Clash between supporters of the Schah and demonstrators in front of Schöneberg Town Hall, 2 June 1967 (Photo: Landesarchiv Berlin)
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.
In the evening, the student Benno Ohnesorg is shot dead by a police officer. His death becomes a rallying call for the radicalisation of the student movement and the Extra-Parliamentary Opposition (APO) in West Germany.
RIAS report on the welcome given to the Iranian imperial couple by the Ruling Mayor Heinrich Albertz in the Schöneberg Town Hall, 2 June 1967 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Mittag, Reporter: Erich Nieswandt)
RIAS report on the tour of Berlin taken by the imperial couple, which was accompanied by protests, 2 June 1967 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Abend, Reporter: Jürgen Schiller)
RIAS report on the funeral service for the Free University student Benno Ohnesorg, killed at the anti-Shah demonstration, 8 June 1967 (in German) (Source: Archiv Deutschlandradio, Broadcast: Rundschau am Mittag, Reporter: Jürgen Schiller)
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.