• Super Bowl - 1967 marked the first American Football Super Bowl, the Green Bay Packers became the first AFL vs. NFL championship game.
• Space - the Apollo 1 crew, Ed White, Virgil “Gus” Grissom, and Roger Chaffee died in a training accident.
• Tour de France -Stage 13, July 13th British cycling star Tom Simpson collapsed on the climb of Mont Ventoux (1.5km from the summit) and died hours later.
• Boxing - Muhammad Ali refused military duty after being drafted April 28, 1967.
• England - June 27, 1967, the first Automatic Cash Machine was installed at the Barclay's Bank in Enfield, England.
Notable Deaths -
* World Road Race Champion: Tom Simpson (GBr), 1937-1967, Stage 13, July 13th British cycling star collapsed on the climb of Mont Ventoux (1.5km from the summit) and died hours later. He was the World Champion in 1965.
Scrooge McDuck, 1867-1967, cartoons billionaire businessduck created by Carl Banks in 1947 for Walt Disney Corp.
Che Guevara, 1928-1967, revolutionary guerilla leader helped Castro take control of Cuba in 1959. He was captured while staging a new revolution in Bolivia and executed by the Bolivian government in 1967.
