Explore 1640 historical events from 1960–1969.
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceiv…
Apollo program: Apollo 10 returns to Earth after a successful eight-day test of all the components needed for the forthc
Joseph Francis Buck is an American sportscaster who serves as the lead play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football on ESPN and ABC. Buck previously worked for Fox Sports from …
Joe Buck, American sportscaster
Martinus Wouter "Martin" Koolhoven is a Dutch film director and screenwriter. Internationally he is most known for Schnitzel Paradise (2005), Winter in Wartime (2008) and Brimstone…
Martin Koolhoven, Dutch director and screenwriter
Jon C. Olsen is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Olsen was a successful relay swimmer for the U.S. national team …
Jon Olsen, American swimmer
Darren Raye Woodson is an American former professional football player who spent his entire career as a safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL) from 199…
Darren Woodson, American football player and sportscaster
The Melbourne–Evans collision was a collision between the light aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans of the Unite…
Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cuts the U
Felix Baumgartner was an Austrian skydiver, extreme sportsman, and BASE jumper. He was widely known for jumping to Earth from a helium balloon in the stratosphere on 14 October 201…
Felix Baumgartner, Austrian daredevil (died 2025)
Toby Stephens is an English actor who has appeared in films in the United Kingdom, United States, and India. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 Jam…
Toby Stephens, English actor
Renée Kathleen Zellweger is an American actress. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, and four Golden Globe Awa…
Renée Zellweger, American actress and producer
Cory Anthony Booker is an American politician and lawyer serving as a United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Booker…
Cory Booker, African-American lawyer and politician
Dame Darcey Andrea Bussell is a retired English ballerina and a former judge on the BBC television dance contest Strictly Come Dancing.
Darcey Bussell, English ballerina
LeRon Perry Ellis is an American former professional basketball player. Ellis was considered to be one of the premier high school basketball players in the nation among the class o…
LeRon Perry Ellis, American basketball player
Justine Greening is an English former politician who was the Secretary of State for Education from 2016 to 2018. Prior to that, she was Economic Secretary to the Treasury from 2010…
Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development
Paulo Xisto Pinto Júnior is a Brazilian musician best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Sepultura. He joined Sepultura after Roberto Raffan left the band in 1984, becoming …
Paulo Jr
Wesley Wales Anderson is an American filmmaker. His films are known for themes of grief, loss of innocence, and dysfunctional families. Due to his films' eccentricity, distinctive …
Wes Anderson, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Paul Adelstein is an American actor. He is known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the Fox television series Prison Break and his role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the …
Paul Adelstein, American actor and writer
Warren Defever is a musician and producer, originally from Livonia, Michigan, and now based in Detroit. He is most known for his chameleonic project His Name Is Alive, though he is…
Warren Defever, American bass player and producer
Mary Louise McDonald is an Irish politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition in Ireland since June 2020, as President of Sinn Féin since February 2018, and as a Teachta D…
Mary Lou McDonald, Irish politician
Billy Eugene Owens is an American former professional basketball player who played for several teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for …
Billy Owens, American basketball player
Brian Charles Lara is a Trinidadian former international cricketer, widely renowned as one of the greatest batsmen of all time. He holds several cricketing records, including the r…
Brian Lara, Trinidadian cricketer
James Magilton is a Northern Irish former professional football player and current manager of NIFL Premiership side Cliftonville.
Jim Magilton, Northern Irish footballer and coach
Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry is a Swedish singer and stage performer. His 1998 single "Save Tonight" achieved commercial success in Ireland, the United States and the United Kingdom. Che…
Eagle-Eye Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
Akebono Tarō was an American-born Japanese professional sumo wrestler and professional wrestler from Waimānalo, Hawaii. Joining sumo in Japan in 1988, he was trained by the pionee…
Akebono Tarō, American-Japanese sumo wrestler, the 64th Yokozuna (died 2024)
Mitch Healey is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, who played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks.
Mitch Healey, Australian rugby league player and coach