The Association of Southeast Asian Nations was created in Bangkok by five governments: Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Its founding declaration spoke of economic growth, social progress and regional stability, at a time when the Cold War and the war in Vietnam shaped the neighbourhood. Brunei joined in 1984, and Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia followed in the 1990s, bringing membership to ten. ASEAN works by consensus and non-interference in members' internal affairs, a principle that has preserved cohesion but limited its ability to settle disputes. Over the decades it built a free trade area and a wider economic community, and it hosts regular summits with major powers such as China, Japan, India and the United States.
Before and after
- 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
- 11 September 1967Birth of Sung Jae-gi
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The era
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