1960 | Africa • South Africa
| At least 180 black Africans are injured and 69 killed when South African police open fire on demonstrators protesting the pass laws in Sharpeville. (21 March 1960) |
1961 | North America • Cuba | The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba by American backed forces ends in catastrophe. |
1962 | Africa • Algeria | Algeria gains independence from France |
1963 | North America • USA | President Kennedy assassinated (22 November 1963) |
1967 | Middle East | Six Day War between Israel and the forces of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. |
1968 | Europe • Czechoslovakia | Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia |
1968 | North America • USA | Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated. |
1970 | North America • USA | Shootings of students by the National Guard at an antiwar demonstration at Kent State University in Ohio. |
1973 | Middle East | Yom Kippur War between the armies of Syria and Egypt against those of Israel |
1974 | North America • USA | The Watergate Affair - President Nixon resigns |