Explore 1640 historical events from 1960–1969.
Sir Herbert Edward Read, was an English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher, best known for numerous books on art, which included influential volumes on the role o…
Herbert Read, English poet and critic (born 1893)
Salvatore Quasimodo was an Italian poet and translator, awarded the 1959 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experienc…
Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian novelist and poet, Nobel Prize Laureate (born 1901)
Samuel Earl Crawford, nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was an American outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB). Crawford batted and threw left-handed, stood 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) tall and wei…
Sam Crawford, American baseball player, coach, and umpire (born 1880)
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery was an American jazz guitarist. He is most known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use…
Wes Montgomery, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1925)
José Nasazzi Yarza was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a right-back or centre-back. He captained his country when they won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930.
José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer and manager (born 1901)
James Joseph Sweeney was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of Honolulu in Hawaii from 1941 until his death in 1968.
James Joseph Sweeney, American bishop (born 1898)
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between hi…
Pierre Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada, succeeding Lester B
John Enoch Powell was a British politician, scholar and writer. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West for the Conservative Party from 1950 to February 1974 …
Enoch Powell, a British Conservative member of Parliament, made a controversial speech in opposition to immigration and
South African Airways Flight 228 was a scheduled flight from Johannesburg, South Africa, to London, England. The Boeing 707-300C operating the flight, which was only six weeks old,…
South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 dea
Broadway theatre, or Broadway, is a theatre genre that consists of the theatrical performances presented in 41 professional theaters, each with 500 or more seats, in the Theater Di…
The controversial Broadway musical Hair, a product of the counterculture of the 1960s, opened, with its songs becoming a
Bucks County Community College (Bucks) is a public community college in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1964, Bucks has three campuses and online courses: a main campus in N…
About 200 students at Bucks County Community College held a protest after the college canceled a planned speech by gay r
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 1st Australian Task Force began the defence of Fire Support Base Coral in the largest unit-level action
Radical feminism is a perspective within feminism that calls for a radical re-ordering of society in which male supremacy is eliminated in all social and economic contexts, while r…
American radical feminist Valerie Solanas shot and wounded visual artist Andy Warhol and two others at Warhol's New York
Robert Francis Kennedy, also known by his initials RFK, was an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party, Kennedy served as the 64th United States attorney g…
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The Royal New Zealand Navy is the maritime arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. The fleet currently consists of eight ships. The Navy had its origins in the Naval Defence Act 1913…
The Royal New Zealand Navy adopted a unique white ensign, to distinguish its vessels from those of the Royal Navy
The Northrop M2-F2 was a heavyweight lifting body based on studies at NASA's Ames and Langley research centers and built by the Northrop Corporation in 1966.
The Northrop M2-F2 crashes on landing, becoming the inspiration for the novel Cyborg and TV series The Six Million Dolla
Zakir Husain Khan was an Indian educationist and politician who served as the vice president of India from 1962 to 1967 and president of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3…
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The Popular Movement of the Revolution was the ruling political party in Zaire. For most of its existence, it was the only legally permitted party in the country. It was founded by…
The Popular Movement of the Revolution political party is established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Straits of Tiran are the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea. The distance between the two peninsulas is…
Egypt closes the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping
A general election is an electoral process to choose most or all members of a governing body at the same time. They are distinct from by-elections, which fill individual seats that…
A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulos leads a coup d'état, establishing a milita
USS John F. Kennedy, the only ship of her class, was an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy. Considered a supercarrier, she was a variant of the Kitty Hawk class, …
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The Six-Day War, or the 1967 Arab–Israeli war, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, in the context of the Arab–Israeli conf…
Six-Day War: Israeli soldiers enter Jerusalem
The Six-Day War, or the 1967 Arab–Israeli war, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states, primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, in the context of the Arab–Israeli conf…
Six-Day War: Israel captures the Golan Heights from Syria
A destructive tornado outbreak affected much of the Midwestern United States on April 21, 1967, in particular the towns of Belvidere and Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States. It was t…
A tornado outbreak in Illinois, United States, kills over 50 and injures over 1,000