1960s

List of Oz related events in the decade between 1960-1969

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Media

• 1960
  • January 1st: The Marvelous Land of Oz entered the public domain
  • September 18th: The Land of Oz (television) airs
• 1963: Merry Go Round in Oz, Unexplored Territory in Oz, and Urfin Jus and his Wooden Soldiers are published
• 1964: The Seven Underground Kings is published
  • February 9th: Return to Oz (cartoon) airs
• 1965: The Story of The Scarecrow of Oz is released
• 1966: The Blue Emperor of Oz, the first fan-fiction is published
• 1967: The Soviet movie adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is released.
• 1968: The Fiery God of the Marrans is published
• 1969: The Story and Songs of The Wizard of Oz and The Songs from The Wizard of Oz are released
  • October 31st: The Wonderful Land of Oz is released

Births

• 1960
  • January 12th: Oliver Platt
  • February 25th: Douglas Hodge
  • April 29th: Steve Blum
  • September 14th: Callum Rennie
  • November 4th: Kathy Griffin
  • Unknown date: Paulo Aragão Neto
• 1961
  • August 22nd: Stephen Stanton
• 1962
  • May 26th: Bobcat Goldthwait
  • July 13th: Tom Kenny
  • August 6th: Michelle Yeoh
  • September 15th: Scott McNeil
  • Unknown date: Caxa Aragão
• 1963
  • January 7th: Carmen Machi
  • March 23rd: Jason Schombing
  • March 27th: Xuxa Meneghel
  • July 18th: Al Snow
  • September 15th: P. David Miller
  • October 23rd: Eric Shanower
  • December 23rd: Jess Harnell
• 1964
  • January 18th: Jane Horrocks
  • June 30th: Don Brown
  • November 1st: Michael Gruber
• 1965
  • January 9th: Joely Richardson
  • January 27th: Alan Cumming
• 1966
  • February 13th: Neal McDonough
• 1967
  • April 14th: Tim Holmes
  • June 19th: Mia Sara
  • September 27th: Debi Derryberry
  • December 11th: Peter Kelamis
• 1968
  • June 13th: Fred Tatasciore
  • July 18th: Alex Désert
  • August 28th: Billy Boyd
  • October 16th: Todd Stashwick
• 1969
  • August 28th: Jason Priestley  
  • October 19th: Anna Galvin
  • October 25th: Nika Futterman
  • December 23th: Noel Thurman

Deaths

• 1960
  • March 26th: Fred Woodward - 77 
  • August 3rd: Warren Newcombe - 66
  • August 17th: Robert R. Pattrick - 33
• 1961
  • November 23rd: Winifred Greenwood - 76
• 1962
  • April 15th: Clara Blandick - 85
• 1963
  • April 30th: Bryant Washburn - 74
• 1964
  • November 10th: Jimmie Dodd - 54
• 1965
  • September 3rd: Otto Lederer - 79
  • December 5th: Joseph Breen - 77
• 1966
  • March 30th: Maxfield Parrish - 96
  • October 6th: Pierre Couderc - 69
• 1967
  • June 29th: Bert Glennon - 73
  • December 4th: Bert Lahr - 72
• 1968
  • December 28th: Charlie Becker - 81
• 1969
  • January 12th: Charles Irwin - 81
  • June 22nd: Judy Garland - 47