[ '45-'49 | '50-'59 | '60-'69 | '70-'79 | '80-'89 | '90-'99 | '00- ] [ 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 ] 1964

1 Aug	Manlio Brosio (Italy) succeeds Dirk Stikker as Secretary General of NATO. Additional information: NATO Who is who?: Secretary General Manlio Brosio High resolution photos of the appointment of Secretary General Manlio Brosio
14 Oct	Khrushchev is removed from office. He is replaced by Leonid Brezhnev as General Secretary of the CPSU and by Alexei Kosygin as Prime Minister.
16 Oct	China explodes its first atomic bomb.