Explore 4408 historical events from 1960–1969.
Charles Louis "Clem" McCarthy was an American sportscaster and public address announcer. He also narrated Pathe News's RKO newsreels. He was known for his gravelly voice and dramat…
Clem McCarthy, American sportscaster (born 1882)
Yves Klein was a French artist and an important figure in postwar European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme, founded in 1960 by art…
Yves Klein, French painter (born 1928)
Thomas Edward Phillis was an Australian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He won the 1961 125cc motorcycle road racing World Championship and was the first person to l…
Tom Phillis, Australian motorcycle racer (born 1934)
Chhabi Biswas was an Indian actor, primarily known for his performances in Tapan Sinha's Kabuliwala and Satyajit Ray's films Jalsaghar, Devi and Kanchenjungha (1962).
Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor and director (born 1900)
John Nicholson Ireland was an English composer and teacher of music. The majority of his output consists of piano miniatures and of songs with piano. His best-known works include t…
John Ireland, English composer and educator (born 1879)
Alfred Denis Cortot was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was es…
Alfred Cortot, Swiss pianist and conductor (born 1877)
Frank Borzage was an American film director and actor. He was the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Director for his film 7th Heaven (1927) at the 1st Academy Awards.
Frank Borzage, American film director and actor (born 1894)
Volfgangs Dārziņš was a Latvian composer, pianist and music critic.
Volfgangs Dārziņš, Latvian composer, pianist and music critic (born 1906)
Paul Viiding was an Estonian poet, author, and literary critic.
Paul Viiding, Estonian author, poet, and critic (born 1904)
Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochrane, nicknamed "Black Mike", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for…
Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player and manager (born 1903)
Harry Richard "Cy" Morgan was an American Major League Baseball pitcher with the St. Louis Browns, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds between 1903 and 1…
Cy Morgan, American baseball player (born 1878)
Charles Lyon Chandler was an American consul and historian of Latin America–United States relations. A Harvard graduate who came to South America in the Consular Service, he became…
Charles Lyon Chandler, American historian (born 1883)
Purushottam Das Tandon was a freedom fighter from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is widely remembered for his opposition to the partition of India, as well as efforts in achie…
Purushottam Das Tandon, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1882)
Bidhan Chandra Roy was an Indian physician and politician who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 until his death in 1962. He played a key role in the founding of sev…
Bidhan Chandra Roy, Indian physician and politician, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal (born 1882)
Sir Paul Boffa, OBE, was a Maltese politician and medical doctor who served as prime minister in the Colony of Malta after self-rule was reinstated by the British colonial authorit…
Paul Boffa, Maltese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1890)
William Cuthbert Faulkner was an American writer. He is best known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, a stand-in for Lafayette…
William Faulkner, American novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Archduke Joseph August Viktor Klemens Maria of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia was a prominent member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, who was a Feldmarschall of the Austr…
Joseph August, archduke of Austria (born 1872)
Yehuda Leib Maimon was an Israeli rabbi, politician and leader of the Religious Zionist movement. He was Israel's first Minister of Religion.
Yehuda Leib Maimon, Israeli rabbi and politician (born 1875)
Roger Wolfe Kahn was an American jazz and popular musician, composer, bandleader and an aviator.
Roger Wolfe Kahn, American composer and bandleader (born 1907)
Cuthbert Wilfrid Francis Noyce was an English mountaineer and author. He was a member of the 1953 British Expedition that made the first ascent of Mount Everest.
Wilfrid Noyce, English mountaineer and author (born 1917)
Thibaudeau Rinfret was a Canadian jurist who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Canada from 1944 to 1954 and briefly as Administrator of Canada from January to February 1952. He …
Thibaudeau Rinfret, Canadian lawyer and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of Canada (born 1879)
Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille was a French intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays,…
Georges Bataille, French philosopher, novelist, and poet (born 1897)
Richard Aldington was an English writer and poet. He was an early associate of the Imagist movement. His 50-year writing career produced "143 separate titles, including poetry, lit…
Richard Aldington, English poet and author (born 1892)
James Howard "Dutch" Kindelberger was an American aviation pioneer. He led North American Aviation from 1934 until 1960. An extroverted character, Kindelberger was famed for his em…
James H. Kindelberger, American pilot and businessman (born 1895)