Explore 4408 historical events from 1960–1969.
The Ciaculli massacre on 30 June 1963 was caused by a car bomb that exploded in Ciaculli, an outlying suburb of Palermo, killing seven police and military officers sent to defuse i…
Ciaculli bombing: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personne
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a British intelligence officer and a double agent for the Soviet Union. In 1963, he was revealed to be a member of the Cambridge Five, a spy …
The British Government admits that former diplomat Kim Philby had worked as a Soviet agent.
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietna…
Buddhist crisis: Police commanded by Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnam President Ngo…
Joy Covey was an American business executive, best known as Amazon's first chief financial officer.
Joy Covey, American businesswoman (died 2013)
David William Moyes is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is the manager of Premier League club Everton. He was the 2003, 2005 and 2009 League Managers…
David Moyes, Scottish footballer and manager
Paul Wassif is a British musician, guitarist, and singer songwriter.
Paul Wassif, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jet Li Lianjie is a martial artist, actor, and philanthropist. With a career spanning more than forty years, he is regarded as one of the most iconic Chinese film stars and one of …
Jet Li, Chinese-Singaporean martial artist, actor, and producer
Joseph Albert Walker was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was one of …
Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90.…
Bluenose II is a replica of the fishing and racing schooner Bluenose, commissioned by Sidney Culverwell Oland and built in 1963 as a promotional yacht for Oland Brewery. Sidney Ola…
The ship Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner is a major Canadian symbol.
Syncom started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were developed and manufactured by the Space and Communications division of H…
Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is an intergovernmental organisation with 38 member countries. It was founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and …
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
The Puijo tower is an observation tower at the top of Puijo hill in Kuopio, Eastern Finland. Opened in 1963, the tower is 75 metres (246 ft) tall and has a revolving restaurant wit…
The Puijo observation tower is opened to the general public at Puijo Hill in Kuopio, Finland.
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: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
Colin Roberts Scotts is an Australian former professional American football defensive tackle. Scotts was the first Australian to receive an American football scholarship in the Uni…
Colin Scotts, Australian-American football player
Cornelia Ullrich, née Feuerbach is a retired East German hurdler. She represented the sports team SC Magdeburg.
Cornelia Ullrich, German hurdler
Lloyd Edgar Eisler, MSM, is a former Canadian pairs skater. With partner Isabelle Brasseur, he was the 1992 and 1994 Olympic bronze medallist and the 1993 World Champion.
Lloyd Eisler, Canadian figure skater and coach
The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) was a militant socialist organisation that fought against white-minority rule in Rhodesia, formed as a split from the Zimbabwe African Pe…
The Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), the current ruling party of Zimbabwe, is formed by a split from the…
The civil rights movement was a social movement in the United States from 1954 to 1968 which aimed to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement i…
Civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
The Xá Lợi Pagoda raids were a series of synchronized attacks on a number of Buddhist pagodas in the major cities of South Vietnam shortly after midnight on 21 August 1963. The rai…
Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President…
X-15 Flight 91 was an August 22, 1963 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight, and the second and final flight in the program to fly above the Kármán line, which was previously ach…
X-15 Flight 91 reaches the highest altitude of the X-15 program (107.96 km (67.08 mi) (354,200 feet)).
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietna…
Buddhist crisis: As a result of the Xá Lợi Pagoda raids, the US State Department cables the United States Embassy,…
Marc Guy Albert Marie Lacroix is a Belgian biochemist and a researcher who specializes in breast cancer biology, metastasis and therapy.
Marc Lacroix, Belgian biochemist and academic
Andrew Carwood is the Director of Music at St Paul's Cathedral in London and director of The Cardinall's Musick.
Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor
Gina Yoginda is an Indonesian military officer and diplomat who is currently serving as ambassador of Indonesia to North Korea since 2025. Prior to his ambassadorship, Gina served …
Gina Yoginda, Indonesian army general and diplomat