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1967
 
    
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras issue a joint declaration, emphasizing mutual respect for each other's traditions       
1967
 
    
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, by English dramatist Peter Nichols, has its premiere in London       
1967
 
    
US author William Styron's novel The Confessions of Nat Turner describes a historical slave revolt in 1831       
1967
 
    
English cellist Jacqueline du Pré marries Israeli pianist Daniel Barenboim       
1967
 
   
Nicolae Ceauşescu becomes president of the State Council of Romania      
1967
 
    
South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard, in Cape Town, transplants the heart of a young woman into a 55-year-old grocer, Louis Washkansky       
1967
 
     
The Beatles release an immensely successful album, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, with a cover by British pop-artist Peter Blake        
Peter Blake, by Clive Barker, 1983
National Portrait Gallery, London

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1967
 
   
Australian prime minister Harold Holt swims in heavy surf near Portsea, south of Melbourne, and is never seen again      
1968
 
   
Alexander Dubcek becomes first secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist party, following pressure for reform from party intellectuals      
1968
 
     
The Vietcong launch widespread attacks on South Vietnamese cities during the Tet (lunar new year) holiday