Explore 1640 historical events from 1960–1969.
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil and the Federal District. Located in the Brazilian Highlands in the country's Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino Kubi…
Brasília, Brazil's capital, is officially inaugurated
USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), the only member of her class, was a nuclear powered radar picket submarine in the United States Navy. She was the only Western submarine powered by two n…
The United States Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe
The April Revolution, also called the April 19 Revolution or April 19 Movement, were mass protests in South Korea against President Syngman Rhee and the First Republic from April 1…
Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet
The Lake Bodom murders is an unsolved 1960 homicide case in which three teenage campers were killed and another seriously injured in Finland. The case is one of the most notorious …
The Lake Bodom murders occur in Finland
On 10 June 1960, a Fokker Friendship passenger aircraft operated by Trans Australia Airlines (TAA) was on approach at night to land at Mackay, Queensland, Australia when it crashed…
Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29
The Nez Perce are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest. This region has…
The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for 7 million acres (28,000 km2) of land undervalued at four cents/acre in the
Ustadz Wahab M. Akbar was a Filipino politician who served three terms as governor of Basilan, during which time he was known for his "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" policy for…
Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (died 2007)
The wedding of Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones took place on Friday, 6 May 1960 at Westminster Abbey in London. Princess Margaret was the younger sister of Queen Eliza…
More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jon
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Ga
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a federal agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting p…
The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid
The University of California, Berkeley is a public land-grant research university in the Southside and Northside neighborhoods of Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 18…
Hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregate for the first day of protest against a visit by the H
Theodore Harold Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other…
Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser (a ruby laser), at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California
Rafael Benítez Maudes is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Super League Greece club Panathinaikos.
Rafael Benítez, Spanish footballer and manager
Pierre Michael Littbarski is a German professional football manager and former player of 1. FC Köln and the West Germany national team. Known for his dribbling abilities, he was ma…
Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and manager
Vladimir Polyakov is a retired Soviet pole vaulter who represented the Soviet Union and later Russia. On 26 June 1981 he managed to clear 5.81 metres, beating Thierry Vigneron's si…
Vladimir Polyakov, Russian pole vaulter
Olena Zhupiieva-Viazova or Olena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova or Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, née Yelena Zhupiyeva, is a retired track and field athlete from Ukraine, who competed mainly in the …
Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Ukrainian runner
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami or the Great Chilean earthquake occurred on 22 May 1960. Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, making it th…
The Great Chilean earthquake, measuring 9
A tsunami is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and und…
A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii
The 1960 Valdivia earthquake and tsunami or the Great Chilean earthquake occurred on 22 May 1960. Most studies have placed it at 9.4–9.6 on the moment magnitude scale, making it th…
Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black S…
In Turkey, a military coup removes President Celâl Bayar and the rest of the democratic government from office
Charlotte Motor Speedway is a 1.500 mi (2.414 km) quad-oval intermediate speedway in Concord, North Carolina. It has hosted various major races since its inaugural season of racing…
Charlotte Motor Speedway holds its first NASCAR race, the inaugural World 600
Ara Gevorgyan is an Armenian musician, composer and musical producer. In 2004 he was awarded the Honorary Artist of Armenia title by the President Robert Kocharyan.
Ara Gevorgyan, Armenian pianist, composer, and producer
Gustavo Francisco Petro Urrego is a Colombian politician, former guerrilla leader, and economist who has served as the 35th president of Colombia since 2022. Upon inauguration, he …
Gustavo Petro, Colombian politician, 34th and current President of Colombia