Explore 5816 historical events from 1960–1969.
Basutoland was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966 in present-day Lesotho, bordered with the Cape Colony, Natal Colony and Orange River Colony until 1910 and comp…
Basutoland becomes independent from the United Kingdom and is renamed Lesotho.
The Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie near Monroe, in Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan on approximately 1,000 acres (4…
A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
Vietnam War: the Republic of Korea Army commits the Binh Tai Massacre.
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the eighth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it…
The city of Montreal begins the operation of its underground Montreal Metro rapid transit system.
Michael DeWayne Tait is an American singer. He was active in contemporary Christian music from 1987 to early 2025 as the vocalist for DC Talk, Tait, and Newsboys.
Michael Tait, American singer-songwriter and producer
Gregory Scott Reeves is an American actor, musician, and songwriter. He is known for playing the roles of Ryan McNeil on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Young and the Restless, Stev…
Scott Reeves, American singer-songwriter and actor
Thurman Lee Thomas is an American former professional football running back who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons, primarily with the Buffalo Bills. He pl…
Thurman Thomas, American football player
The Cals cabinet was the executive branch of the Dutch Government from 14 April 1965 until 22 November 1966. The cabinet was formed by the Christian-democratic Catholic People's Pa…
The Dutch Cals cabinet fell after Norbert Schmelzer, the leader of the government party, filed a successful motion…
The Black Panther Party (BPP), formerly the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was an American Marxist–Leninist and black power political and militant organization from 1966 to …
The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
The Aberfan disaster was the catastrophic collapse of a colliery spoil tip on 21 October 1966. The tip had been created on a mountain slope above the Welsh village of Aberfan, near…
A colliery spoil tip slips onto houses and a school in the village of Aberfan in Wales, killing 144 people, 116 of…
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an American actor. He is best known for playing the character Negan in the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2016–2022) and its spin-off The Walking …
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, American actor
Marc Joseph Denis Bureau is a Canadian former ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames, Minnesota North Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Montrea…
Marc Bureau, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
Jodi Lynn Picoult is an American writer. Picoult has published 28 novels and short stories, and has also written several issues of Wonder Woman. Approximately 40 million copies of …
Jodi Picoult, American author and educator
Polly Alexandra Walker is an English actress. She has starred in the films Enchanted April (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Sliver (1993), Restoration (1995), The Gambler (1997), and …
Polly Walker, English actress
Daniel Abrams is an American media entrepreneur, television host, and author. He is currently the host of On Patrol: Live on Reelz, and The Dan Abrams Show: Where Politics Meets Th…
Dan Abrams, American journalist and author
Roger Matthew Freeman, also known as Matt McCall, is an American musician best known as the bassist of punk rock band Rancid. After forming several bands with guitarist and vocalis…
Matt Freeman, American bass player
Siobhan Margaret Finneran is a British actress. She made her screen debut in the independent film Rita, Sue and Bob Too (1987) and subsequently worked consistently in television dr…
Siobhan Finneran, English actress
Sergey Dmitrievich Stanishev is a Bulgarian politician who served Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Socialist Party, which he led from 2001 to 2014, he …
Sergei Stanishev, Bulgarian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Bulgaria
Stephen Andrew Baldwin is an American actor. He has appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Posse (1993), 8 Seconds, Threesome, The Usual Suspects (1995), Bio-Dome…
Stephen Baldwin, American actor
Raphael Saadiq is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He rose to prominence as a vocalist and bassist for the R&B band Tony! Toni! Toné!, wh…
Raphael Saadiq, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Daniel Ricardo Manning is an American college basketball coach and former professional player who is an assistant men's basketball coach at the University of Colorado. Manning play…
Danny Manning, American basketball player and coach
Lisa Edelstein is an American actress and artist. She is known for playing Dr. Lisa Cuddy on the Fox medical drama series House (2004–2011). Between 2014 and 2018, Edelstein starre…
Lisa Edelstein, American actress and playwright
Tatyana Mikhailovna Ledovskaya is a retired athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres hurdles. She represented the Soviet Union and later Belarus, training in Minsk.
Tatyana Ledovskaya, Belarusian hurdler
Johnny Gill Jr. is an American singer and songwriter. He is the sixth and final member of the R&B/pop group New Edition and was also a member of the supergroup called LSG, with Ger…
Johnny Gill, American singer-songwriter and producer