Explore 5816 historical events from 1960–1969.
Whaam! is a 1963 diptych painting by the American artist Roy Lichtenstein. It is one of the best-known works of pop art, and among Lichtenstein's most important paintings. Whaam! w…
Whaam!, now considered one of Roy Lichtenstein's most important works, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo…
The 16th Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
The 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed by the Ku Klux Klan,…
Oswaldo Enrique López Arellano was a Honduran politician who twice served as the President of Honduras, first from 1963 to 1971 and again from 1972 until 1975.
Oswaldo López Arellano replaced Honduran president Ramón Villeda Morales in a violent coup, initiating two decades of…
The University of Alabama is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is th…
The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor George Wallace stepped aside after defiantly blocking the entranc
Cleopatra is a 1963 American epic historical drama film directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, who co-wrote the screenplay with Ranald MacDougall and Sidney Buchman, adapted from the 19…
The premiere was held in New York of the historical drama film Cleopatra, the most expensive film made to that point
Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon, is the most populous municipality of Vietnam, with a population of more than 14 million in 2025. Its geography is defined by rivers and cana…
Riots broke out in Saigon one day after the signing of the Joint Communiqué, an attempt to resolve the Buddhist crisis i
The Profumo affair was a major scandal in British politics during the early 1960s. John Profumo, the 46-year-old Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative gover…
Profumo affair: During the trial of Stephen Ward, Mandy Rice-Davies uttered the phrase "Well he would, wouldn't he?"
Paul VI was crowned as Pope on 30 June 1963 at Vatican City's St. Peter's Square, nine days after he was elected. The representatives of over 90 countries and international organiz…
The coronation of Pope Paul VI took place, the last such ceremony before its abandonment by later popes
Ngô Đình Nhu was a Vietnamese archivist and politician. He was the younger brother and State Counsellor of South Vietnam's first president, Ngô Đình Diệm. Although he held no forma…
The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu, brother and chief political adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm,…
The Moors murders were a series of child killings committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley in and around Manchester, England, between July 1963 and October 1965. The five victims – …
Sixteen-year-old Pauline Reade, the first victim of serial killers Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, disappeared in Gorton,…
Sarawak is a state of Malaysia. It is the largest of the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is in East Malaysia, in northwest Borneo, and …
The United Kingdom granted self-government to Sarawak (first flag pictured), the day would be celebrated as Sarawak Day.
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces were the elite military units of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). Following the establishment of the Republic of Vietn…
South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised…
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: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South…
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.…
American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on…
John F. Kennedy's tenure as the 35th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1961, and ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963. Kennedy,…
The Kennedy administration sent Victor H. Krulak and Joseph Mendenhall on a mission to assess the progress of the…
The Ku Klux Klan, sometimes referred to as the Klan, is an American Protestant-led white supremacist and far-right hate group. Historians widely identify it as one of the earliest …
The Ku Klux Klan bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing…
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. A federal constitutional monarchy, it consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two region…
Malaysia was formed as an independent nation from the Federation of Malaya, the Colony of Singapore, the Crown Colony…
The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a 360-acre (150-hectare) campus west of the city centre, the univers…
The University of East Anglia (coat of arms featured) was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing a…
The Commercial Import Program, sometimes known as the Commodity Import Program (CIP), was an economic aid arrangement between South Vietnam and its main supporter, the United State…
The U.S. suspended the Commercial Import Program, its main economic support for South Vietnam, in response to the…
The Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), formally known as the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Under Water, prohibited all test detonation…
The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibits all test detonations of nuclear weapons except for those…
Félicette was a Parisian cat that became the first feline launched into space on 18 October 1963 as part of the French space program. She was one of 14 female cats trained for spac…
The first cat in space, later known as Félicette, launched aboard a French Véronique rocket.
The Century 21 Exposition was a world's fair held April 21, 1962, to October 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington, United States. Nearly 10 million people attended the fair during its …
The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens
The British space programme is the British government's work to develop British space capabilities. The objectives of the current civil programme are to "win sustainable economic g…
The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic was the government-in-exile of the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) during the latter part of the Algerian War of Indepe…
The French government and representatives of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic reach a settlement to e