1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. The year 1960 is known as the "Year of Africa." [edit] Events [edit] January See also January 1960 [edit] February See also February 1960 See also March 1960 See also April 1960 See also May 1960 - May 1
- A Soviet missile shoots down an American Lockheed U2 spy plane; the pilot Francis Gary Powers is captured.
- In India, May 1 is declared as 'Maharashtra Divas', i.e., Maharashtra Day (also celebrated as 'Kaamgaar Divas', i.e., Workers Day).
- May 4 – West German refugee minister Theodor Oberländer is fired because of his Nazi past.
- May 6 – President Dwight Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law.
- May 9 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announces that it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making it the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill.
- May 10 – The nuclear submarine USS Triton, under the command of Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr., completes the first underwater circumnavigation of the Earth.
- May 11 – In Buenos Aires, 4 Mossad agents abduct fugitive Nazi Adolf Eichmann, who was using the alias "Ricardo Klement".
- May 13 – A Swiss/Austrian expedition makes the first ascent of Dhaulagiri, the world's 7th highest mountain.
- May 14 – The Kenyan African National Congress Party is founded in Kenya, when 3 political parties join forces.
- May 15 – Sputnik 4 is launched into Earth orbit.
- May 16
- May 20 – In Japan, police carry away Socialist members of the Diet; Parliament then approves a security treaty with the United States.
- May 22 – Great Chilean Earthquake: Chile's subduction fault ruptures from Talcahuano to Taitao Peninsula, causing a tsunami and one of the greatest earthquakes on record. Seismographs in Valdivia crash.
- May 23 – Prime Minister of Israel David Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann has been captured.
- May 27 – In Turkey, a bloodless military coup d'état removes President Celal Bayar and installs General Cemal Gürsel as head of state.
- May 30 - Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (24rd government, composed mostly of technocrats)
See also June 1960 See also July 1960 - July 1
- July 4 – Following the admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state the previous year, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- July 10 – The Soviet Union beats Yugoslavia 2–1 to win the first European Football Championship.
- July 11
- July 12 – Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, is founded.
- July 13 – U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy is nominated for President at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, California.
- July 14 – The United Nations decides to send troops to Katanga to oversee Belgian troop withdrawal.
- July 20 – Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) elects Sirimavo Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first elected female head of government.
- July 21 – Francis Chichester, English navigator and yachtsman, arrives in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, having made a record solo Atlantic crossing in 40 days.
- July 25 - [[The Woolworth's counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, the subject of a sit-in which sparked sit-ins and pickets across the southern United States in February 1960, serves its first black customer.
- July 25–28 – In Chicago, the Republican National Convention nominates U.S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon for President and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. for Vice President.
- July 27 – The OECD is founded in Paris.
[edit] August [edit] September [edit] October [edit] November [edit] December - December 1
- Patrice Lumumba, deposed premier of the Congo, is arrested by troops of Colonel Joseph Mobutu.
- A 5-ton Soviet spacecraft containing animals, insects and plants is launched into orbit; it burns up upon re-entry.
- December 2
- December 4 – The admission to the United Nations of Mauritania is vetoed by the USSR.
- December 5
- December 7 – The United Nations Security Council is called into session by the Soviet Union, to consider Soviet demands that the U.N. seek the immediate release of former Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba.
- December 9
- French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is marked by bloody European and Muslim mob riots by in Algeria's largest cities, resulting in 127 deaths.
- The first episode of the long-running drama Coronation Street airs. It was originally planned to be a 16-part drama but became such a success that it is still running 5 times or more per week.
- December 12
- December 13
- While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard revolts against his rule, proclaiming the emperor's son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, as Emperor.
- Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras found the Central American Common Market.
- Navy Commander Leroy Heath (Pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe (Bombardier/Navigator) establish a world altitude record of 91,450.8 feet (27,874.2 metres) in an A3J Vigilante carrying a 1,000 kilogram payload, besting the previous record by over 4 miles.
- December 14
- December 15
- December 16
- December 17 – Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia suppress the revolt that began December 13, giving power back to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
- December 19 – Fire sweeps through the USS Constellation, the largest U.S. aircraft carrier, while it is under construction at a Brooklyn Navy Yard pier, killing 50 and injuring 150.
- December 20 – Discoverer XIX is launched into polar orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, to measure radiation.
- December 27 – France sets off its 3rd nuclear test blast at its atomic proving grounds at Reggane, Algeria.
[edit] Undated [edit] Ongoing [edit] World population - World population: 3,021,475,000
- Africa: 277,398,000
- Asia: 1,701,336,000
- Europe: 604,401,000
- Latin-America: 218,300,000
- Northern America: 204,152,000
- Oceania: 15,888,000
[edit] Births [edit] January–February - January 2 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author and artist
- January 3 – Sandeep Marwah, Indian filmmaker
- January 4 – Michael Stipe, American rock singer (R.E.M.)
- January 6
- January 10
- January 12
- January 13
- January 20 – Will Wright, American computer game designer
- January 22 – Michael Hutchence, Australian rock musician (INXS) (d. 1997)
- January 23 – Patrick de Gayardon, French skydiver and skysurfing pioneer (d. 1998)
- January 28 – Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
- January 29
- February 2 – Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist
- February 3
- February 7 – James Spader, American actor
- February 13
- February 14 – Jim Kelly, American football player
- February 16 – Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress
- February 19 – Prince Andrew, Duke of York
- February 21 – Henry G. Brinton, American writer and minister
- February 23 – Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
- February 27 – Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
- February 28 – Dorothy Stratten, Canadian model and actress (d. 1980)
- February 29 – Richard Ramirez, American serial killer
[edit] March–April - March 2 – Hector Calma Filipino basketball player
- March 4
- March 7
- March 8 – Finn Carter, American actress
- March 10 – Anne MacKenzie, Scottish broadcaster
- March 12 – Minoru Niihara, Japanese singer
- March 13 – Joe Ranft, American animator (d. 2005)
- March 14 – Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- March 16 – Jenny Eclair, British comedian, actress and novelist
- March 18 – Richard Biggs, American actor (d. 2004)
- March 20 – Norm Magnusson, American artist
- March 21 – Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1994)
- March 23 – Nicol Stephen, Scottish politician
- March 24 – Nena Kerner, German singer
- March 26 – Marcus Allen, American football player
- March 27
- April 1 – Michael Praed, British actor
- April 2 – Linford Christie, British athlete
- April 3 – Elizabeth Gracen, American beauty queen, actress, and model
- April 4 – Hugo Weaving, Australian actor
- April 11 – Jeremy Clarkson, English journalist and television show host
- April 13 – Rudi Voller, German footballer and manager
- April 14 – Brad Garrett, American actor
- April 16
- April 18 – Neo Rauch, German painter
- April 19 – Frank Viola, American baseball player
- April 23 – Valerie Bertinelli, American actress
- April 25 – Michael Lohan, American stockbroker and reality television star, father of Lindsay Lohan
- April 28
[edit] May–June - May 4
- May 6 – Roma Downey, Irish-born actress
- May 10 – Bono, Irish rock singer (U2)
- May 14
- May 15 – Julian Jarrold, English film & television director & producer
- May 16 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
- May 18
- May 20 – John Billingsley, American actor
- May 21 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (d. 1994)
- May 22 – Hideaki Anno, Japanese director
- May 23 – Linden Ashby, American actor
- May 31 – Greg C. Adams, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 4 – Bradley Walsh, English comedian and actor
- June 6 – Steve Vai, American guitarist
- June 8 – Mick Hucknall, English rock singer and songwriter (Simply Red)
- June 12 – Corynne Charby, French model, actress and singer
- June 14 – Peter Mitchell, Australian news reader
- June 16 – Peter Sterling, Australian rugby player
- June 17 – Michael Monroe, Finnish rock singer (Hanoi Rocks)
- June 18 – Kevin Drinkell, English footballer
- June 21 – Kevin Harlan, American sports announcer
- June 28 – John Elway, American football player
- June 30 – Tony Bellotto, Brazilian guitarist and writer
[edit] July–August - July 3 – Perrine Pelen, French alpine skier
- July 4 – Sid Eudy, American professional wrestler
- July 5 – Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
- July 7 – Kevin A. Ford, American astronaut
- July 8 – Thilo Martinho, German composer, singer-songwriter
- July 9 – Charles Gavin, Brazilian drummer and producer
- July 13 – Ian Hislop, British journalist and broadcaster
- July 14 – Kyle Gass, American music singer-song-writer-guitarist/actor
- July 17
- July 21
- August 1 – Chuck D, American rapper, (Public Enemy)
- August 4
- August 7 – David Duchovny, American actor
- August 8 – Ulrich Maly, German politician and Mayor of Nuremberg
- August 10
- August 12 – Laurent Fignon, French road bicycle racer
- August 13 – Phil Taylor, English darts player
- August 14 – Sarah Brightman, English soprano singer and actress
- August 17 – Sean Penn, American actor
- August 19 – Morten Andersen, American football player
- August 23 – Chris Potter, Canadian actor and musician
- August 24 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player
- August 26 – Branford Marsalis, American musician
- August 30 – Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (d. 1992)
[edit] September–October - September 1 – Joseph Williams, American singer and film score composer
- September 2 – John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
- September 6 – Bob Stoops, American football coach
- September 7 – Phillip Rhee, American actor, producer and writer
- September 9 – Hugh Grant, English actor
- September 10 – Colin Firth, English actor
- September 14 – Callum Keith Rennie, Canadian actor
- September 16
- September 17 – Kevin Clash, American actor and puppeteer
- September 19 – Yolanda Saldívar, American murderer of tejano singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez
- September 22 – Joan Jett, American rock musician and vocalist
- October 4 – Billy Hatcher, American baseball player
- October 5 – Antonio de Oliveira Filho, Brazilian footballer
- October 6 – Richard Jobson, Scottish rock singer-songwriter, filmmaker, and television presenter (Skids)
- October 7 – Kyosuke Himuro, Japanese singer
- October 9 – Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (d. 2008)
- October 12 – Alexei Kudrin, Russian Minister of Finance
- October 17 – Guy Henry, English actor
- October 18 – Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor
- October 24
- October 26 – Jouke de Vries, Dutch–Frisian politician
- October 28 – Landon Curt Noll, American astronomer, cryptographer, and mathematician
- October 29 – Finola Hughes, British actress
- October 30 – Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer
[edit] November–December - November 3 – Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player
- November 4 – Frl. Menke, German pop singer
- November 5 – Tilda Swinton, British actress
- November 9 – Joëlle Ursull, Guadeloupean singer
- November 10 – Neil Gaiman, English author
- November 11 – Stanley Tucci, American actor and film director
- November 17 – Jonathan Ross, English television presenter
- November 18 – Kim Wilde, English singer and gardener
- November 20 – Marc Labrèche, Canadian actor and television host
- November 25
- November 26 – Harold Reynolds, American baseball player and broadcaster
- November 27
- November 30
- December 3
- December 4 – Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete
- December 5 – Brian Bromberg American jazz bassist and composer
- December 10
- December 14 – Bob Paris, American bodybuilder and gay rights advocate
- December 18 – Kazuhide Uekusa, Japanese economist
- December 24 – Carol Vorderman, British television presenter
- December 27 – Maryam d'Abo, British actress
- December 28 – John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player
- December 29 – Dave Pelzer, American author
- December 31
[edit] Deaths [edit] January–June - January 1 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
- January 3 – Victor Sjöström, Swedish actor (b. 1879)
- January 4
- January 5 – Donald Knight, English cricketer (b. 1894)
- January 7 – Dorothea Chambers, English tennis champion (b. 1878)
- January 9 – Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's novelist (b. 1880)
- January 12 – Nevil Shute, English writer (b. 1899)
- January 24
- January 25 – Diana Barrymore, American stage & film actress (b 1921)
- January 27 – Osvaldo Aranha, Brazilian politician (b. 1894)
- January 28 – Zora Neale Hurston, American folklorist and author (b. 1891)
- January 30 – J. C. Kumarappa, Indian economist (b. 1892)
- February 2 – Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja, Hindu teacher (b. 1884)
- February 3 – Fred Buscaglione, Italian singer and actor (b. 1921)
- February 6 – Jesse Belvin, American R&B singer (b. 1932)
- February 7 – Igor Kurchatov, Soviet physicist (b. 1903)
- February 9 – Jaroslav Joseph Polivka, Czech structural engineer (b. 1886)
- February 10 – Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian Catholic prelate (b. 1898)
- February 11 – Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian conductor (b. 1877)
- February 20 – Leonard Woolley, British archaeologist (b. 1880)
- February 21
- February 29 – Melvin Purvis, American lawman (b. 1903)
- February 29 – Walter Yust, American encyclopedia editor (b. 1894)
- March 2 – Stanisław Taczak, Polish general (b. 1874)
- March 4 – Leonard Warren, American opera singer (b. 1911)
- March 9 – Jack Beattie, Irish politician (b. 1886)
- March 11 – Roy Chapman Andrews, American explorer, adventurer and naturalist (b. 1884)
- March 26 – Ian Keith, American actor (b. 1899)
- April 1 – Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, King of Malaysia (b. 1895)
- April 5
- April 17 – Eddie Cochran, American rock singer (b. 1938)
- April 24
- April 25 – Hope Emerson, American actress (b. 1897)
- May 2 – Caryl Chessman, American criminal (b. 1921)
- May 3 – Masa Niemi, Finnish actor (b. 1914)
- May 8 – J. H. C. Whitehead, British mathematician (b. 1904)
- May 11 – John D. Rockefeller Jr., American philanthropist (b. 1874)
- May 12 – Prince Aly Khan, Pakistani United Nations ambassador (b. 1911)
- May 14 – Lucrezia Bori, Spanish opera singer (b. 1887)
- May 23 – Georges Claude, French inventor (b. 1870)
- May 27
- May 30 – Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (b. 1890)
- May 31 – Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (b. 1890)
- June 4
- June 14 – Ana Pauker, Romanian communist politician (b. 1893)
- June 17 – Arthur Rosson, English film director (b. 1886)
- June 18 – Shalva Aleksi-Meskhishvili, Georgian politician (b. 1884)
- June 19 – Chris Bristow, English race car driver (b. 1937)
- June 20
- June 25 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (b. 1869)
- June 27 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
[edit] July–December - July 6 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician (b. 1897)
- July 14 – Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, French physicist (b. 1875)
- July 15
- July 16 – John P. Marquand, American novelist (b. 1893)
- July 22 – Buddy Adler, American film producer (b. 1909)
- July 24 – Hans Albers, German actor and singer (b. 1891)
- July 26 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director (b. 1893)
- August 5 – Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
- August 10 – Frank Lloyd, American film director (b. 1886)
- August 23
- August 27 – Stanley Clifford Weyman, U.S. impostor (b. 1890)
- August 29 – Vicki Baum, Austrian writer (b. 1888)
- September 1 – Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, King of Malaysia (b. 1898)
- September 8
- September 9 – Jussi Björling, Swedish tenor (b. 1911)
- September 11 – Edwin Justus Mayer, American screenwriter (b. 1896)
- September 20 – Ida Rubinstein, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1885)
- September 23 – Kathlyn Williams, American actress (b. 1879)
- September 24 – Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian composer (b. 1905)
- September 27 – Sylvia Pankhurst, English suffragette (b. 1882)
- October 11 – Richard Cromwell, American actor (b. 1910)
- October 15
- October 21 – Ma Hongbin, Chinese warlord (b. 1884)
- October 31 – H. L. Davis, American author (b. 1894)
- November 2 – Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (b. 1896)
- November 5
- November 6 – Erich Raeder, German World War II naval leader (b. 1876)
- November 7 – A.P. Carter, American singer and songwriter (b. 1891)
- November 12 – Lord Buckley, American monologist (b. 1906)
- November 14 – Walter Catlett, American actor (b. 1889)
- November 16 – Clark Gable, American actor (b. 1901)
- November 19 – Phyllis Haver, American actress (b. 1899)
- November 24 – Grand Duchess Olga, sister of Nicholas II (b. 1882)
- November 25 – The Mirabal Sisters, three Dominican revolutionaries (b. 1924, 1926, 1935)
- November 28 – Richard Wright, American novelist (b. 1908)
- December 2 – Fritz August Breuhaus de Groot, German architect, interior designer and designer (b. 1883)
- December 13 – John Charles Thomas, American opera singer (b. 1891)
- December 14 – Gregory Ratoff, Russian actor and director (b. 1897)
- December 26
[edit] Nobel Prizes [edit] Academy Awards - Best Picture: Ben-Hur, Sam Zimbalist (producer)
- Best Foreign Language Film: Orfeu Negro, France
- Best Director: William Wyler, Ben-Hur
- Best Actor: Charlton Heston, Ben-Hur
- Best Supporting Actor: Hugh Griffith in Ben-Hur
- Best Actress: Simone Signoret, Room at the Top
- Best Supporting Actress: Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank
- Best Story and Screenplay: Pillow Talk by Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene, Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Room at the Top by Neil Paterson
- Best Original Song: "High Hopes" from A Hole in the Head
- Best Scoring of a Comedy or Dramatic Picture: Ben-Hur, Miklos Rozsa
- Best Scoring of a Musical Picture: Porgy and Bess, Andre Previn and Ken Darby
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