Also this year 1967

• Flórián Albert becomes the only Hungarian to win the Ballon d'Or, finishing ahead of Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Johnstone.

• The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the first NFL Super Bowl, held in Los Angeles.

• The Beatles release Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which becomes their biggest-selling album.

• King Constantine II of Greece flees the country following a successful coup earlier that year, not returning until 2004.