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| 1967, Jan. 15–March 8 |
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| Prime Minister Wilson's tour of Common Market countries and extensive discussions of the conditions of British membership. | 1 |
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| Jan. 31 |
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| Diplomatic relations established between West Germany and Romania, the initial move in the development of better relations between Central and Eastern Europe. | 2 |
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| Feb. 9 |
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| Soviet premier Aleksey Kosygin, addressing the House of Commons during a visit to England, called for a treaty of friendship and nonaggression, the dissolution of NATO and the Warsaw Pact, the denial of nuclear weapons to Germany, and a declaration that the European frontiers were to be regarded as unalterable and inviolable. | 3 |
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| May 2 |
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| Prime Minister Wilson announced the British government's decision to apply for membership in the Common Market. The Commons supported him, 487–26 (May 8). | 4 |
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| May 11 |
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| The British government formally applied for admission to the Common Market. Denmark, Ireland, and Norway did likewise. | 5 |
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| May 16 |
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| De Gaulle once more vetoed the British application on grounds of British insularity, ties to the United States, and so on. | 6 |
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| June 18–20 |
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| A visit of Prime Minister Wilson to Paris failed to move De Gaulle, who called upon Britain to undergo a “profound transformation” before attempting to enter the Common Market. Nevertheless, the council of ministers of the Common Market voted (June 27) five to one (France) in favor of the British application. | 7 |
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| July 5 |
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| The new European Community (EC), consolidating former entities, went into effect. Jean Rey (of Belgium) became president. | 8 |
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| July 7 |
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| Marshal Ivan I. Yakubovsky became supreme commander of the Warsaw Pact forces. | 9 |
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