Explore 5816 historical events from 1960–1969.
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet was the standing organ of the highest body of state authority in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The presidium was elected by jo…
The Soviet Presidium and the Communist Party Central Committee each vote to accept Nikita Khrushchev's "voluntary"…
Boyd Calvin Tinsley is an American violinist and mandolinist who is best known for having been a member of the Dave Matthews Band.
Boyd Tinsley, American singer-songwriter and violinist
Milton Hywel Jones is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style.
Milton Jones, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter
John Lee is a Korean former player of American football who was a placekicker for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the …
John Lee, South Korean-American football player
Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982. He also held office as …
Leonid Brezhnev becomes leader of the Soviet Communist Party, while Alexei Kosygin becomes the head of government.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. Sartre was one …
Jean-Paul Sartre is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, though he does not accept the prize.
Northern Rhodesia was a British protectorate in Southern Africa, now the independent country of Zambia. It was formed in 1911 by amalgamating the two earlier protectorates of Barot…
Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an im…
Ronald Reagan delivers a speech on behalf of the Republican candidate for president, Barry Goldwater. The speech…
Tanganyika was a sovereign state, comprising the mainland part of present-day Tanzania, that existed from 1961 until 1964. It first gained independence from the United Kingdom on 9…
The United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed to the United Republic of Tanzania.
Miloslav Mečíř is a Slovak former professional tennis player. He won the singles gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games, representing Czechoslovakia, and contested two major singles …
Miloslav Mečíř, Slovak tennis player
Edin Osmanović is a Slovenian football manager and former player. He began his career in Rudar Trbovlje and later coached many clubs in the Slovenian PrvaLiga, the highest level in…
Edin Osmanović, Slovenian footballer, coach, and manager
Charles Edward Maurice Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, styled Viscount Althorp between 1975 and 1992, is a British peer, author, journalist, and broadcaster. He is the younger brother o…
Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, English journalist and author
Danny Stephen Bailey is an English retired professional footballer.
Danny Bailey, English footballer and coach
A gemstone is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. Certain rocks and occasionally organic materials that are not min…
Biggest jewel heist in American history when Murph the Surf and gang burgle the American Museum of Natural History…
Sir Niall Campbell Ferguson is a British and American historian who is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Scien…
Niall Ferguson, Scottish historian and academic
Crispin Hellion Glover is an American actor, filmmaker, author, and artist. He is known for portraying eccentric character roles on screen. His breakout role was as George McFly in…
Crispin Glover, American actor and filmmaker
Andrew Clement Serkis is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-gener…
Andy Serkis, English actor and director
Cedric Antonio Kyles, better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and television host. He hosted BET's ComicView durin…
Cedric the Entertainer, American comedian, actor, and producer
Pedro Rigoberto "Pete" Sandoval is a Salvadoran-born American drummer, best known for his work with extreme metal bands Morbid Angel, Terrorizer and I Am Morbid.
Pete Sandoval, Salvadoran-American drummer
Ruth Metzler is a Swiss politician who served as a Member of the Swiss Federal Council from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Christian Democratic People's Party (CVP/PDC), she headed …
Ruth Metzler, Swiss lawyer and politician
Adrian David Moorhouse MBE is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 198…
Adrian Moorhouse, English swimmer
Isidro Pérez was a Mexican professional boxer. Pérez is a former WBO Flyweight Champion.
Isidro Pérez, Mexican boxer (died 2013)
Patrick Martin Verbeek is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current general manager of the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). From 1982 to 2002, …
Pat Verbeek, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Djimon Gaston Hounsou is a Beninese-American actor. He began his career appearing in music videos and made his film debut in Without You I'm Nothing (1990). He then earned widespre…
Djimon Hounsou, Beninese-American actor and producer