1960

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'''''' 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the 1960s. The year 1960 is also known as the "Year of Africa."

Events

January

See also January 1960

January – The state of emergency is lifted in Kenya, officially ending the Mau Mau Uprising.
January 1 – Cameroon gains its independence.
January 1 – Somalia gains its independence.
January 2 – U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
January 9–11 – Aswan High Dam construction begins in Egypt.
January 10 – British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan makes the Wind of Change speech for the first time (see February 3).
January 14 – The Reserve Bank and Commonwealth Bank are created in Australia.
January 19 – The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is signed in Washington, DC.
January 21 – A mine collapses at Coalbrook, South Africa, killing 500.
January 22
- In France, President Charles de Gaulle fires Jacques Massu, commander-in-chief for the French troops in Algeria.
- Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh descend into the Marianas Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste, reaching the depth of 10,916 meters and become the first humans to reach the lowest spot on Earth.
January 24 – A major insurrection occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy.
January 25 – In Washington, DC, the National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the payola scandal by threatening fines for any disc jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records.
January 30 – The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.

February

March

aftermath]] See also March 1960

March 3 – Elvis Presley returns home from Germany, after being away on duty for 2 years.
March 6
- Vietnam War: The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to Vietnam.
- The Canton of Geneva in Switzerland gives women the right to vote.
March 17 – Northwest Airlines Flight 710 crashes near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 63 on board.
March 21 – The Sharpeville massacre in South Africa results in more than 69 dead, 300 injured.
March 22 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
March 23 – Nikita Khrushchev meets Charles De Gaulle in Paris.
March 25 – Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer (music by André Popp, text by Pierre Cour) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 for France.

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

See also November 1960 : Polaris missile test]]

November 2 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case.
November 5 – Joe Grech, Maltese Singer, wins the 1st. Malta Song Festival (b. 1934)
November 8 – United States presidential election, 1960: In a close race, John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming (at 43) the youngest man elected President.
November 13 – Sammy Davis, Jr. marries Swedish actress May Britt.
November 14
- Belgium threatens to leave the United Nations over criticism of its Congo policy.
- Nigeria joins United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as 58th Member Country.
- A collision between 2 trains in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia kills 117 people.
November 15 – The Polaris missile is test-launched.
November 22 – The United Nations supports the government of Joseph Kasavubu and Joseph Mobutu in the Congo.
November 24 – Basketball player Wilt Chamberlain grabs 55 rebounds.
November 28 – Mauritania becomes independent of France.
November 30 – Production of the DeSoto automobile brand ceases.

December

Undated

The US census lists all people from Latin America as white, including blacks from the Dominican Republic, European whites from Argentina and Mexicans who resemble Native Americans.
Beginning in 1959, Argentina suffers economic recession.

Ongoing

Computer Age
Cold War

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

Births

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
- Kari Jalonen, Finnish ice hockey player
- Howie Long, American football player
- Miriam O'Callaghan, Irish television current affairs broadcaster
January 10
- Samira Said, Moroccan singer
- Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland
January 12
- Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
- Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
January 13
- Kevin Anderson, American actor
- Dolores McNamara, world-record lottery winner
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
- Greg Louganis, American diver
- Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
- Sean Kerly, British field hockey player
February 2 – Jari Porttila, Finnish sports journalist
February 3
- Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1993)
- Joachim Loew, German football manager
February 7 – James Spader, American actor
February 13
- Pierluigi Collina, Italian football (soccer) referee
- Gary Patterson, American football coach
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
- Laurent Petitguillaume, French radio and television host
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

March–April

March 2 – Hector Calma Filipino basketball player
March 4
- Mikko Kuustonen, Finnish singer and songwriter
- John Mugabi, Ugandan boxer and world Junior Middleweight champion
March 7
- Joe Carter, American baseball player
- Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player
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
- Hans Pflügler, German footballer
- Renato Russo, Brazilian singer (Legião Urbana) (d. 1996)
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
- Pierre Littbarski, German footballer and coach
- Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager
- Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (d. 2007)
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
- John Cerutti, American baseball player and announcer (d. 2004)
- Ian Rankin, Scottish crime novelist

May–June

May 4
- Andrew Denton, Australian television presenter and comedian
- Werner Faymann, Chancellor of Austria
May 6 – Roma Downey, Irish-born actress
May 10 – Bono, Irish rock singer (U2)
May 14
- Ronan Tynan, Irish tenor
- "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American professional wrestler (d. 2009)
May 15 – Julian Jarrold, English film & television director & producer
May 16 – Landon Deireragea, Nauruan politician
May 18
- Jari Kurri, Finnish hockey player
- Yannick Noah, French tennis player
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 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 22 - Erin Brockovich, American environmental activist
June 28 – John Elway, American football player
June 30 – Tony Bellotto, Brazilian guitarist and writer

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
- Jane Lynch, American actress
July 17
- Robin Shou, Hong Kong actor
- Jan Wouters, Dutch football player and manager
July 19 – Atom Egoyan, Armenian-Canadian film maker
July 21
- Ezequiel Viñao, Argentine-born composer
- Fritz Walter, German footballer
August 1 – Chuck D, American rapper (Public Enemy)
August 4
- José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain
- Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler
August 7 – David Duchovny, American actor
August 8 – Ulrich Maly, German politician and Mayor of Nuremberg
August 10
- Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor
- Todd David Hess, USAF Colonel and surgeon
- Kenny Perry, American golfer
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)

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
- John Franco, American baseball player
- Yianna Katsoulos, French singer
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
- Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999)
- Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver (Grave Digger)
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
October 31 - Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran

November–December

November 3 – Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player
November 3 – Francis Beckwith, American Catholic philosopher
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
- Amy Grant, American Christian and pop musician
- John F. Kennedy, Jr., American lawyer and journalist (d. 1999)
November 26 – Harold Reynolds, American baseball player and broadcaster
November 27
- Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Tim Pawlenty, American politician
November 30
- Rich Fields, American television personality
- Gary Lineker, English footballer and sports presenter
December 3
- Daryl Hannah, American actress
- Julianne Moore, American actress
December 4 – Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete
December 5 – Brian Bromberg American jazz bassist and composer
December 9 - Jeff "Swampy" Marsh American television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist, and actor
December 10
- Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director
- Michael Schoeffling, American actor and model
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
- Fred Hammond, American Gospel musician
December 28 – John Fitzgerald, Australian tennis player
December 29 – Dave Pelzer, American author
December 31
- John Allen Muhammad, American spree killer (d. 2009)
- Steve Bruce, English footballer

Deaths

January–June

January 1 – Margaret Sullavan, American actress (b. 1909)
January 3 – Victor Sjöström, Swedish actor (b. 1879)
January 4
- Albert Camus, French writer, Nobel Prize winner (b. 1913)
- Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter (b. 1895)
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
- Matt Moore, Irish-American actor (b. 1888)
- Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (b. 1886)
- John Miljan, American actor (b. 1892)
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
- Jacques Becker, French director (b. 1906)
- Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (b. 1901), last Vicereine of India
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 13 – Yosef Zvi HaLevy, Israeli rabbi and judge (b.1874)
March 26 – Ian Keith, American actor (b. 1899)
April 1 – Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, King of Malaysia (b. 1895)
April 5
- Cuthbert Burnup, English sportsman (b. 1875)
- Peter Llewelyn Davies, namesake for Peter Pan (b. 1897)
- Alma Kruger, American actress (b. 1868)
April 17 – Eddie Cochran, American rock singer (b. 1938)
April 24
- Max von Laue, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- George Relph, English actor (b. 1888)
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
- Edward Brophy, American actor (b. 1895)
- James Montgomery Flagg, American artist and illustrator (b. 1877)
- George Zucco, English actor (b. 1886)
May 30 – Boris Pasternak, Russian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (declined) (b. 1890)
May 31 – Walther Funk, German Nazi politician (b. 1890)
June 4
- Józef Haller de Hallenburg, Polish general (b. 1873)
- Lucien Littlefield, American actor (b. 1895)
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
- William E. Fairbairn, English soldier, police officer, and hand-to-hand combat expert (b. 1885)
- John B. Kelly, Sr., American Olympic rower, father of Grace Kelly (b. 1889)
June 25 – Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player (b. 1869)
June 27 – Lottie Dod, 88, English tennis player; Wimbledon women's champion, 1887-88, 1891-93 (b. 1871)

July–December

July 6 – Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician (b. 1897)
July 14 – Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, French physicist (b. 1875)
July 15
- Anton Giulio Bragaglia, Italian cinematographer (b. 1890)
- Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897)
- Lawrence Tibbett, American opera singer and actor (b. 1896)
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)
July 29 - Hasan Saka, ex prime minister of Turkey (b. 1885)
August 5 – Arthur Meighen, ninth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
August 10 – Frank Lloyd, American film director (b. 1886)
August 22
- Eduard Pütsep, Estonian wrestler (b. 1898)
- Johannes Sikkar, Estonian politician (b. 1897)
August 23
- Oscar Hammerstein II, writer and lyricist (b. 1895)
- Jersey Flegg, English-Australian rugby league player and chairman (b. 1878)
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
- Feroze Gandhi, Indian politician (b. 1912)
- Oscar Pettiford, American jazz musician (b. 1922)
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
- Henny Porten, German actress (b. 1890)
- Clara Kimball Young, American actress (b. 1890)
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
- Ward Bond, American actor (b. 1903)
- August Gailit, Estonian writer (b. 1891)
- Johnny Horton, American country singer (b. 1925)
- Mack Sennett, Canadian film producer and director (b. 1880)
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 20 - Ya'akov Cohen, Israeli poet (b. 1881)
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
- Giuseppe Bellanca, Italian-American aircraft designer and company founder (b. 1886)
- Watsuji Tetsuro, Japanese philosopher (b. 1889)

Nobel Prizes

Physics – Donald Arthur Glaser
Chemistry – Willard Frank Libby
Physiology or Medicine – Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Peter Brian Medawar
Literature – Saint-John Perse
Peace – Albert John Luthuli

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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