Explore 1225 historical events from 1960–1969.
Viktor Mihály Orbán is a Hungarian lawyer and politician who served as the prime minister of Hungary from 1998 to 2002, and 2010 to 2026. He has also been the president of Fidesz, …
Viktor Orbán, Hungarian politician, 38th Prime Minister of Hungary
Wesley Lawrence Willis was an American musician and visual artist. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1989, Willis began a career as an underground singer-songwriter in the outsider m…
Wesley Willis, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2003)
Vital Philomene Borkelmans is a Belgian football coach and a former left fullback who mainly played for Club Brugge, in the Belgian First Division.
Vital Borkelmans, Belgian footballer
Miles John Padgett is a Royal Society Research Professor of Optics in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. He has held the Kelvin Chair of Natural Phil…
Miles J
David William Logan Westhead is an English actor.
David Westhead, English actor and producer
Anand Abhyankar was an Indian actor who appeared in Marathi film, television and theatre. He starred in films such as Spandan (2012), Balgandharva (2011), Matichya Chuli (2006), Va…
Anand Abhyankar, Indian actor (died 2012)
Sean Brian Thomas Fitzpatrick is a New Zealand former rugby union player.
Sean Fitzpatrick, New Zealand rugby union player
James Michael Lachey is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Diego Chargers…
Jim Lachey, American football player and sportscaster
Xavier Maurice McDaniel, nicknamed "X-Man", is an American former professional basketball player who, at 6 ft 7 in, played both small forward and power forward. He played college b…
Xavier McDaniel, American basketball player and coach
David Rudman is an American puppeteer, puppet builder, writer, director, and producer. He performs the roles of Scooter, Janice, and Beaker for The Muppets, as well as Cookie Monst…
David Rudman, American puppeteer ("Sesame Street", "The Muppets")
Meyer Jacobstein was an American educator and politician who served three terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1923 to 1929.
Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (born 1880)
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Weber was a German gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won 2 medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and participated in three Olympic Games. His fi…
Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (born 1880)
Lope K. Santos was a Filipino Tagalog-language writer and former senator of the Philippines. He is best known for his 1906 socialist novel, Banaag at Sikat and for his contribution…
Lope K
Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, was a British hereditary peer, Liberal politician, poet, author and newspaper editor.
Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (born 1884)
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in…
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1881)
Wilfred Theodore Wemyes, known professionally as Ted Weems, was an American bandleader and musician. Weems's work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (born 1901)
Edgar Montillion "Monty" Woolley was an American film and theater actor. At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his role in the 1939 stage play The Man Who Came to …
Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (born 1888)
Herbert Spencer Gasser was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while o…
Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888): 169
Richard Girulatis was a German football manager.
Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (born 1878)
Robert Kerr was an Irish Canadian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (born 1882)
Alois Karl Hudal was an Austrian bishop of the Catholic Church based in Rome. For thirty years, he was the head of the Austrian-German congregation of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rom…
Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (born 1885)
John Orfeur Aglionby was Bishop of Accra during the second quarter of the 20th century.
John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (born 1884)
John Woodworth Wilce was an American college football player and coach, physician, and university professor. He served as the head football coach at Ohio State University from 1913…
John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (born 1888)
Walter Bowman Russell was an American impressionist painter, sculptor, property developer, and author. Russell wrote extensively on topics relating to science, but his ideas did no…
Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1871)