The Beatles are seen during the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album cover shoot, from left, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison. The album, released June 1, 1967, became the soundtrack to the "Summer of Love." Songs on the album include "A Day in the Life, "When I'm 64," and "Good Morning Good Morning."
Protesting Vietnam
Riot police swing sticks at anti-war protesters demonstrating against Dow Chemical Company's manufacture of napalm in Madison, Wis.
No Fighting for Ali
On April 28, 1967, boxing champion Muhammad Ali, seen here at left, refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army based on his Muslim religious beliefs. He was immediately stripped of his heavyweight title.
First African-American Justice
In 1967 President Lyndon Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. Marshall's appointment to the Supreme Court was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 30, 1967.
Race and Marriage
Katharine Hepburn, left, Katharine Houghton and Sidney Poitier in scene from movie "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" Released in 1967, the film told the story of a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fianc
The First Cougar?
Dustin Hoffman's character Benjamin was seduced by the decidedly older Mrs. Robinson, played by Anne Bancroft, in 1967's "The Graduate."
Short Skirts
The fashion of 1967 included ultra-short "miniskirts" revolutionized by the British model, Twiggy.
Death-Defying
On New Year's Eve Day in 1967, Evel Knievel jumped his motorcycle 151 feet over the fountains at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Knievel missed the landing, and ended up in the hospital for 29 days. But he wasn't going to end his career there. Knievel emerged from his hospital bed with the announcement that he would not only walk again, he would jump across the Grand Canyon next.