The 1960s

Explore 1225 historical events from 1960–1969.

1968

Tate George, American basketball player

Tate Claude George is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the New Jersey Nets with the 22nd overall pick in the 1990 NBA draft from the University…

Tate George, American basketball player

1968

Jessica Morden, English politician

Jessica Elizabeth Morden is a British politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Newport East since 2005. A member of the Labour Party, she was General Secretary of Welsh …

Jessica Morden, English politician

1968

Hida Viloria, American activist

Hida Viloria is an American writer, author, producer, and human rights activist of Latin American origin. Viloria is intersex, nonbinary, and genderfluid, using they/them pronouns.…

Hida Viloria, American activist

1968

Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer

Jason Sean Donovan is an Australian actor and singer. He initially achieved fame in the Australian soap Neighbours, playing Scott Robinson, before beginning a career in music. In 1…

Jason Donovan, Australian actor and singer

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1968

Andy Cohen, American television host

Andrew Joseph Cohen is an American radio and television talk show host, producer, and writer. He is the host and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise and Bravo's lat…

Andy Cohen, American television host

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1968

Lester Green, American comedian and actor

Lester Green, known professionally as Beetlejuice, is an American comedian and actor. Green rose to prominence in 1999 due to his appearances on The Howard Stern Show, becoming a m…

Lester Green, American comedian and actor

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1968

Mathias Rust, German aviator

Mathias Rust is a German aviator. In 1987, as a teenage amateur pilot, he flew from Helsinki, Finland, to Moscow, without authorization. According to Russian claims, he was tracked…

Mathias Rust, German aviator

1968

Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper

Niurka Montalvo Amaro is a former Cuban and Spanish athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump events. Her greatest achievement came in 1999, when she became world ch…

Niurka Montalvo, Cuban-Spanish long jumper

1968

Al B

Albert Joseph Brown III, known professionally as Al B. Sure!, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, radio host and former record executive. He was born in Boston and …

Al B

1968

Scott Wolf, American actor

Scott Richard Wolf is an American actor. In television, he is known for his roles as Bailey Salinger in Party of Five (1994–2000), as Jeremy Kates in The Nine (2006–2007), as Donni…

Scott Wolf, American actor

1968

Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893)

Fay Okell Bainter was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Jezebel (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Fay Bainter, American actress (born 1893)

1968

Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (born 1877)

Aasa Helgesen born Aasa Røinesdal was a Norwegian midwife and politician. She served as mayor of Utsira Municipality from 1926 to 1928, and was the first female mayor in Norway. Sh…

Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (born 1877)

1968

Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (born 1932)

Lin Zhao, born Peng Lingzhao (彭令昭), was a prominent Chinese dissident who was imprisoned and later executed by gunshot by the People's Republic of China during the Cultural Revolut…

Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (born 1932)

1968

Marion Lorne, American actress (born 1883)

Marion Lorne MacDougal or MacDougall, known professionally as Marion Lorne, was an American actress on stage, film, and television. After a career in theatre in New York and London…

Marion Lorne, American actress (born 1883)