* 1886 – Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, Nizam of Hyderabad state ( d. 1967 )

* 1888 – Gerhard Ritter, German historian ( d. 1967 )

* 1967 – Jonathan Firth, British actor

* 1967 – Mika Koivuniemi, Finnish bowler

* 1967 – Sarah Cracknell, English singer ( Saint Etienne )

* 1967 – Mellow Man Ace, American rapper ( Cypress Hill )

* 1967 – The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.

* 1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American businesswoman ( d. 1967 )

* 1967 – Steven Mackintosh, English actor

* 1875 – Katharine McCormick, American biologist, philanthropist, and activist ( d. 1967 )

* 1967 – Ogie Alcasid, Filipino singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

* 1967 – Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster

* 1967 – Julie Snyder, Canadian talk show host and producer

* 1967 – Deion Sanders, American football player

* 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor ( d. 1967 )

* 1967 – Quinn Cummings, American actress

* 1967 – Digna Ketelaar, Dutch tennis player

* 1967 – Aaron Krickstein, American tennis player

* 1967 – Aline Brosh McKenna, American screenwriter

* 1967 – Dang Van Ngu, Vietnamese doctor and intellectual ( b. 1910 )

* 1924 – Frank Worrell, Indian cricketer ( d. 1967 )

* 1967 – Gregg Jefferies, American baseball player

* 1967 – Skin, English singer and model ( Skunk Anansie )

* 1967 – Mathieu Kassovitz, French director and screenwriter

Most famous Belgian authors are: Guido Gezelle ( 1830 – 1899 ), Emile Verhaeren ( 1855 – 1916 ), Max Elskamp ( 1862 – 1931 ), Maurice Maeterlinck ( 1862 – 1949 ), Paul van Ostaijen ( 1896 – 1926 ), Henri Michaux ( French born and educated in Belgium, 1899 – 1984 ) and Jacques Brel ( 1929 – 1978 ) and prose writers: Hendrik Conscience ( 1812 – 1883 ), Charles de Coster ( 1827 – 1879 ), Willem Elsschot ( 1882 – 1960 ), Michel de Ghelderode ( 1898 – 1962 ), Georges Simenon 1903-1989, Louis Paul Boon ( 1912 – 1979 ), Hugo Claus ( 1929 – 2008 ), Pierre Mertens ( born in 1939 ) Ernest Claes ( 1885 – 1968 ), and, Amélie Nothomb ( born in 1967 ).

* Amélie Nothomb, writer ( b. 1967 )

* 1967 – Philippe Albert, Belgian footballer

* 1967 – Harry Van Barneveld, Belgian judoka

* 1967 – Johan Laats, Belgian judoka

* 1967 – Muriel Degauque, Belgian terrorist ( d. 2005 )

Founded in 1963 by New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the team won its first Grand Prix at the 1968 Belgian Grand Prix but their greatest initial success was in Can-Am, where they dominated from 1967 to 1971.

* 1967 – Bart Veldkamp, Dutch-born Belgian speed skater

Peroxisomes were identified as organelles by the Belgian cytologist Christian de Duve in 1967 after they had been first described by a Swedish doctoral student, J. Rhodin in 1954.

René François Ghislain Magritte ( 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967 ) was a Belgian surrealist artist.

* 1918 – Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver ( d. 1967 )

* November 21 – René Magritte, Belgian artist ( d. 1967 )

The presence of the Belgian Jacky Ickx who had a minor role in 1967 ( driving only at the Nürburgring — also in an F2 car — and at Monza ) is also noteworthy in this regard.

Belgian driver Jacky Ickx being the first crowned driver. Beside, Jochen Rindt won both F2 1967 Trophées de France and British championship, while team mate Alan Rees winning the Autocar contest.

Now, the next big thing being worked on is an astonishingly accurate version of the mythic Spa Francorchamps Belgian track with its 1967 sixties layout. Originally, the track included in the game, suffered some unaccuracies. Spa 67 release is expected for 2012.

Further honours included election to the Institut de France in 1967, the Erasmus Prize in 1971, the award of the Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal and the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 1975, the Sonning Award ( Denmark's highest musical honour ) in 1977, and the presentation of the Croix de Commander of the Belgian Order of the Crown in 1980.

In 1967, Belgian Limburg was detached from the Diocese of Liège and Hasselt became the seat of the Diocese of Hasselt.

Ferrari kept Mike Parkes and Scarfiotti, but Parkes suffered career-ending injuries weeks later at the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix and Scarfiotti temporarily retired from racing after witnessing his crash.

Among the most notable are the Eagle Mk1 Formula One car, which won the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix ; the winning cars at the 1968, 1973, and 1975 Indianapolis 500s ; and the Toyota-Eagle IMSA GTPs of the late 1980s / early 1990s.

Also, in 1967 an official Dutch version of the Belgian Constitution was adopted.

With his victory in the Eagle-Weslake at the 1967 Belgian Grand Prix, Gurney earned the distinction of being the only driver in history to score maiden Grand Prix victories for three different manufacturers: Porsche, Brabham and his own All-American Racers.

The next season the team failed to finish any of the first three races, but on June 18, 1967, Gurney took a historic victory in the Belgian Grand Prix.

* Ringo, a comic ( 1967 – 1978 ) by Belgian comic artist William Vance

Jacques Kinnaer ( born 1967 ) is a Belgian Egyptologist and author with an M. A.

The Armée Nationale Congolaise, Belgian Armed Forces and United States troops opposed the mercenary forces and took control of the city in 1967 under a U. N. mandate.