Explore 3653 historical events from 1960–1969.
Shirley Ann Manson is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician who is the lead vocalist of the rock band Garbage. Deemed a "Godmother of Rock" by The New York Times, she is note…
Shirley Manson, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
Jeroen Tarquinis Cornelis Duyster is a former coxswain from the Netherlands, who won a gold medal with the Holland Acht as a cox at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He…
Jeroen Duyster, Dutch rower
José René Higuita Zapata is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He was nicknamed El Loco for his high-risk 'sweeper-keeper' playing style and his…
René Higuita, Colombian footballer
Juhan Parts is an Estonian politician who was Prime Minister of Estonia from 2003 to 2005 and Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications from 2007 to 2014. Juhan Parts is a me…
Juhan Parts, Estonian lawyer and politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia
Priya Dutt Roncon is an Indian politician and social worker. She was elected for the first time to the 14th Lok Sabha from Mumbai North West constituency in Maharashtra on 22 Novem…
Priya Dutt, Indian social worker and politician
Regina Carter is an American jazz violinist. She is the cousin of jazz saxophonist James Carter.
Regina Carter, American jazz and classical violinist, and composer
Eric Frank Lambert was an Australian author and a sometime member of the Communist Party of Australia.
Eric Lambert, Australian author (born 1918)
Väinö Alfred Tanner was a leading figure in the Social Democratic Party of Finland, and a pioneer and leader of the cooperative movement in Finland. He was Prime Minister of Finlan…
Väinö Tanner, Finnish politician of Social Democratic Party of Finland; the Prime Minister of Finland (born 1881)
George Ohsawa was a Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine who was the founder of the macrobiotic diet. When living in Europe he went by the pen names of Musagendo S…
George Ohsawa, Japanese founder of the Macrobiotic diet (born 1893)
Simon Ivanes dze Chikovani was a prominent Georgian poet. He set out to be the leader of the Georgian Futurist movement and ended up as a Soviet establishment figure.
Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (born 1902)
William Henry Eccles, FRS was an English physicist who was a pioneer in the development of radio communication.
William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (born 1875)
Paula Strasberg was an American stage actress. She became actor and teacher Lee Strasberg's second wife and mother of actors John and Susan Strasberg, as well as Marilyn Monroe's a…
Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (born 1909)
Felix Martin Julius Steiner was a German SS commander during the Nazi era. During World War II, he served in the Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the SS, and commanded several SS di…
Felix Steiner, Russian-German SS officer (born 1896)
Thomas William John Goddard was an English cricketer and the fifth-highest wicket taker in first-class cricket.
Tom Goddard, English cricketer (born 1900)
Elizabeth Eloise Kirkpatrick Dilling was an American writer and political activist. In 1934, she published The Red Network—A Who's Who and Handbook of Radicalism for Patriots, whic…
Elizabeth Dilling, American author and activist (born 1894)
Ignace Lepp, was a French writer of Estonian origin.
Ignace Lepp, Estonian-French priest and psychologist (born 1909)
George Vitelle "Papa Jack" Laine was an American musician and a pioneering band leader in New Orleans in the years from the Spanish–American War to World War I. He was often credit…
Papa Jack Laine, American drummer and bandleader (born 1873)
Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp, better known as Jean Arp in English, was a German-French sculptor, painter and poet. He was known as a Dadaist and an abstract artist.
Jean Arp, German-French sculptor, painter, and poet (born 1886)
Anton Melik was a Slovene geographer.
Anton Melik, Slovenian geographer and academic (born 1890)
Hermann Scherchen was a German conductor, who was principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur from 1922 to 1950. He promoted contemporary music, beginning with Schoenbe…
Hermann Scherchen, German viola player and conductor (born 1891)
Isaiah Edwin Leopold, better known as Ed Wynn, was an American actor and comedian. He began his career in vaudeville in 1903 and was known for his Perfect Fool comedy character, hi…
Ed Wynn, American actor and comedian (born 1886)
Georges Henri Joseph Édouard Lemaître was a Belgian Catholic priest, theoretical physicist, and mathematician who made major contributions to cosmology and astrophysics. He was the…
Georges Lemaître, Belgian priest, physicist, and astronomer (born 1894)
Thaddeus Rutter Shideler was an American hurdler who competed in the early twentieth century. He competed in athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 110…
Thaddeus Shideler, American hurdler (born 1883)
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, also known as Köprülüzade Mehmed Fuad, was a Turkish sociologist, scholar, and Turkologist. He served in the Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Deputy Prime Mi…
Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Turkish historian and politician, 21st Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1890)