Explore 1640 historical events from 1960–1969.
Frank John Viola Jr. is an American former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins (1982–1989), New York Mets (1989–1991), Boston Red Sox (1992…
Frank Viola, American baseball player and coach
Debra ("Debbie") Lee Flintoff-King, (OAM), née Flintoff, is a retired Australian athlete, and winner of the women's 400 m hurdles event at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Debbie Flintoff-King, Australian hurdler and coach
Mart Laar is an Estonian politician and historian. He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002. Laar is credited with having helped bring abo…
Mart Laar, Estonian historian and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Estonia
The Mali Federation was a federation in West Africa that linked the French colonies of Senegal and the Sudanese Republic for two months in 1960. It was founded on 4 April 1959 as a…
The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal)
Valerie Anne Bertinelli is an American actress and television personality. She began acting as a child and made her screen debut in a 1974 episode of Apple's Way. She gained wide r…
Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
Stephen Maynard Clark was an English musician. He was a guitarist and songwriter for the hard rock band Def Leppard until his death in 1991. In 2007, Clark was ranked No. 11 on Cla…
Steve Clark, English guitarist and songwriter (died 1991)
William Barry Douglas in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is a classical pianist and conductor.
Barry Douglas, Irish pianist and conductor
Leonardo "Léo" Jaime is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor and writer, famous for being one of the founding members of the rockabilly band João Penca e Seus Miquinhos …
Léo Jaime, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Claude Julien is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. He is currently an assistant coach of the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Before h…
Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Paul Nicholas Baloff was an American singer, best known as the original lead vocalist of the thrash metal band Exodus. He was fired from Exodus shortly after the release of the ban…
Paul Baloff, American singer (died 2002)
H. G. Carrillo was an American fiction writer and academic. In the 1990s, he began writing as "H. G. Carrillo," and he eventually adopted that identity in his private life as well.…
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Stephen Paul Lombardozzi Sr. is an American former professional baseball player who was a second baseman for the Minnesota Twins and Houston Astros for six Major League Baseball se…
Steve Lombardozzi, American baseball player and coach
Roger Andrew Taylor is an English musician. He was the drummer of the new wave band Duran Duran from their inception until 1985, and again from 2001 onwards. Duran Duran have sold …
Roger Taylor, English drummer
Michael "Kruzer" Krushelnyski is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre/left winger who played 14 years in the National Hockey League (NHL). While playing in the NHL, he …
Mike Krushelnyski, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Robert James Kenneth Peston is an English journalist, presenter, and author. He is the Political Editor of ITV News and host of the weekly political discussion show Peston alongsid…
Robert Peston, English journalist
Thomas Leo Browning was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1984 to 1995, spending almost his entire career with the Cincinnati Reds. In his ro…
Tom Browning, American baseball player (died 2022)
Elena Kagan is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was appointed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and is the fourt…
Elena Kagan, American lawyer and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Philip Peter King is an English musician perhaps best known for being the bassist of Lush. From 2007 to 2015 he was the touring bass/rhythm guitar player for The Jesus and Mary Cha…
Phil King, English bass player
Sir Ian James Rankin is a Scottish crime writer and philanthropist, best known for his Inspector Rebus novels.
Ian Rankin, Scottish author
Jón Páll Sigmarsson was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder. He was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times, the only man to win the World Muscle …
Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Icelandic strongman and weightlifter (died 1993)
Walter Zenga is an Italian professional football manager and former player, currently club manager at Serie C club Siracusa.
Walter Zenga, Italian footballer and manager
Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian and American writer of science fiction. He is the author of 25 published novels, and his short fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such…
Robert J
Sir Charles Geoffrey Cox is a British Conservative Party politician and barrister. He has been the member of parliament (MP) for Torridge and Tavistock, previously Torridge and Wes…
Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician
Kerry Murphy Healey is an American politician and educator serving as President Emerita of Babson College. She previously served as the 70th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts fr…
Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts