Explore 2767 historical events from 1960–1969.
Leon Albert "Jake" "The Bullfrog" Swirbul, was an aviation pioneer and co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation.
Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (born 1898)
Francis Patrick Mary Browne, was an Irish Jesuit and a prolific photographer. His best-known photographs are those of the RMS Titanic and its passengers and crew which he took whil…
Francis Browne, Irish priest and photographer (born 1880)
Sæbjørn Buttedahl was a Norwegian stage and film actor who later found prominence as a sculptor.
Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (born 1876)
Set Persson was a Swedish communist leader.
Set Persson, Swedish politician (born 1897)
Lawrence Mervil Tibbett was an American opera singer and recording artist who also performed as a film actor and radio personality. A baritone with large, deep, and dark-timbred vo…
Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (born 1896)
Francis Alexis Patrick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, head coach, manager, and executive. Along with his brother Lester, he founded the Pacific Coast Hockey Associa…
Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1885)
Aneurin "Nye" Bevan was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for spearheading the creation of the British National Health Service during his tenure as Minister of Health in Cleme…
Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (born 1897)
Helen Joy Davidman was an American poet and writer. Often referred to as a child prodigy, she earned a master's degree from Columbia University in English literature at age twenty …
Joy Davidman, American-English poet and author (born 1915)
Albert Kesselring was a German military officer who served in the Luftwaffe during World War II. In a career which spanned both world wars, Kesselring eventually reached the rank o…
Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (born 1881)
John Phillips Marquand was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winnin…
John P. Marquand, American author (born 1893)
Maud Leonora Menten was a Canadian physician and chemist. As a bio-medical and medical researcher, she made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry, and inv…
Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (born 1879)
Austin Cedric Gibbons was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gi…
Cedric Gibbons, British art director and production designer (born 1893)
Julie Marie Vinter Hansen was a Danish astronomer. She was the first woman in Denmark to earn an academic degree in astronomy.
Julie Vinter Hansen, Danish-Swiss astronomer and academic (born 1890)
Hasan Hüsnü Saka was a Turkish politician, minister of foreign affairs, and prime minister of Turkey.
Hasan Saka, Turkish politician, 7th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1885)
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive. These theatres are smaller than Broadway theatres…
The Off-Broadway show The Fantasticks premiered, eventually becoming the world's longest-running musical, with 17,162 pe
The Netherlands Carillon is a 127-foot (39-m)-tall campanile housing a 53-bell carillon located in Arlington County, Virginia, United States.
The Netherlands Carillon was inaugurated in Arlington, Virginia, on the 15th anniversary of Dutch Liberation Day
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil and the Federal District. Located in the Brazilian Highlands in the country's Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino Kubi…
Brasília, a planned city primarily designed by architect and urban planner Lúcio Costa, was officially inaugurated, repl
The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and is designated as the navy of the United States in the Constitution. With 290 comba…
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The General Assembly Committee on Schools, commonly known as the Sibley Commission, was a committee created by the state government of Georgia in 1960 in order to study possible ap…
The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U
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: Nikita Khrushchev announced that the Soviet Union was holding American pilot Francis Gary Powers, whose spy pl
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting p…
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The Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. It is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The Belgian Congo gained independence from colonial rule, beginning a period of instability that would lead to the dicta
Theodore Harold Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other…
American physicist Theodore Maiman operated the first working laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami or the Great Chilean earthquake occurred on 22 May 1960. Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, making it th…
The most powerful earthquake ever recorded, registering approximately 9