Che Guevara died on 9 October 1967 in La Higuera, aged 39. An Argentine Marxist revolutionary, Ernesto Guevara, known as Che, trained as a doctor and travelled across Latin America, which convinced him of the need for revolution. He joined Fidel Castro in Mexico and fought in the Cuban Revolution, becoming a key commander and, after the victory in 1959, a minister in the new government. He left Cuba in the mid-1960s to promote guerrilla warfare in Africa and then in Bolivia, where he was captured and executed by the Bolivian army with American assistance. Admired by many as a symbol of rebellion and criticised by others for his role in executions, he became a global icon.
Before and after
- 3 September 1967Dagen H
- from 11 September 1967 to 1 October 1967Nathu La and Cho La clashes
- 11 September 1967Birth of Sung Jae-gi
- 7 October 1967Birth of María Corina Machado
- 9 October 1967Death of Che Guevara
- 15 October 1967Unveiling of The Motherland Calls
- 28 October 1967Birth of Julia Roberts
- November 1967Jocelyn Bell discovers pulsars
- from 3 November 1967 to 23 November 1967Battle of Dak To
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