Explore 3653 historical events from 1960–1969.
Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and five sequels to it. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspape…
Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction…
John Paul Henson was an American puppeteer. He was best known for his association with the Muppets.
John Henson, American puppeteer and voice actor (died 2014)
Susannah Harker is an English film, television, and theatre actress. She was nominated for a BAFTA TV Award in 1990 for her role as Mattie Storin in House of Cards. She played Jane…
Susannah Harker, English actress
Kevin George Knipfing, known professionally as Kevin James, is an American actor and writer. James began his career as a stand-up comedian on Long Island in the late 1980s before r…
Kevin James, American actor and comedian
Anna Theodora Chancellor is an English actress who has appeared widely on TV, film and in the theatre. She received a nomination for BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actress for …
Anna Chancellor, English actress
The politics of the Cook Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy within a constitutional monarchy. The monarch of New Zealand, represented in…
The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islands self-governing status within New Zealand.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlyi…
Singapore is expelled from Malaysia.
The Watts riots, sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion or Watts Uprising, took place in the Watts neighborhood and its surrounding areas of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16,…
Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
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 play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of…
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
Vietnam War: Operation Starlite begins: United States Marines destroy a Viet Cong stronghold on the Van Tuong…
Michel Bussi is a French author, known for writing thriller novels, and a political analyst and Professor of Geography at the University of Rouen, where he leads a Public Scientifi…
Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic
Daniela Costian is a former Olympic discus throw bronze medallist. She was born in Brăila, Romania, but became an Australian citizen in 1990. She competed in the discus contest at …
Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower
Mor Ignatius Aphrem II is a Syrian–American Christian prelate who has served as the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church since 29 May 2014.
Ignatius Aphrem II, Syrian patriarch
Mark Nathaniel Cousins is a Northern Irish director and writer. A prolific documentarian, among his best-known works is the 15-hour 2011 documentary The Story of Film: An Odyssey.
Mark Cousins, Northern Irish director, writer, cinematographer
The prime minister of Japan is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. Th…
Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa…
The Socialist Republic of Romania was a communist state that existed from 1947 to the Romanian revolution in 1989. From 1947 to 1965, the state was known as the Romanian People's R…
The Socialist Republic of Romania is proclaimed, following the adoption of a new constitution.
Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez, nicknamed "the Dominican Dandy", is a Dominican former right-handed pitcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1960 to 1975, m…
Juan Marichal, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, strikes John Roseboro, catcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, on…
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor and comedian. Lawrence began his career doing comedy shows, including in The Improv. After his first acting role in the sitcom What'…
Martin Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Amy Krouse Rosenthal was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short film maker, and radio show host. She is best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinar…
Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (died 2017)
John Jensen, nicknamed Faxe, is a Danish professional football manager and former player.
John Jensen, Danish footballer and coach
Mikhail Dmitrievich Prokhorov is a Russian-Israeli oligarch and politician. He formerly owned the Brooklyn Nets.
Mikhail Prokhorov, Russian businessman
Leslie Hope is a Canadian actress and director, best known for her role as Teri Bauer on the Fox television series 24 and prosecutor Anita Gibbs on Suits. Other credits include Sha…
Leslie Hope, Canadian actress, director, producer, and screenwriter
Owen James Hart was a Canadian professional wrestler who worked for several promotions including Stampede Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (W…
Owen Hart, Canadian wrestler (died 1999)
Norman Whiteside is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and forward.
Norman Whiteside, Northern Irish footballer and manager