The Six-Day War was fought between Israel and the neighbouring states of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Tensions had risen after Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping, expelled United Nations peacekeepers from Sinai and massed troops, and Israel opened the war with a surprise air strike that destroyed most of the Egyptian air force on the ground. In six days Israel captured the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, the West Bank including East Jerusalem from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. The war reshaped the Middle East, and the question of the occupied territories remains central to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Before and after
- 23 April 1967Launch of Soyuz 1
- 27 April 1967Birth of William Alexander of the Netherlands
- from May 1967 to December 1967Hong Kong 1967 leftist riots
- from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970Biafra
- from 5 June 1967 to 10 June 1967Six-Day War
- 12 June 1967Launch of Venera 4
- 14 June 1967Launch of Mariner 5
- 20 June 1967Birth of Nicole Kidman
- 21 June 1967Birth of Yingluck Shinawatra
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