Editing 1967 (section)

===August===
{{Main|August 1967}}
* [[August 1]] – The [[UAC TurboTrain]] makes its first journey.<ref>{{Cite book|title = TurboTrain: A Journey|last = Shron|first = Jason|publisher = Rapido Trains Inc.|year = 2008|isbn = 978-0-9783611-0-5}}</ref>
* [[August 6]] – A [[pulsar]] is noted by [[Jocelyn Bell]] and [[Antony Hewish]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Skuse |first=Ben |date=2019-12-09 |title=Jocelyn Bell Burnell: Pulsar Pioneer |url=https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/famous-astronomers/jocelyn-bell-burnell-pulsar-pioneer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810201728/https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-resources/famous-astronomers/jocelyn-bell-burnell-pulsar-pioneer/ |archive-date=2020-08-10 |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=Sky & Telescope |language=en-US}}</ref> The discovery is first recorded in print in 1968: "An entirely novel kind of star came to light on ''Aug. 6 last year'' [...]".<ref>{{Cite news|date=5 March 1968|work=Daily Telegraph |title=An entirely novel kind of star came to light on Aug. 6 last year}}</ref>
* [[August 7]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: The People's Republic of China agrees to give [[North Vietnam]] an undisclosed amount of aid in the form of a grant.
** A general strike in the old quarter of [[Jerusalem]] protests Israel's unification of the city.
* [[August 8]] – The [[Association of Southeast Asian Nations]] (ASEAN) is founded in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
* [[August 9]] – [[Vietnam War]] – Operation Cochise: [[United States Marines]] begin a new operation in the Que Son Valley.
* [[August 10]] – Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme's troops take the Congolese border town of [[Bukavu]].
* [[August 15]] – The United Kingdom [[Marine, &c., Broadcasting (Offences) Act 1967]] declares participation in offshore [[pirate radio]] illegal. [[Radio Caroline]] defies the act and continues broadcasting.
* [[August 19]] – West Germany receives 36 [[East German]] prisoners it has "purchased" through the border posts of Herleshausen and [[Wartha (Eisenach)|Wartha]].
* [[August 21]]
** A truce is declared in the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].
** Two U.S. Navy jets stray into the airspace of the People's Republic of China following an attack on a target in North Vietnam and are shot down. Lt. [[Robert J. Flynn]], the only survivor, is captured alive and will be held prisoner by China until 1973.
* [[August 24]] – Pakistan's first steel mill is inaugurated in Chittagong, East Pakistan (Bangladesh).<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=70 years on: Looking back at key economic events in Pakistan's history |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1351915 |website=Dawn |publisher=Dawn News |access-date=April 1, 2019|date=August 16, 2017 }}</ref>
* [[August 30]] – [[Thurgood Marshall]] is confirmed as Justice of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]]. He is the first [[African American]] to hold the position.