Explore 4770 historical events from 1960–1969.
Albert John Luthuli was a South African anti-apartheid activist, traditional leader, and politician who served as the President-General of the African National Congress from 1952 u…
Albert Lutuli, South African academic and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1898)
Philip St. John Basil Rathbone was an English actor. Born in South Africa and raised in Derbyshire, he rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and w…
Basil Rathbone, South African-American actor and singer (born 1892)
Carl August Sandburg was an American poet, biographer, journalist, and editor. He won three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and one for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. During…
Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (born 1878)
Konstantinos Parthenis was a Greek painter. Born in Alexandria, part of the Greek community in Egypt, Parthenis broke with the Greek academic tradition of the 19th century and intr…
Konstantinos Parthenis, Egyptian-Greek painter (born 1878)
Tone Peruško, was a Croatian educator, social worker and writer.
Tone Peruško, Croatian educator and social worker (born 1905)
Karl Wendell Richter was an officer in the United States Air Force and an accomplished fighter pilot during the Vietnam War. At the age of 23 he was the youngest pilot in that conf…
Karl W. Richter, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1942)
Richard Johann Kuhn was an Austrian-German biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1938 "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins".
Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate (born 1900)
Thomas Peter Bromley Smith was an English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. Smith was one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1947. An all-rounder, Smith played…
Peter Smith, English cricketer (born 1908)
John Kingsley "Joe" Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist.
Joe Orton, English author and playwright (born 1933)
Esther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian, and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal. She was the first woman elected to membership…
Esther Forbes, American historian and author (born 1891)
René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions abou…
René Magritte, Belgian painter (born 1898)
Isaac Deutscher was a Polish Marxist writer, journalist and political activist who moved to the United Kingdom before the outbreak of World War II. He is best known as a biographer…
Isaac Deutscher, Polish-English journalist and historian (born 1907)
Walter Terence Stace was a British civil servant, educator, public philosopher and epistemologist, who wrote on Hegel, mysticism, and moral relativism. He worked with the Ceylon Ci…
Walter Terence Stace, English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1886)
Robert Hugh Fearon Anderson was a British Grand Prix motorcycle road racer and racing driver. He competed in Grand Prix motorcycle racing from 1958 to 1960 and in Formula One from …
Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (born 1931)
Hugo Gernsback was a Luxembourgish American editor and magazine publisher whose publications included the first science fiction magazine, Amazing Stories. For his significant contr…
Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born American author and publisher (born 1884)
Gregory Goodwin Pincus was an American biologist and researcher who co-invented the combined oral contraceptive pill.
Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American biologist and academic, co-created the birth-control pill (born 1903)
Georges Berger was a racing driver who raced a Gordini in his two World Championship Formula One Grands Prix.
Georges Berger, Belgian race car driver (born 1918)
Nathaniel John Cartmell, also known as Nat and Nate, was an American athlete who won medals at two editions of the Olympic Games. Importantly, Nate was on first racially integrated…
Nathaniel Cartmell, American runner and coach (born 1883)
Henry John Kaiser was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health …
Henry J. Kaiser, American businessman, founded Kaiser Shipyards and Kaiser Aluminum (born 1882)
Stanley Melbourne Bruce, 1st Viscount Bruce of Melbourne was an Australian politician, statesman and businessman who served as the eighth prime minister of Australia from 1923 to 1…
Stanley Bruce, Australian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1883)
Oscar Cabalén, was an Argentine racing driver, mainly active in the Turismo Carretera series. He also took part in the Carrera Panamericana and the Mille Miglia, and was a reserve …
Oscar Cabalén, Argentine race car driver (born 1928)
Paul Muni was an American stage and film actor from Chicago. He started his acting career in the Yiddish theater and during the 1930s, he was considered one of the most prestigious…
Paul Muni, Ukrainian-born American actor (born 1895)
George Lincoln Rockwell was an American neo-Nazi activist and politician who founded the American Nazi Party (ANP) and became one of the most notorious white supremacists in the Un…
George Lincoln Rockwell, American commander, politician, and activist, founded the American Nazi Party (born 1918)
Brian Samuel Epstein was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967.
Brian Epstein, English businessman and manager (born 1934)