Explore 2768 historical events from 1960–1969.
Ruben Oskar Auervaara was a notorious Finnish conman and thief. He became famous by cheating money from women he met through newspaper announcements, by pretending to intend to mar…
Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (born 1906)
Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. …
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889)
Terrance Gilbert Dillon was a defensive back in the National Football League (NFL). Dillon played with the Minnesota Vikings during the 1963 NFL season. He had also been drafted in…
Terry Dillon, American football player (born 1941)
Oba Sir Isaac Babalola Akinyele, KBE was the first educated Olubadan of Ibadan, and the second Christian to ascend the throne.
Isaac Babalola Akinyele, Nigerian king (born 1882)
Edward Julius Sachs Jr. was an American racing driver in the United States Auto Club.
Eddie Sachs, American race car driver (born 1927)
Mehmet Kâzım Orbay was a Turkish general and Speaker of the house. He served as the 3rd Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces.
Kâzım Orbay, Turkish general and politician, 9th Turkish Speaker of the Parliament (born 1887)
Frans Eemil Sillanpää was a Finnish writer. In 1939, he became the first Finnish writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for his deep understanding of his country's pe…
Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Finnish author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888)
Giorgio Morandi was an Italian painter and printmaker widely known for his subtly muted still-life paintings of ceramic vessels, flowers, and landscapes.
Giorgio Morandi, Italian painter (born 1890)
Leo Szilard was a Hungarian-born American physicist, biologist and inventor who made numerous important discoveries in nuclear physics and the biological sciences. He conceived the…
Leó Szilárd, Hungarian-American physicist and engineer (born 1898)
William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of th…
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, British businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1879)
James Earl Chaney was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan on June 21, …
James Chaney, American civil rights activist (born 1943)
Andrew Goodman was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi, by members of the Ku Klux Klan in 1964. Goodma…
Andrew Goodman, American civil rights activist (born 1943)
Michael Henry "Mickey" Schwerner was an American civil rights activist. He was one of three civil rights workers murdered in rural Neshoba County, Mississippi, by members of the Ku…
Michael Schwerner, American civil rights activist (born 1939)
Havank, pseudonym of Hendrikus Frederikus (Hans) van der Kallen, was a Dutch writer, journalist and translator. He published over 30 crime novels and is considered one of the found…
Havank, Dutch journalist and author (born 1904)
Edward Stuart Davis was an American modernist painter. He was associated with early twentieth-century American modernism, including the Ashcan School, and later developed a style c…
Stuart Davis, American painter and academic (born 1892)
Joseph Viateur "Léo" Dandurand, was an American-Canadian sportsman and businessman. He was the owner and coach of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team in the National Hockey Leag…
Léo Dandurand, American-Canadian businessman (born 1889)
Edward Glenn "Fireball" Roberts Jr. was an American stock car racer.
Fireball Roberts, American race car driver (born 1929)
Gaby Morlay was a film actress from France.
Gaby Morlay, French actress and singer (born 1893)
Claude Vernon Ricketts was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1961 to 1964.
Claude V. Ricketts, American admiral (born 1906)
Hüseyin Rauf Orbay was a Turkish naval officer, statesman and diplomat of Abkhaz origin. During the Italo–Turkish and Balkan Wars he was known as the Hero of Hamidiye for his explo…
Rauf Orbay, Turkish colonel and politician, Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1881)
Winifred Lenihan was an American actress, writer, and director. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making her debut in 1918. Although she portrayed the wou…
Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (born 1898)
Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and bandleader. Primarily an alto saxophonist, bass clarinetist, and flautist, Dolphy was one of several…
Eric Dolphy, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1928)
Pierre Benjamin Monteux was a French conductor. After violin and viola studies, and a decade as an orchestral player and occasional conductor, he began to receive regular conductin…
Pierre Monteux, French-American viola player and conductor (born 1875)
Lillian Copeland, née Lillian Drossin, was an American track and field Olympic champion athlete, who excelled in discus, javelin throwing, and shot put, setting multiple world reco…
Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (born 1904)