| January 1 | A blanket 70 mph speed limit was introduced on Britain’s roads following a four month trial held in 1965 |
| January | The British Government gave approval for Chrysler to purchase a majority shareholding in the Rootes Group. |
| January 27 | Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee were killed in a fire in their Apollo capsule on their launch pad |
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| March | The Leyland Motor Corporation takes over Rover, following a first approach being made in December 1966. |
| April 26 | Our TR4A was built |
| May | United Kingdom and Ireland apply officially for EEC membership |
| June 5 - 10 | Israel defeats Arab neighbours in Six-Day War, occupying West Bank, Gaza Strip, Sinai peninsula and Golan Heights |
| July 4 | British parliament decriminalizes homosexuality |
| August 15 | British Labour Government bans pirate radio stations. |
| September 29 | The Last Alvis, a TF21 was built. |
| October 2 | First US Black Supreme Court Judge sworn in – Thurgood Marshall |
| October 9 | The breathalyzer was introduced set at a level of 80mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood. |
| October 24 | TR4A registered as RWP 400F |
| November 19 | UK pound devalued from 1 GBP = 2.80 USD to 1 GBP = 2.40 USD. |
| December 3 | At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky becomes the first human to receive a heart transplant (however he died 18 days later from double pneumonia). The transplant team was headed by Christiaan Barnard |
| Total UK Car Production | 1,522,013 |
| World Population | 3.485 Billion |
| Nigeria | Biafra secedes from Nigeria |
| Middle East | Six day war between Israel and Egypt |
| Greece | King Constantine deposed |
| China | Announces explosion of its first Hydrogen bomb |
| Medicine/Science | Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Burnel discover Pulsars Friedman, Kendall and Taylor of the US discovered Quarks |
| Wimbledon Champions | Billie Jean King beat Ann Jones John Newcome beat W Bungent |
| Films | The Graduate Bonnie and Clyde Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? In The Heat of The Night Cool Hand Luke |
| Music | The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band |
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