The "Summer of Love," 1967. The Jefferson Airplane performs in Marin County, Cal.
We look at life in 1967 in the next issue of our magazine style newsletter, "Eight Things To Know."
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1967: Albert DeSalvo is convicted of rape. He claims to be the Boston Strangler responsible for killing 13 young women but some doubt him. DNA evidence gathered yrs later proves him correct. DeSalvo will be killed by a fellow inmate in '73.
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In January 1967, NASA lost 3 astronauts in a launch pad cabin fire.
Our look at the year 1967 in the next edition of our newsletter includes notable births and deaths.
Among those born in 1967 -- Kellyanne Conway and Anderson Cooper.
Among those who died in 1967 -- Spencer Tracy, Robert Oppenheimer and Jack Ruby.
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The Vietnam war expands in 1967, but there is no evidence that offensive US action is impeding the willingness of Hanoi to continue to fight. China and the Soviet Union send war materiel to aid their cause; and the North seems able to tap into an unlimited supply of manpower.
228,263 American men are drafted in 1967.
11,363 Americans die in Vietnam in 1967.
In 1967, less than half of the country supports LBJ’s war policy.
1/ from our first story in last week's newsletter:
"Construction of the Issoudun Aerodrome in rural France began in July 1917, and although the air base was still under construction, the first American flight students and instructors arrived for flight training in November.
2/ Among them was Harry Wingate, the 22-yr-old son of a GA tobacco farmer and an expert pilot. He was assigned to Training Field #8, one of 11 separate airfields, where he would teach advanced combat flight tactics-what laymen would call stunt flying- in a French Nieuport biplane