Explore 3652 historical events from 1960–1969.
Stephen Joseph Dubner is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host. He is co-author of the popular Freakonomics book series: Freakonomics, SuperFreakonomics, Think…
Stephen J. Dubner, American journalist and author
Patrice A. Oppliger, is the assistant professor of communication at Boston University College of Communication.
Patrice Oppliger, American author, critic, and academic
Madam Nguyễn Phương Nga is a Vietnamese female diplomat. She was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 2011 until 2018. In 2019, she beca…
Nguyễn Phương Nga,Vietnamese diplomat
Maria Gheorghiu is a Romanian folk singer and songwriter. In 1993, she won first prize at the National Festival of Folk Music 'Om Bun'.
Maria Gheorghiu, Romanian folk singer-songwriter
Regina Jacobs is an American former middle-distance runner from Los Angeles. She had an extended career that included two IAAF World Championships in Athletics silver medals and an…
Regina Jacobs, American runner
Meyer Jacobstein was an American educator and politician who served three terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York from 1923 to 1929.
Meyer Jacobstein, American academic and politician (born 1880)
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Weber was a German gymnast who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won 2 medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze, and participated in three Olympic Games. His fi…
Wilhelm Weber, German gymnast (born 1880)
Lope K. Santos was a Filipino Tagalog-language writer and former senator of the Philippines. He is best known for his 1906 socialist novel, Banaag at Sikat and for his contribution…
Lope K
Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, was a British hereditary peer, Liberal politician, poet, author and newspaper editor.
Ronald Barnes, 3rd Baron Gorell, English cricketer, peer, politician, poet, author and newspaper editor (born 1884)
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in…
Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (born 1881)
Wilfred Theodore Wemyes, known professionally as Ted Weems, was an American bandleader and musician. Weems's work in music was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Ted Weems, American violinist, trombonist, and bandleader (born 1901)
Edgar Montillion "Monty" Woolley was an American film and theater actor. At the age of 50, he achieved a measure of stardom for his role in the 1939 stage play The Man Who Came to …
Monty Woolley, American raconteur, actor, and director (born 1888)
Herbert Spencer Gasser was an American physiologist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1944 for his work with action potentials in nerve fibers while o…
Herbert Spencer Gasser, American physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1888): 169
Richard Girulatis was a German football manager.
Richard Girulatis, German footballer and manager (born 1878)
Robert Kerr was an Irish Canadian sprinter. He won the gold medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Robert Kerr, Irish-Canadian sprinter and coach (born 1882)
Alois Karl Hudal was an Austrian bishop of the Catholic Church based in Rome. For thirty years, he was the head of the Austrian-German congregation of Santa Maria dell'Anima in Rom…
Alois Hudal, Austrian-Italian bishop (born 1885)
John Orfeur Aglionby was Bishop of Accra during the second quarter of the 20th century.
John Aglionby, English-born Bishop of Accra and soldier (born 1884)
John Woodworth Wilce was an American college football player and coach, physician, and university professor. He served as the head football coach at Ohio State University from 1913…
John Wilce, American football player, coach, and physician (born 1888)
Ernest R. Davis was an American college football player who was a halfback for the Syracuse Orangemen and won the Heisman Trophy in 1961. He was the award's first black recipient. …
Ernie Davis, American football player, coach, and manager (born 1939)
Walter Bowman Russell was an American impressionist painter, sculptor, property developer, and author. Russell wrote extensively on topics relating to science, but his ideas did no…
Walter Russell, American painter, sculptor, and author (born 1871)
August Jakobson was an Estonian writer and politician. He was one of the few Estonian playwright among his contemporaries whose plays were untouched by Soviet censorship and reache…
August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (born 1904)
Elmore James was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. Noted for his use of loud amplification and his stirring voice, James was inducted into the Rock a…
Elmore James, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1918)
Grigoris Lambrakis was a Greek politician, physician, athlete, and lecturer. He participated in track and field sports and was a member of the faculty of the School of Medicine at …
Grigoris Lambrakis, Greek physician and politician (born 1912)
Netta Muskett was a British writer of more than 60 romance novels from 1927 to 1963, who also wrote under the pseudonym Anne Hill. Her novels have been translated to several langua…
Netta Muskett, English author (born 1887)