At a student demonstration against the visit by the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, in Berlin at the Schöneberg Town Hall in Berlin, supporters of the Shah attack the demonstrators.more
In West Germany, the "Law on the Promotion of Stability and Growth" goes into force. The law sets out an economic policy programme for "global guidance" with four objectives that are soon described as a "magical square": stable prices, high employment rate, balanced foreign trade and economic growth.
17 June
1967
The People’s Republic of China sets off its first hydrogen bomb. The CPSU fears that the Soviet Union could be one of the first targets of an attack by the growing Chinese superpower.