February 28 –
North Hollywood shootout: Two robbers, wearing
kevlar body armor, and armed with illegally modified
Type 56 S rifles with high-capacity magazines and other weapons, injure 20 police officers and civilians in a gun battle. The incident sparks debate on the appropriate firepower for United States patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.[relevant?]
June 10 –
Khmer Rouge leader
Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief,
Son Sen, and 11 of Sen's family members, before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.
July 13 – The remains of
Che Guevara are returned to
Cuba for burial, alongside some of his comrades. Guevara and his comrades were executed on October 9
1967 in
Bolivia.
August 3–
11 – Two of the three islands of the
Union of the Comoros –
Anjouan and
Mohéli – attempt to revert to colonial rule by France. The plan fails when the French government of President
Jacques Chirac refuses to recolonize them, resulting in the two islands being reintegrated into the Comoros over the next two years.
August 4 –
Jeanne Calment, the verified oldest person to have ever lived, dies at 122 years and 164 days.
Andy Green sets the first supersonic
land speed record for the
ThrustSSC team, led by
Richard Noble of the UK. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock Desert, Nevada at an average speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph).
October 22 – Danish escaped criminal
Steen Christensen robs the Hotel Palace in Helsinki, Finland, killing two police officers while evading capture.[23][24]
October 29 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq says it will begin shooting down
Lockheed U-2 surveillance planes being used by UNSCOM inspectors.
November 19 – In
Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to
septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy.
December 3 – In
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a
treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel
land mines. However, the United States, the People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and 32 other nations do not sign and/or ratify the treaty.
December 29 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the chickens within its territory (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly
influenza strain.
February 28 –
North Hollywood shootout: Two robbers, wearing
kevlar body armor, and armed with illegally modified
Type 56 S rifles with high-capacity magazines and other weapons, injure 20 police officers and civilians in a gun battle. The incident sparks debate on the appropriate firepower for United States patrol officers to have available in similar situations in the future.[relevant?]
June 10 –
Khmer Rouge leader
Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief,
Son Sen, and 11 of Sen's family members, before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.
July 13 – The remains of
Che Guevara are returned to
Cuba for burial, alongside some of his comrades. Guevara and his comrades were executed on October 9
1967 in
Bolivia.
August 3–
11 – Two of the three islands of the
Union of the Comoros –
Anjouan and
Mohéli – attempt to revert to colonial rule by France. The plan fails when the French government of President
Jacques Chirac refuses to recolonize them, resulting in the two islands being reintegrated into the Comoros over the next two years.
August 4 –
Jeanne Calment, the verified oldest person to have ever lived, dies at 122 years and 164 days.
Andy Green sets the first supersonic
land speed record for the
ThrustSSC team, led by
Richard Noble of the UK. ThrustSSC goes through the flying mile course at Black Rock Desert, Nevada at an average speed of 1,227.985 km/h (763.035 mph).
October 22 – Danish escaped criminal
Steen Christensen robs the Hotel Palace in Helsinki, Finland, killing two police officers while evading capture.[23][24]
October 29 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq says it will begin shooting down
Lockheed U-2 surveillance planes being used by UNSCOM inspectors.
November 19 – In
Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to
septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies are born alive, and the first in which all survive infancy.
December 3 – In
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a
treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel
land mines. However, the United States, the People's Republic of China, Russia, South Korea and 32 other nations do not sign and/or ratify the treaty.
December 29 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the chickens within its territory (1.25 million) to stop the spread of a potentially deadly
influenza strain.