Explore 1225 historical events from 1960–1969.
The Dominican Civil War, also known as the April Revolution, took place between April 24, 1965, and September 3, 1965, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It started when civilia…
United States occupation of the Dominican Republic: American troops land in the Dominican Republic to "forestall establi
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
Vietnam War: American warships begin the first bombardment of National Liberation Front targets within South Vietnam
Gemini 4 was the second crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini, occurring in June 1965. It was the tenth crewed American spaceflight. Astronauts James McDivitt and Ed White or…
The launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew
Jonathan Niven Cryer is an American actor. Born into a show business family, he made his film debut with a lead role in No Small Affair (1984); his breakout role was as Duckie in t…
Jon Cryer, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight Jr. is an American former record executive who is the co-founder and former CEO of Death Row Records. Knight was a central figure in gangsta rap's commerc…
Suge Knight, American record executive
Konstantinos (Kostis) Hatzidakis is a Greek politician who currently serves as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State in the Second Cabinet of Kyriakos Mitsotakis. He also ser…
Kostis Chatzidakis, Greek politician, Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Shipping and Tourism
Léa Fazer is a Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress. She studied film at the University Paris Diderot. Her film Bienvenue en Suisse was screened in the Un Certain Regard s…
Léa Fazer, Swiss film director, screenwriter and actress
Mark Mallia was a Maltese self-taught outsider artist who worked with abstract and portrait paintings on a variety of mixed media and ceramic sculptures, who worked in Malta, Monac…
Mark Mallia, Maltese painter and sculptor (died 2024)
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor and comedian. Lawrence began his career doing comedy shows, including in The Improv. After his first acting role in the sitcom What'…
Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Fiona Kelleghan is an American academic and critic specializing in science fiction and fantasy. She was a metadata librarian and a cataloguer at the University of Miami's Otto G. R…
Fiona Kelleghan, American academic, critic and librarian
Maria Leonor "Leni" Gerona Robredo is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 14th vice president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022 under President Rodrigo Duterte. S…
Leni Robredo, Filipina human rights lawyer, 14th Vice President of the Philippines
Jeff Jackson is a Canadian ice hockey executive and retired ice hockey winger who is the CEO of hockey operations of the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jackso…
Jeff Jackson, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Eric Adam Avery is an American musician. He is best known as the founding bass guitarist and co-songwriter of the alternative rock band Jane's Addiction, with whom he has recorded …
Eric Avery, American bass player and songwriter
Mark Craig Bryant is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach for the New York Knicks. As a player, he played collegiately at…
Mark Bryant, American basketball player and coach
John Paul Henson was an American puppeteer. He was best known for his association with the Muppets.
John Henson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2014)
Susannah Harker is an English film, television, and theatre actress. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1990 for her role as Mattie Storin in House of Cards. She played Jane…
Susannah Harker, English actress
Kevin George Knipfing, known professionally as Kevin James, is an American actor and writer. James began his career as a stand-up comedian on Long Island in the late 1980s before r…
Kevin James, American actor and comedian
Anna Theodora Chancellor is an English actress who has appeared widely on TV, film and in the theatre. She received a nomination for BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for …
Anna Chancellor, English actress
Michel Bussi is a French author, known for writing thriller novels, and a political analyst and Professor of Geography at the University of Rouen, where he leads a Public Scientifi…
Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic
Daniela Costian is a former Olympic discus throw bronze medallist. She was born in Brăila, Romania, but became an Australian citizen in 1990. She competed in the discus contest at …
Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
Mor Ignatius Aphrem II is a Syrian–American Christian prelate who has served as the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 29 May 2014.
Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch
Amy Krouse Rosenthal was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host. She is best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinar…
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (died 2017)
Adrian Kayvan Pasdar is an American film, television, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in Profit, Near Dark, Carlito's Way, Mysterious Ways, Desperate Housewives, Burn No…
Adrian Pasdar, American actor
Mark Nathaniel Cousins is a Northern Irish director and writer. A prolific documentarian, among his best-known works is the 15-hour 2011 documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey.
Mark Cousins, Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer