Explore 3652 historical events from 1960–1969.
Egypt, officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit…
Egypt imposes a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel
Michael Stephen Portnoy is an American musician best known as the drummer, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the progressive metal band Dream Theater.
Mike Portnoy, American drummer and songwriter
Sir David John Cameron MacKay was a British physicist, mathematician, and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Engineering in the Department of Engineering at the University of…
David J
Rhéal Paul Cormier was a Canadian-American professional baseball left-handed pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB), for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox (twice),…
Rhéal Cormier, Canadian baseball player (died 2021)
Melina Kanakaredes Constantinides is a Greek-American actress. She is widely known for her roles in American primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydney Hansen in Providence (1999–20…
Melina Kanakaredes, American actress
Belle de Jour is a 1967 surrealist erotic psychological drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jean-Claude Carrière. Based on the 1928 novel of the …
Belle de Jour, directed by Luis Buñuel, is released
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most in…
The Beatles' album Sgt
The second question of the 1967 Australian referendum of 27 May 1967, called by the Holt government, related to Indigenous Australians. Voters were asked whether to give the Common…
Australians vote in favor of a constitutional referendum granting the Australian government the power to make laws to be
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers…
The Nigerian Eastern Region declares independence as the Republic of Biafra, sparking a civil war
Luis José Monge was a convicted mass murderer who was executed in the gas chamber at Colorado State Penitentiary in 1967. Monge was the last inmate to be executed before an unoffic…
Luis Monge is executed in Colorado's gas chamber, in the last pre-Furman execution in the United States
Omar Enrique Vizquel González, nicknamed "Little O", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop and coach. During his 24-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Vizque…
Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan-American baseball player and coach
Angelina Myers Martino, now known as Angel Sims, is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Over her career, she won th…
Angel Martino, American swimmer
Marianne Raigipcien Jean-Baptiste is an English actress and director. She is known for her role in Mike Leigh's drama film Secrets & Lies (1996), for which she received acclaim and…
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, English actress and singer-songwriter
Toomas Tõniste is an Estonian sailor and politician, and the former Minister of Finance.
Toomas Tõniste, Estonian sailor and politician
West Berlin was a political enclave which comprised the western part of Berlin from 1948 until 1990, during the Cold War. Although West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany,…
Protests in West Berlin against the arrival of the Shah of Iran are brutally suppressed, during which Benno Ohnesorg is
The Canadair North Star is a 1940s Canadian development, for Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), of the Douglas DC-4. Instead of radial piston engines used by the Douglas design, Canadai…
Seventy-two people are killed when a Canadair C-4 Argonaut crashes at Stockport in England
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…
The Six-Day War begins: Israel launches surprise strikes against Egyptian air-fields in response to the mobilisation of
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: The USS Liberty incident: A United States Navy spy ship is attacked by the Israeli Air Force and Navy, resu
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The United States Supreme Court in Loving v
Willem-Alexander is the current King of the Netherlands, having reigned since 30 April 2013.
Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands
Thomas William Ellis Smith is a Scottish jazz saxophonist, composer, and educator.
Tommy Smith, Scottish saxophonist, composer, and educator
Erik Thomson is a New Zealand-Australian actor. He played Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena Warrior Princess and Young Hercules, Dr. Mitch Steve…
Erik Thomson, Scottish-New Zealand actor
Jason Lee Whitlock is an American former sports columnist who currently hosts a program for the conservative media company Blaze Media titled Fearless with Jason Whitlock. Whitlock…
Jason Whitlock, American football player and journalist
Christopher Mark Francis White is a British Conservative Party politician and was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Warwick and Leamington from 2010 to 2017. He lost the seat at th…
Chris White, English engineer and politician