January 01 – French Cameroon becomes the Republic of Cameroon with Ahmadun Ahidjo as its first president. 01 – Johnny Cash performs a New Year…
Browsing: 1960s
January 01 – In Britain, the Farthing (¼ of a penny) is withdrawn from circulation and ceases to be legal tender. 02 – Oral contraceptives…
January 01 – Western Samoa becomes independent. 01 – The Beatles are turned down by Decca Records, whose A&R man Dick Rowe enters the history…
January 01 – In Australia, the Bogle/Chandler case mystifies police who believe poison may have been used to kill the couple. 02 – UPI reports…
January 01 – In Britain, the first edition of Top of the Pops screens on the BBC. Host Jimmy Savile introduces The Rolling Stones, Dusty…
January 01 – Stanley Matthews is the first-ever professional footballer to be knighted. 01 – The first hydrofoil service begins in Sydney Harbour in Australia.…
January 01 – Pope Paul VI appeals for peace in Vietnam. 01 – In Central African Republic, Colonel Jean-Bedel Bokassa seizes power. 05 – Pentridge…
January 01 – In Britain, Alf Ramsey is knighted and Bobby Moore gets an OBE in the New Years Honours. 01 – 48-hour ceasefire ends…
January 04 – Number of US troops in Vietnam reaches 486,000. 04 – The search for Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt’s body at Portsea in…
January 01 – West Indies cricketer and politician Sir Learie Constantine becomes Britain’s first black life peer. 01 – Ohio State beats Southern California, 27…