Explore 4408 historical events from 1960–1969.
Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "the Greatest", he is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight …
Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) wins the gold medal in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the…
Huntsville is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 215,006 at the 2020 census, making it the 100th-most populous city in the U.S., while the Hunt…
In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA…
Shambel Abebe Bikila was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He was the first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, winning his first gold med…
At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the…
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is an intergovernmental cartel enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to coll…
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
The Congo Crisis was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo. The crisis began almost immediately after the Congo became inde…
Congo Crisis: Mobutu Sese Seko seizes power in a military coup, suspending parliament and the constitution.
Elena Kagan is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourt…
Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Philip Peter King is an English musician perhaps best known for being the bassist of Lush. From 2007 to 2015 he was the touring bass/rhythm guitar player for The Jesus and Mary Cha…
Phil King, English bass player
Sir Ian James Rankin is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Ian Rankin, Scottish author
Jón Páll Sigmarsson was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder. He was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times, the only man to win the World Muscle …
Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (died 1993)
Walter Zenga is an Italian professional football manager and former player, currently club manager at Serie C club Siracusa.
Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president…
Fidel Castro arrives in New York City as the head of the Cuban delegation to the United Nations.
Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th c…
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Pakistani President Ayub Khan sign the Indus Waters Treaty for the control…
Claude Julien is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Before h…
Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Robert James Kenneth Peston is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston alongsid…
Robert Peston, English journalist
Thomas Leo Browning was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1984 to 1995, spending almost his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds. In his ro…
Tom Browning, American baseball player (died 2022)
Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian and American writer of science fiction. He is the author of 25 published novels, and his short fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such…
Robert J
Sir Charles Geoffrey Cox is a British Conservative Party politician and barrister. He has been the member of parliament (MP) for Torridge and Tavistock, previously Torridge and Wes…
Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician
Kerry Murphy Healey is an American politician and educator serving as President Emerita of Babson College. She previously served as the 70th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts fr…
Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Stephen David Daldry CBE is an English director and producer of film, theatre, and television. He has won three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway and an Olivier Award for his wo…
Stephen Daldry, English director and producer
Royce Michael Simmons is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. A one-club man, he played as a hooker for the Penrith Panthers in the New South Wales …
Royce Simmons, Australian rugby league player and coach
Kathryn Jane Cook is a former athlete, specialising in sprint and sprint relays. She is one of the most successful female sprinters in British athletics history. She is three-times…
Kathy Smallwood-Cook, English sprinter and educator
Werner Faymann is an Austrian former politician who was Chancellor of Austria and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) from 2008 to 2016. On 9 May 2016, he resi…
Werner Faymann, Austrian politician, 28th Chancellor of Austria
Douglas James Hawkins is a former Australian rules footballer who represented Footscray and Fitzroy in the Australian Football League (AFL). He also enjoyed a brief career in media…
Doug Hawkins, Australian footballer and sportscaster
Keith Martin Dowding is a British political scientist. He is Professor of Political Science and Political Philosophy at the Australian National University (ANU). In 2006 he held a …
Keith Dowding, English political scientist, philosopher, and academic