1960s Timeline

Mar. 20, 1964 - Brendan Behan (pictured in Dublin in 1960), the Irish playwright, died today at Meath Hospital in Dublin. He was 41 years...

Dec. 5, 1963 - Herbert H. Lehman (pictured in 1930 with then New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt), a towering figure in the liberal...

Nov. 24, 1963 - Professor C.S Lewis, literary historian, Christian apologist, and author of “The Screwtape Letters,” died Friday at his...

Nov. 23, 1963 - Aldous Huxley (pictured in 1948), the novelist-philosopher-historian whose satirical novel “Brave New World” (1932) set a...

Oct. 29, 1963 - Adolphe Menjou (pictured in 1932), suave, debonair actor in more than 200 motion pictures, died in his home today of...

Oct. 28, 1963 - Former Senator Tom Connally of Texas (pictured in 1949), a Democratic stalwart of the Senate for many years and one of...

Oct. 14, 1963 - Thousands of admirers pushed, shoved, and trampled each other today to pay a last tribute to Edith Piaf, who died Friday...

Oct. 11, 1963 - Jean Cocteau (pictured in 1960), whose avant-garde creativity illuminated French intellectual life for half a century,...

Oct. 11, 1963 - Edith Piaf (pictured in 1951), the beloved idol of the French music halls who made a world hit of “La Vie en Rose,” died...

Sept. 6, 1963 - Margarita Sierra, 25, one of the stars of the ABC-TV series “Surfside 6,” died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Hollywood...

Aug. 22, 1963 - Major General Charles D.W. Canham (right during WWII), who accepted the surrender of 244,000 German prisoners in one day...

Aug. 17, 1963 - Richard Barthelmess (right with Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, and Marlene Dietrich in 1935), the boyish matinee idol of the...

Aug. 12, 1963 - Funeral services for Clem Bevans (left with James Arness in 1957), the spry “old feller” of the movies and television,...

Aug. 6, 1963 - President Kennedy and other national leaders paid final tribute today to Philip Graham, publishing executive. About 2,000...

Aug. 3, 1963 - Philip L. Graham (pictured right in 1961), president and CEO of The Washington Post and chairman of the board of Newsweek...

June 28, 1963 - John Franklin “Home Run” Baker (pictured right in 1921), a baseball slugger of the “dead-ball” era, died today at his...

June 18, 1963 - Mexican actor Pedro Armendáriz (left with Sean Connery), star of such films as “The Fugitive” (1947) and “Three...

June 7, 1963 - Actress ZaSu Pitts (pictured in 1932) died of cancer this morning at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Hollywood, where she...

June 4, 1963 - The body of Pope John XXIII was taken today to St. Peter’s Basilica, where he had received the homage and acclaim of...

June 3, 1963 - Amid the drama of Pope John XXIII’s final hours, Romans speculated whether his successor would be an Italian or a...