Explore 5816 historical events from 1960–1969.
Margaret Ayer Barnes was an American playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. Her 1930 novel Years of Grace was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.
Margaret Ayer Barnes, American author and playwright (born 1886)
On the afternoon of April 21, 1967, a violent tornado tracked through Belvidere, Illinois, United States. The tornado struck just after students at the city's high school had been …
A violent tornado strikes multiple schools and destroys houses in Belvidere, Illinois, United States, causing over 450 c
Zakir Husain Khan was an Indian educationist and politician who served as the vice president of India from 1962 to 1967 and president of India from 13 May 1967 until his death on 3…
Zakir Husain took office as the first elected Muslim President of India
The Israeli Air Force operates as the aerial and space warfare branch of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It was founded on May 28, 1948, shortly after the Israeli Declaration of I…
The Israeli Air Force attacked the U
The 1967 International and Universal Exposition, commonly known as Expo 67, was a general exhibition from April 28 to October 29, 1967. It was a category one world's fair held in M…
The Expo 67 world's fair opened in Montreal, with 62 nations participating and more than 50 million visitors ultimately
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. He was in…
The Jimi Hendrix Experience released the critically acclaimed and widely influential debut album Are You Experienced
The Kapsan faction incident was an unsuccessful attempt to undermine the power of Kim Il Sung, the leader of North Korea, around 1967. The "Kapsan faction" was a group of veterans …
Having purged a group of rivals, Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Il Sung delivered the "May 25 teaching", entrenching
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' 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 voted overwhelmingly to include Indigenous Australians in population counts for constitutional purposes and
Philip Francis "Phil" Berrigan was an American peace activist and Catholic priest with the Josephites. He engaged in nonviolent, civil disobedience in the cause of peace and nuclea…
American Catholic priest Philip Berrigan led a protest against the Vietnam War by pouring blood over Selective Service…
Benno Ohnesorg was a West German university student who was fatally shot in the back of the head by policeman Karl-Heinz Kurras during a demonstration in West Berlin. His death spu…
Benno Ohnesorg, a German university student, was killed in West Berlin while protesting against the visit of Shah Mohamm
British Midland Airways Limited was an airline in the United Kingdom with its head office in Donington Hall in Castle Donington, close to East Midlands Airport, England. The airlin…
A chartered British Midland Airways aircraft crashed near Stockport, England, killing 72 of the 84 people on board
Operation Focus was the opening airstrike by Israel at the start of the Six-Day War in 1967. It is sometimes referred to as the "Sinai Air Strike". At 07:45 on 5 June 1967, the Isr…
Following Israel's initiation of Operation Focus with the goal to neutralise the Egyptian Air Force, Syrian Air Force, a
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 U
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time. He was in…
American musician Jimi Hendrix burned his guitar on stage at the end of a performance at the Monterey International Pop
Our World was the first live multinational multi-satellite television production. National broadcasters from fourteen countries around the world, coordinated by the European Broadc…
More than an estimated 400 million people viewed Our World, the first live international satellite television production
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, Playboy Playmate, and singer. Mansfield was a sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, and was known for her numerous publicity stunts, her…
Actress Jayne Mansfield (pictured), her boyfriend Sam Brody, and their driver were killed in a car accident outside of N
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the eighth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it…
During a speech in Montreal, French president Charles de Gaulle (pictured) declared "Long live free Quebec!", a…
The American Nazi Party (ANP) is an American neo-Nazi organization founded by George Lincoln Rockwell in 1959. In Rockwell's time, it was headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. It w…
Founder of the American Nazi Party George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated by John Patler, a former member of his…
Thoroughgood "Thurgood" Marshall was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 until 1991. He was the Supreme Court'…
Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African-American Supreme Court justice.
The 1967 Arab League summit was held on August 29 in Khartoum as the fourth Arab League Summit in the aftermath of the Arab defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War, and is famous for i…
At an Arab League summit, eight nations issued the Khartoum Resolution, declaring that there would be "no peace with…
Patrick Roy Bates, self-styled as Prince Roy of Sealand, was a British pirate radio broadcaster and micronationalist, who founded the self-proclaimed Principality of Sealand.
Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of…
In September 1967, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands brought the Greek case to the European Commission of Human Rights, alleging violations of the European Convention of …
Sweden, Norway, and Denmark submit the Greek case alleging human rights violations by the Greek junta.
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was an American author and the founder of Scientology. A prolific writer of pulp science fiction and fantasy novels in his early career, in 1950 he authore…
L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu in a taped lecture sent to all Scientologists.