Unintended launch of a Zuni rocket from a F-4B Phantom, resulting in a fire which caused the deaths of 134 sailors and pilots onboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1967. It took place on 29 July 1967. The setting was Gulf of Tonkin. About 134 people died. Some 161 were injured.
Before and after
- 14 July 1967Founding of World Intellectual Property Organization
- 18 July 1967Birth of Vin Diesel
- 23 July 1967Birth of Philip Seymour Hoffman
- from 23 July 1967 to 28 July 19671967 Detroit riot
- 29 July 19671967 USS Forrestal fire
- 8 August 1967Founding of ASEAN
- 2 September 1967Construction of Principality of Sealand
- 3 September 1967Dagen H
- from 11 September 1967 to 1 October 1967Nathu La and Cho La clashes
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