Explore 2767 historical events from 1960–1969.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The United States Supreme Court in Loving v
Sir David John Cameron MacKay was a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of…
David J
Rhéal Paul Cormier was a Canadian-American professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox (twice),…
Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (died 2021)
Melina Kanakaredes Constantinides is a Greek-American actress. She is widely known for her roles in American primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydney Hansen in Providence (1999–20…
Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been car…
Nuclear weapons testing: China announces a successful test of its first thermonuclear weapon
Lyndon Baines Johnson, also known as LBJ, was the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969. Johnson was vice president under John F. Kennedy from 1961 until Kennedy's …
Cold War: U
The Merger Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Brussels, was a European treaty which unified the executive institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), European At…
Merger Treaty: The European Community is formally created out of a merger between the Common Market, the European Coal…
The Aden Emergency, also known as the 14 October Revolution or the Aden Insurgency, was an armed rebellion led mainly by the National Liberation Front (NLF) and the Front for the L…
The Aden Emergency: The Battle of the Crater in which the British Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders retake the Crater…
The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War, Nigeria-Biafra War, or Biafra War, was an armed conflict fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist st…
Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invade Biafra, beginning the war.
Omar Enrique Vizquel González, nicknamed "Little O", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop and coach. During his 24-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Vizque…
Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
Angelina Myers Martino, now known as Angel Sims, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Over her career, she won th…
Angel Martino, American swimmer
Marianne Raigipcien Jean-Baptiste is an English actress and director. She is known for her role in Mike Leigh's drama film Secrets & Lies (1996), for which she received acclaim and…
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island and the South Island —and over 600 smaller islands. It is th…
New Zealand decimalises its former currency to the modern-day New Zealand dollar.
The 1967 Newark riots involved violent, armed conflict in the streets of Newark, New Jersey. Taking place over a four-day period, the Newark riots resulted in at least 26 deaths an…
Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 was a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727 that collided with a twin-engine Cessna 310 on July 19, 1967, over Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States. Bot…
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 and a twin-engine Cessna 310 collided over…
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967".…
Detroit Riots: In Detroit, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly…
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces against Nazi Germany and Vichy France in World War II and chaired the Provisi…
During an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declares to a crowd of over 100,000 in…
Toomas Tõniste is an Estonian sailor and politician, and the former Minister of Finance.
Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician
Willem-Alexander is the current King of the Netherlands, having reigned since 30 April 2013.
Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
Thomas William Ellis Smith is a Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator.
Tommy Smith, Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator
Erik Thomson is a New Zealand-Australian actor. He played Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess and Young Hercules, Dr. Mitch Steve…
Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor
The Democratic Republic of Viet Nam was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, with sovereignty recognized in July 1954, after which it became commonly known as North Vietn…
Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since…
Caracas, officially Santiago de León de Caracas (CCS), is the capital and largest city of Venezuela, and the center of the Metropolitan Region of Caracas. It is located along the G…
During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake,…
Sherri Evonne Shepherd is an American actress, comedian, author, podcaster, television presenter and talk show host. She currently hosts the daily syndicated daytime talk show Sher…
Sherri Shepherd, American actress, comedian, and television personality