Explore 1225 historical events from 1960–1969.
Johnny Ray Huston is an American professional golfer who won seven PGA Tour events and currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions.
John Huston, American golfer
Peter Machajdík is a Slovak composer of classical music, performer and sound artist. He was born and grew up in Bratislava, Slovakia. He has received critical acclaim for his chamb…
Peter Machajdík, Slovak-German pianist and composer
Peter Glen Vidmar is an American gymnast and two-time Olympic gold medalist. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won gold in the team f…
Peter Vidmar, American gymnast
Yevgeny Viktorovich Prigozhin was a Russian mercenary leader, rebel commander, and oligarch. He led the Wagner Group, a private military company, and was a close confidant of Russi…
Yevgeny Prigozhin, Russian oligarch, mercenary chief and restaurateur (died 2023)
Lester Lawrence "Larry" Lessig III is an American legal scholar and political activist. He is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the former director of th…
Lawrence Lessig, American lawyer, academic, and author, founded the Creative Commons
Edward Wynne is an English guitarist and keyboardist best known as a founding member, principal composer and the only constant member of psychedelic rock band Ozric Tentacles.
Ed Wynne, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Eldra "El" Patrick DeBarge is an American singer, songwriter and musician. He was the focal point and primary lead singer of the family group DeBarge. Popular songs led by El DeBa…
El DeBarge, American singer-songwriter and producer
Ferenc Gyurcsány is a Hungarian entrepreneur and retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 2004 to 2009. Prior to that, he held the position of Minister of Yo…
Ferenc Gyurcsány, Hungarian businessman and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Hungary
Carl Iver Hovland was a psychologist working primarily at Yale University and for the US Army during World War II who studied attitude change and persuasion. He first reported the …
Carl Hovland, American psychologist and academic (born 1912)
Elda Emma Anderson was an American physicist and health researcher. During World War II, she worked on the Manhattan Project at Princeton University and the Los Alamos National Lab…
Elda Anderson, American physicist and health researcher (born 1899)
Max Otto Hainle was a German swimmer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was born in Dortmund. As a member of the German swimming team he won the gold medal at the Paris G…
Max Hainle, German swimmer (born 1882)
Lee Moran was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter.
Lee Moran, American actor, director and screenwriter (born 1888)
Robert S. Garrett was an American athlete, as well as investment banker and philanthropist in Baltimore, Maryland and financier of several important archeological excavations. Garr…
Robert Garrett, American discus thrower and shot putter (born 1875)
Roy Del Ruth was an American filmmaker.
Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1893)
Lucian Blaga was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He is one of the most important philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philos…
Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1895)
Gary Cooper was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three no…
Gary Cooper, American actor (born 1901)
George Arthur Malcolm was an American lawyer who emerged as an influential figure in the development of the practice of law in the Philippines in the 20th century. Constitutional s…
George A
Josef "Pips" Priller was a German military aviator and wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was credited with 101 enemy aircraft shot down in 3…
Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (born 1915)
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed "El Jefe", was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May…
Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1891)
George Simon Kaufman was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals …
George S
Sir Milton Augustus Strieby Margai was a Sierra Leonean physician and politician who served as the country's head of government from 1954 until his death in 1964. He was titled chi…
Prime Minister Milton Margai led the Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate to independence from the United Kingdom
Newton Norman Minow was an American attorney who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He is famous for his 1961 speech referring to television as a "vast wa…
In a speech to U
Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into E…
Project Mercury: American astronaut Alan Shepard made a sub-orbital spaceflight on board Freedom 7, becoming the second
Park Chung Hee was a South Korean politician and army officer who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 after he seized power in the May 16 coup of 1961 until his …
Led by Park Chung Hee, the Military Revolution Committee carried out a bloodless coup against the government of Yun Po-s