Explore 5816 historical events from 1960–1969.
Édith Giovanna Gassion, known as Édith Piaf, was a French singer and lyricist. She is regarded as France's greatest popular singer and one of the most celebrated performers in the …
Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915)
Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, designer, film director, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost avant-garde…
Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (born 1889)
Horton Smith was an American professional golfer, best known as the winner of the first and third Masters Tournaments.
Horton Smith, American golfer and captain (born 1908)
Jacques Salomon Hadamard was a French mathematician who made major contributions in complex analysis, number theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations.
Jacques Hadamard, French mathematician and academic (born 1865)
Józef Franczak was a soldier of the Polish Army, Armia Krajowa World War II resistance, and last of the cursed soldiers – members of the militant anti-communist resistance in Polan…
Józef Franczak, Polish sergeant (born 1918)
Roger Désormière was a French conductor. He was an enthusiastic champion of contemporary composers, but also conducted performances of early eighteenth century French music.
Roger Désormière, French conductor and composer (born 1898)
Elizabeth Catherine Gunn was a New Zealand school and army doctor and public health official. She was a pioneer in the field of children's health, and was instrumental in the estab…
Elizabeth Gunn, New Zealand pediatrician (born 1879)
Mart Saar was an Estonian composer, organist and collector of folk songs.
Mart Saar, Estonian organist and composer (born 1882)
Adolphe Jean Menjou [/'ædɒlf 'mɒnʒuː/] was an American actor whose career spanned both silent films and talkies. He became a leading man during the 1920s, known for his debonair an…
Adolphe Menjou, American actor (born 1890)
Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga Thevar, also known as Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, was a politician and a patriarch of the Thevar community. He was elected three times to the nationa…
U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1908)
"A Call for Unity" was an open letter published in The Birmingham [Alabama] News, on April 12, 1963, by eight local white clergymen in response to civil rights demonstrations takin…
In response to an open letter written by white clergymen, Martin Luther King Jr
The Bristol Omnibus Company was a dominant bus operator in Bristol, and was one of the oldest bus companies in the United Kingdom. It ran buses over a wide area of Gloucestershire,…
A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black
Birmingham is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the third-most populous city in the state, with an estimated population of 196,357 as of 2024. The…
Police in Birmingham, Alabama, used high-pressure water hoses and dogs against civil-rights protesters, bringing scrutin
Huế, formerly Thừa Thiên Huế province, is a municipality in central Vietnam, located approximately at the center of the country, and an educational, medical, and cultural hub. It b…
In Huế, South Vietnam, soldiers opened fire into a crowd of Buddhists protesting against a government ban on the flying
The Birmingham riot of 1963 was a civil disorder and riot in Birmingham, Alabama, that was provoked by bombings on the night of May 11, 1963. The bombings targeted African-American…
African Americans rioted in Birmingham, Alabama, in response to two bombings, perceiving local police to be complicit wi
A bhikkhu is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. Male and female monastics (bhikkhunī) are members of the Sangha.
Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon to protest the persecution of Buddhists by Catholic So
Vostok 6 was the first human spaceflight to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
Aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova (pictured) became the first woman in space
Fulbert Youlou was a Congolese nationalist leader and former Catholic priest who became the first President of the Republic of the Congo upon its independence in 1960.
President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
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…
United States Attorney General Robert F
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his 69-year career. With…
American singer Bob Dylan (pictured) released The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, his first album to include a significant numbe
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietna…
Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside the National Assembly of South Vietnam i
The Buddhist crisis was a period of political and religious tension in South Vietnam between May and November 1963, characterized by a series of repressive acts by the South Vietna…
Buddhist crisis: South Vietnamese soldiers attacked Buddhist protesters in Huế with liquid chemicals from tear gas gren
Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian politician and Shia cleric who served as the first supreme leader of Iran from 1979 until his death in 1989. He was the leader of …
The arrest of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini for publicly denouncing Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi sparked protests in Iran
John Dennis Profumo was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961. The scandal, which became k…
British politician John Profumo admitted that he had lied to the House of Commons about his involvement in a sex scandal