People in History
The people behind the moments: leaders, scientists, explorers and ordinary people whose choices changed what came next.
1970
1970 · Art & Literature
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
October 8, 19701969
1969 · Politics
Fred Hampton Is Killed During a Police Raid
December 4, 1969
1969 · Crime & Justice
The Murder of Paul Stine and the Evidence in a Letter
October 11, 19691969
1969 · Crime & Justice
Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are murdered in Los Angeles
August 10, 19691968
1968 · Crime & Justice
The Lake Herman Road Murders
December 20, 19681968
1968 · Technology
Douglas Engelbart Demonstrates Interactive Computing
December 9, 19681968
1968 · Politics
Alexandros Panagoulis attempts to kill Greece’s dictator
August 13, 19681968
1968 · Politics
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis
April 4, 19681967
1967 · Science
Jocelyn Bell Recognizes the First Pulsar Signal
November 28, 19671966
1966 · Music
The Metropolitan Opera opens its Lincoln Center house
September 16, 19661965
1965 · Film & TV
A Charlie Brown Christmas Premieres
December 9, 1965
1965 · Politics