Explore 5816 historical events from 1960–1969.
Joshua Weinstein is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series The Simpsons. Weinstein and Bill Oakley became best friends and wri…
Josh Weinstein, American screenwriter and producer
Eileen Josephine Bowman Sylwestrzak is an American actress who performed as Snow White at the 61st Academy Awards and Beach Blanket Babylon. Bowman starred in productions of End of…
Eileen Bowman, American actress
Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is the goalkeeping coach of the Brazil national team.
Cláudio Taffarel, Brazilian footballer and coach
Jonathan David Edwards is an English former triple jumper. He is an Olympic, double World, European, European indoor and Commonwealth champion, and has held the world record in the…
Jonathan Edwards, English triple jumper
Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp is an English musician and record producer, known as the founder, vocalist and namesake of English electronic music duo Goldfrapp.
Alison Goldfrapp, English singer-songwriter and producer
The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft mission, part of NASA's Lunar Orbiter program, was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It was designed primarily to photogr…
Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that …
The South African Border War starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most in…
The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its crew. It acquir…
The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man…
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act was enacted in the United States in 1966 to empower the federal government to set and administer new safety standards for motor ve…
The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Darius Carlos Rucker is an American singer, musician, and songwriter. He first gained fame as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of rock band Hootie & the Blowfish, which he fo…
Darius Rucker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Michael Allen Inez is an American rock musician and bassist. Since 1993, Inez has been the bassist of the American rock band Alice in Chains. He is also recognized for his work wit…
Mike Inez, American rock bass player and songwriter
Fabrice Maxime Sylvain Morvan is a French singer, dancer, rapper, and model who was half of the pop duo Milli Vanilli, along with Rob Pilatus. It was later revealed that the two ha…
Fab Morvan, French singer-songwriter, dancer and model
Gemini 11 was the ninth crewed spaceflight mission of NASA's Project Gemini, which flew from September 12 to 15, 1966. It was the 17th crewed American flight and the 25th spaceflig…
Gemini 11, the penultimate mission of NASA's Gemini program, and the current human altitude record holder (except for…
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 …
U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, writes a letter…
The Metropolitan Opera House is an opera house located on Broadway at Lincoln Square on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Part of Lincoln Center, the theater was d…
The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera…
Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashed near Winton in Queensland, Australia on 22 September 1966, killing all on board. The Vickers Viscount aircraft departed from Mount Isa, Queensland, Au…
Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia.
Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70% of its territory being a part of…
Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
Jiří Němec is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his professional career playing football in Czechoslovakia, winning two titles with Spar…
Jiří Němec, Czech footballer
Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Nasiri al-Tikriti was an Iraqi politician, military officer, and the second son of Saddam Hussein. He was appointed as his father's heir apparent in 2000. H…
Qusay Hussein, Iraqi soldier and politician (died 2003)
Mark Edward Kratzmann is a former Australian professional tennis player.
Mark Kratzmann, Australian tennis player and coach
Gilles Quénéhervé is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres.
Gilles Quénéhervé, French sprinter
Renata Pytelewska-Nielsen, née Renata Pytelewska, is a Polish-born former Danish long jumper.
Renata Nielsen, Polish-Danish long jumper and coach
West Coast Airlines Flight 956 was a scheduled commercial flight in the Western United States which crashed on October 1, 1966, approximately 5.5 miles (9 km) south of Wemme, Orego…
West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with no survivors in Oregon. This accident marks the first loss of a DC-9.