Explore 5816 historical events from 1960–1969.
The Organisation armée secrète was a far-right dissident French paramilitary organisation during the Algerian War, founded in 1961 by Raoul Salan, Pierre Lagaillarde and Jean-Jacqu…
The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 b
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The Supreme Court of the United States hands down its decision in Griswold v
South African Airways Flight 228 was a scheduled flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, to London, England. The Boeing 707-300C operating the flight, which was only six weeks old,…
South African Airways Flight 228 crashes near J
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Ga
"A Call for Unity" was an open letter published in The Birmingham [Alabama] News, on April 12, 1963, by eight local white clergymen in response to civil rights demonstrations takin…
In response to an open letter written by white clergymen, Martin Luther King Jr
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisi…
Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, West Germany, and dissolves the French National As
On the afternoon of April 21, 1967, a violent tornado tracked through Belvidere, Illinois, United States. The tornado struck just after students at the city's high school had been …
A violent tornado strikes multiple schools and destroys houses in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, causing over 450 c
David E. Wood was an attorney and environmental activist. Best known for his work in the field of electronics recycling, he was executive director of the GrassRoots Recycling Netwo…
David Wood, American lawyer and environmentalist (died 2006)
On 8 May 1963, nine unarmed Buddhist civilians were shot by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam and security forces in Huế, South Vietnam. The army and police fired guns and launch…
South Vietnamese soldiers under the Roman Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem open fire on Buddhists defying a ban on the f
Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the third-most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 196,357 as of 2024. The…
The police force in Birmingham, Alabama switches tactics and responds with violent force to stop the "Birmingham campaig
Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British ocean liner. Built by John Brown & Company on the River Clyde in Scotland for the Cunard Line, the ship was operated as a transatlantic…
The British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her maiden voyage to New York City
The Venera program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. A total of eighteen probes were se…
Venera program: Soviet Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before be
The Venera program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. A total of eighteen probes were se…
Venera program: Venera 5, a Soviet space probe, lands on Venus
Apollo 10 was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon. NASA, the mission's operator, described it as a "dress rehearsal" …
Apollo 10's Lunar Module flies within 8
The Cuyahoga River is a river located in Northeast Ohio that feeds into Lake Erie.
The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the pass
Warren Earl Burger was an American attorney who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986.
Warren E
Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon, and the fifth crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program. The mission was crewed by Commander Neil Armstro…
The Apollo 11 lunar landing mission is launched from Cape Kennedy in Florida, USA.
On August 5, 1969, the Atlanta Police Department led a police raid on a screening of the film Lonesome Cowboys at a movie theater in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
The Lonesome Cowboys police raid occurs in Atlanta, Georgia, leading to the creation of the Georgia Gay Liberation…
A zebra crossing or a marked crosswalk is a pedestrian crossing marked with white stripes. Normally, pedestrians are afforded precedence over vehicular traffic, although the signif…
At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan takes the iconic photo that becomes the cover image of the…
Sharon Marie Tate Polanski was an American actress and model. During the 1960s, she appeared in advertisements and small television roles before appearing in films as well as worki…
A day after murdering actress Sharon Tate and four others, members of Charles Manson's cult kill Leno and Rosemary…
On August 26, 1969, an Il-18 of Aeroflot landed without its landing gear and burst into flames during landing at Vnukovo Airport. The flight was a sheduled domestic flight from Soc…
Aeroflot Flight 1770 crashes while landing at Vnukovo International Airport, killing 16.
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan is a Palestinian-Jordanian man who assassinated U.S. senator Robert F. Kennedy, the younger brother of U.S. president John F. Kennedy and a candidate for the …
Sirhan Sirhan is convicted of assassinating Robert F
The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia was a communist and Marxist–Leninist political party in Czechoslovakia that existed between 1921 and 1992. It was a member of the Comintern. B…
Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček is deposed
Sir William Robert Patrick Knox-Johnston CBE RD* is a British sailor. In 1969, he became the first person to perform a single-handed non-stop circumnavigation of the globe. Along w…
British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnston wins the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completes the first solo non-stop
The 1969 Libyan revolution or coup d'état, also known as al-Fateh Revolution or 1 September Revolution, was a coup d'état and revolution carried out by the Free Officers movement, …
A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
The Days of Rage were a series of riots during three days in October 1969 in Chicago, organized by the emerging Weatherman faction of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).
The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
Patrik Järbyn is a Swedish former World Cup alpine ski racer.
Patrik Järbyn, Swedish skier
Fernando Viña Spanish: [feɾˈnando ˈβiɲa]; born April 16, 1969) is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball second baseman and former MLB analyst for ESPN. His parents Andres a…
Fernando Viña, American baseball player and sportscaster
The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (CPI(ML)) was an Indian communist party formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries (AICCCR) at a co…
The formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) is announced at a mass rally in Calcutta
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisi…
Charles de Gaulle resigns as President of France
Carlos Lamarca was a Brazilian Army Captain who deserted to join the armed struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship. He was part of the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard a…
Carlos Lamarca leads the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbi
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Ap Bia begins with an assault on Hill 937
General elections were held in Malaysia on Saturday, 10 May 1969, although polling in Sabah and Sarawak was postponed until between 6 June and 4 July 1970. This was the first parli…
In the aftermath of the 1969 Malaysian general election, Sino-Malay sectarian violence erupted in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Keith Robert Andreassi DeCandido is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, martial artist, and musician, who works on comic books, novels, role-playing games and video gam…
Keith DeCandido, American author