détente.
