People in History
The people behind the moments: leaders, scientists, explorers and ordinary people whose choices changed what came next.
1965
1965 · Politics
South Vietnamese officer Phạm Ngọc Thảo is killed
July 16, 19651964
1964 · Politics
Martin Luther King Jr. Is Announced as the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
October 14, 19641963
1963 · Crime & Justice
Jack Ruby Kills Lee Harvey Oswald
November 24, 19631963
1963 · Politics
President Kennedy Is Assassinated in Dallas
November 22, 19631962
1962 · Politics
Kennedy Tells the Public About Missiles in Cuba
October 22, 19621961
1961 · Crime & Justice
Adolf Eichmann Is Sentenced to Death
December 15, 19611960
1960 · Nature & Disasters
Two Airliners Collide Over New York
December 16, 19601960
1960 · Politics
The Mirabal Sisters Are Murdered
November 25, 19601960
1960 · Politics
John F. Kennedy Wins a Narrow Presidential Election
November 8, 19601959
1959 · Crime & Justice
The Clutter Family Murders
November 15, 19591959
1959 · History
Barbie is introduced at a New York toy fair
March 9, 19591958
1958 · Politics