Historical figures in 1960

The atlas holds 94 people and 159 moments here, in 1960. The most recorded lives are Patrice Lumumba, John F. Kennedy and Ernest Hemingway. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Performers.

Notable people

  1. Jean-Paul Sartre

    in 1960

    2 moments here

    French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…

  2. John F. Kennedy

    in 1960

    7 moments here

    John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…

  3. John Lennon

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…

  4. John McCain

    in 1960

    3 moments here

    John Sidney McCain III was an American naval aviator, Vietnam War prisoner of war, U.S. representative, U.S.…

  5. John Steinbeck

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    American novelist, journalist, and war correspondent whose life and work ranged from California’s Salinas Valley and Monterey Peninsula to wartime…

  6. Juan Manuel Fangio

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…

  7. Judy Garland

    in 1960

    3 moments here

    American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…

  8. Julius Nyerere

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Tanzanian anti-colonial leader, political theorist, and founding president of Tanzania. Nyerere led the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU),…

  9. Katharine Hepburn

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…

  10. Kenneth Kaunda

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…

  11. Le Corbusier

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, painter, writer, and urban planner.…

  12. Louis Armstrong

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    American jazz trumpeter, vocalist, bandleader, and entertainer whose career transformed jazz solo performance and made him an international cultural…

  13. Macfarlane Burnet

    in 1960

    2 moments here

    Australian virologist and immunologist Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, known as Macfarlane Burnet, shared the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…

  14. Manmohan Singh

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…

  15. Mario Vargas Llosa

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…

  16. Marlene Dietrich

    in 1960

    3 moments here

    German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…

  17. Marlon Brando

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    American actor and activist whose stage and screen career ranged from Broadway in the 1940s to major films through the early 2000s.…

  18. Martin Luther King Jr.

    in 1960

    4 moments here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  19. Maya Angelou

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    American memoirist, poet, performer, educator, and civil-rights activist. Her documented life moved from Missouri and Arkansas to California and New…

  20. Miguel Ángel Asturias

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…

  21. Muhammad Ali

    in 1960

    2 moments here

    Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…

  22. Nelson Mandela

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  23. Nikita Khrushchev

    in 1960

    2 moments here

    Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…

  24. Park Chung Hee

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…

Moments

  1. 1960 Accepted nomination in Los Angeles John F. Kennedy
  2. 1960 Appeal for United States assistance Patrice Lumumba
  3. 1960 Attempted entry into Katanga Patrice Lumumba
  4. 1960 Request for Canadian assistance Patrice Lumumba
  5. 1960 United Nations mission Patrice Lumumba
  6. 1960 Highfield nationalist demonstration Robert Mugabe
  7. 1960 Ticker-tape parade appearance in New York Sirikit
  8. 1960 Olympic-trials victory Abebe Bikila
  9. 1960 Imprisonment in Lisbon Agostinho Neto
  10. 1960 Hamburg residency John Lennon
  11. 1960 Agreement with Nkrumah Patrice Lumumba
  12. 1960 Barefoot Olympic marathon victory Abebe Bikila
  13. 1960 Meeting Gamal Abdel Nasser at the United Nations Dwight D. Eisenhower
  14. 1960 Cleopatra production at Pinewood Studios Elizabeth Taylor
  15. 1960 United Nations annual session Fidel Castro
  16. 1960 Fifteenth UN General Assembly Gamal Abdel Nasser
  17. 1960 Addressed Houston ministers John F. Kennedy
  18. 1960 Faced Nixon in the first televised debate John F. Kennedy
  19. 1960 Fidel Castro visit at Hotel Theresa Maya Angelou
  20. 1960 Olympic gold medal Muhammad Ali
  21. 1960 United Nations General Assembly Nikita Khrushchev
  22. 1960 Night at Camp Léopold II Patrice Lumumba
  23. 1960 Marriage to Gweneth Howarth Richard Feynman
  24. 1960 Studies begin in Atchison Wangarĩ Maathai
  25. 1960 Forced residence on Santo Antão Agostinho Neto
  26. 1960 Becket at St. James Theatre Anthony Quinn
  27. 1960 Balcony appearance in Amsterdam Bhumibol Adulyadej
  28. 1960 Birth at Policlínico Evita Hospital Diego Maradona
  29. 1960 Return to Ketchum Ernest Hemingway
  30. 1960 Marriage to Cecil Henderson Glynis Johns
  31. 1960 Address to the UN General Assembly Jawaharlal Nehru
  32. 1960 Joined the split-screen third debate John F. Kennedy
  33. 1960 Amsterdam concert Judy Garland
  34. 1960 Olympia concerts Judy Garland
  35. 1960 Palais de Chaillot concerts Judy Garland
  36. 1960 Arrival in Léopoldville on State Department tour Louis Armstrong
  37. 1960 Arrested at Rich's sit-in Martin Luther King Jr.
  38. 1960 Transferred to Reidsville prison Martin Luther King Jr.
  39. 1960 Professional debut Muhammad Ali
  40. 1960 Confinement at official residence Patrice Lumumba
  41. 1960 Lolita production at Elstree Stanley Kubrick
  42. 1960 Hospitalization at the London Clinic Elizabeth Taylor
  43. 1960 Mayo Clinic treatment Ernest Hemingway
  44. 1960 Moscow conference of communist parties Ho Chi Minh
  45. 1960 Carrier service from Naval Station Norfolk John McCain
  46. 1960 Mutiny on the Bounty work in Tahiti Marlon Brando
  47. 1960 Humanitarian visit to South Korea Pearl S. Buck
  48. 1960 Ordination at St Mary's Cathedral Desmond Tutu
  49. 1960 Birth in Mashhad Ebrahim Raisi
  50. 1960 Olympia premiere that saved the venue Édith Piaf

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