* 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 – Amélie Nothomb, Belgian writer

* 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

* 1967 – Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors.

The success of these pavilions further influenced the 1967 Universal exhibition in Montreal, commonly referred to as Expo 67, where multi-screen highlights included In the Labyrinth, hailed by Time magazine as a " stunning visual display ," their review concluding: " such visual delights as Labyrinth ... suggest that cinema — the most typical of 20th century arts — has just begun to explore its boundaries and possibilities ," as well as A Place to Stand, which displayed Christopher Chapman's pioneering " multi-dynamic image technique " of shifting multiple images.

Princess Grace at a press conference in Montreal, during Expo 1967.

April 1967 aerial view of Île Sainte-Hélène on the left and Île Notre-Dame on the right, with most of the Expo 67 site in view, except Habitat 67 and the rest of the pavilions on la Cité du Havre.

The 1967 International and Universal Exposition or Expo 67, as it was commonly known, was the general exhibition, Category One World's Fair held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from April 27 to October 29, 1967.

After Expo 67 ended in October 1967, the site and most of the pavilions continued on as an exhibition called Man and His World, open during the summer months from 1968 until 1981.

Expo 67 officially opened to the public on the morning of Friday, April 28, 1967, with a space age style countdown.

French President Charles De Gaulle attracts a crowd at Expo 67 on July 25, 1967.

Expo 67 closed on Sunday afternoon, October 29, 1967.

After Prime Minister Pearson doused the Expo flame, Governor General Michener closed Expo at Place des Nations with the mournful spontaneous farewell: " It is with great regret that I declare that the Universal and International Exhibition of 1967 has come to an official end.

* 1967 Habitat 67 at Expo 67 World's Fair, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

* 1967 A Place to Stand-Christopher Chapman-An Expo 67 movie at the Ontario Pavilion.

** Built: France 1534 ; given in 1535 to Cartier by the King of France ; used in the 1535 – 1536 and 1541 – 1542 voyages ; replica 1967 built for " Expo 67 " in Montréal ; abandoned in 2001 from Saint-Charles River ( Québec City )

Aykroyd saw Sam & Dave as a teenager at the Montreal Expo in 1967, and said they were one of his biggest influences.

Under Drapeau, Montreal was awarded the 1967 International and Universal Exposition ( Expo 67 ), whose construction he oversaw.

It was originally conceived as his master's thesis in architecture at McGill University and then built as a pavilion for Expo 67, the World's Fair held from April to October 1967.

After leaving to work with Louis Kahn in Philadelphia, Safdie was approached by Sandy van Ginkel, his former thesis advisor, to develop the master plan for Expo 67, the world's fair that was set to take place in Montreal during 1967.

It was during this time, in July 1967, that French president Charles de Gaulle visited Canada to attend Expo 67, and in Montreal gave his infamous Vive le Québec libre speech.

During Jean Drapeau's tenure as mayor, he initiated the initial construction of the Montreal Metro subway system, Place des Arts, and Expo 67, the Universal Exposition of 1967.

After working as a tour guide at Expo 67, the World's Fair that took place in Montreal in 1967, Watson " rode the rails " in boxcars west to Vancouver.

1967 Mural for British Pavilion, Expo 1967, Montreal