Explore 4408 historical events from 1960–1969.
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)
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)
Arthur Meighen was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the ninth prime minister of Canada from 1920 to 1921 and from June to September 1926. He led the Conservative Part…
Arthur Meighen, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1874)
Luis Ángel Firpo was an Argentine boxer. Born in Junín, Argentina, he was nicknamed The Wild Bull of the Pampas. He was the first Latin American in history to challenge for the wor…
Luis Ángel Firpo, Argentine boxer (born 1894)
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)
Hamide Ayşe Sultan was an Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and Müşfika Kadın.
Hamide Ayşe Sultan, Ottoman princess (born 1887)
David Barnard Steinman was an American civil engineer. He was the designer of the Mackinac Bridge and many other notable bridges, and a published author. He grew up in New York Cit…
David B. Steinman, American engineer, designed the Mackinac Bridge (born 1886)
Johannes Sikkar was the first head of the Estonian government in exile as Acting Prime Minister.
Johannes Sikkar, Estonian soldier and politician, Prime Minister of Estonia in exile (born 1897)
Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II was an American lyricist, librettist, theatrical producer, and director in musical theater for nearly 40 years. He won eight Tony Awards an…
Oscar Hammerstein II, American director, producer, and composer (born 1895)
Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck was a German communist politician who served as the co-chairman of the Socialist Unity Party from 1946 to 1950 and as the only president of the Ger…
Wilhelm Pieck, German carpenter and politician, President of East Germany (born 1873)
Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century, Björling appeared for many years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York …
Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (born 1911)
Leó Weiner was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century, and a composer.
Leó Weiner, Hungarian composer and educator (born 1885)
M. Karagatsis was the pen name of the important modern Greek novelist, journalist, critic and playwright Dimitrios Rodopoulos. The pen name M. Karagatsis is the name the novelist i…
M. Karagatsis, Greek author, playwright, and critic (born 1908)
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…
The U
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