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1960_in_art

1960_in_aviation

Events

January_1 - Independence of Cameroon

January_11 - Chad declares its independence.

January_23 - Jacques_Piccard and Don_Walsh in the bathyscaphe ''USS_Trieste'' break a depth record when they descend to the bottom of Challenger_Deep 35,820 feet (10,750 meters) below sea_level in the Pacific_Ocean.

January_25 - The National_Association_of_Broadcasters reacts to the Payola scandal by threatening fines for any disk_jockeys who accepted money for playing particular records

February_9 - Joanne_Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame.

tests its first atomic_bomb.

February_21 - Cuban leader Fidel_Castro nationalizes all businesses in Cuba.

February_29 - Earthquake totally destroys Agadir, Morocco.

announces that 3,500 American troops are going to be sent to Vietnam.

, police open fire on a group of unarmed black South African demonstrators, killing 69 and wounding 180.

March_22 - A.L._Schawlow & C.H._Townes receive the first patent for a laser.

April_1 - Tuanku_Abdul_Rahman_ibni_Almarhum_Tuanku_Muhammad, 1st Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong of Malaysia dies in office. He is replaced by Hisamuddin_Alam_Shah_ibni_Almarhum_Sultan_Alaeddin_Sulaiman_Shah, Sultan of Selangor.

April_1 - The United_States launches the first weather_satellite, TIROS-1.

April_21 - In Brazil, The Country's capital (Federal_District) is shifted from Rio_de_Janeiro to Brasilia. The Estado_da_Guanabara (State of Guanabara) is founded to succeed Rio_de_Janeiro as the Brazilian_Federal_District.

April_27 - Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.

approves sale of the birth_control_pill.

May_10 - The nuclear submarine USS ''Nautilus'' completes the first under water circumnavigation of the earth.

May_11 - In Buenos_Aires four Mossad agents abduct fugitive Nazi Adolf_Eichmann who was using the assumed name "Ricardo Klement."

May_13 - First ascent of Dhaulagiri, 7th highest mountain

May_15 - Sputnik 4 is launched into Earth orbit.

May_16 - Nikita_Khrushchev demands an apology from US President Dwight_D._Eisenhower for U-2_spy_plane flights over the Soviet_Union thus ending a Big_Four summit in Paris.

May_23 - Prime_Minister_of_Israel David_Ben-Gurion announces that Nazi war_criminal Adolf_Eichmann has been captured.

May_27 - In Turkey, General Cemal_Gürsel leads a military coup_d'etat removing President Celal_Bayar and the rest of the democratic government.

June_20 - Independence of Mali and Senegal

June_24 - Avro_748 first flight at Woodford, UK

July_1 - A Soviet MiG fighter north of Murmansk in the Barents_Sea shot down a six-man RB-47 crew. Two young United_States_Air_Force officers survived and were imprisoned in Moscow's dreaded Lubyanka_prison. (see RB-47H_shot_down)

July_4 - With the admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S._state earlier in the year, the 50-star flag_of_the_United_States debuts in Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania.

July_20 - Sri_Lanka (then Ceylon) elected Sirimavo_Bandaranaike Prime Minister, the world's first female head of government.

embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.

August_7 - Côte_d'Ivoire becomes independent.

by falling 16 miles (25.7 km) before opening his parachute; and fastest speed by a human without motorized assistance, 982 km/h (614 mi/h).

August 16 - Cyprus gains its independence from the United_Kingdom.

August_17 - Gabon gains independence from France.

pilot Francis_Gary_Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet_Union for espionage.

August 19 - for "Squirrel" and "Little Arrow"), 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. The spacecraft will return to earth the next day and all animals will be recovered safely.

August_20 - Senegal breaks from the Mali federation, declaring independence.

September_1 - Hisamuddin_Alam_Shah_ibni_Almarhum_Sultan_Alaeddin_Sulaiman_Shah, Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong of Malaysia dies in office. He is replaced by Tuanku_Syed_Putra_ibni_Almarhum_Syed_Hassan_Jamalullail, Raja of Perlis.

September_1 - Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the Pennsylvania_Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the history of the company (event lasted 2 days).

September_8 - In Huntsville,_Alabama, US President Dwight_D._Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall_Space_Flight_Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July_1).

pounds his shoe on a table at a General Assembly of the United_Nations meeting to protest discussion of Soviet_Union policy toward Eastern_Europe.

October_14 - US presidential candidate John_F._Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace_Corps.

October_29 - In Louisville,_Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later took the name Muhammad_Ali) wins his first professional fight.

November_1 - While campaigning for President_of_the_United_States, John_F._Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace_Corps.

November_2 - Penguin_Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the ''Lady_Chatterley's_Lover'' case.

is elected over Richard_M._Nixon, becoming the youngest man elected to that office.

November_15 - The Polaris_missile is test launched.

November_28 - Mauritania becomes independent of France.

November_30 - Production of the De Soto automobile brand ceases.

December_1 - Patrice_Lumumba, the deposed premier of the Republic_if_the_Congo was arrested by troops of Col. Joseph_Mobutu

December 1 - A 5-ton Soviet space ship containing animals, insects and plants was launched into orbit. The spacecraft burned up upon re-entry.

December_2 - The Archbishop_of_Canterbury, the Most Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, talked with Pope_John_XXIII for about an hour in the Vatican. It was the first time in more than 500 years that a head of the Anglican_church had visited the Pope.

December_2 - U.S. President Dwight_D._Eisenhower authorized the use of $1M for the relief and resettlement of Cuban refugees in Florida. Cuban refugees were arriving in Florida at the rate of 1,000 a week.

December_4 - Admission to the United_Nations of Mauritania was vetoed by the USSR.

December_5 - Pierre_Lagaillarde, who led 1958 and 1960 insurrections in Algeria, failed to appear in a Paris court. He was reported to have fled with 4 fellow defendants to Spain en route to Algeria.

December_7 - The United_Nations Security Council was called into session by the USSR to consider the 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 was marked by bloody riots by European and Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people.

December_12 - A Federal Court ruling that Louisiana's anti-integration laws were unconstitutional was upheld by the U.S._Supreme_Court.

December_13 - While the Emperor Haile_Selassie_I of Ethiopia was on a visit to Brazil, a revolt against his rule was carried out by his Imperial Guard. The rebels proclaimed the emperor's son, Crown Prince Asfa-Wossen.

December_14 - Antione_Gizenga proclaimed in Stanleyville in the Republic_of_the_Congo that he had assumed the premiership.

December_15 - King Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Deva of Nepal deposed the government and took power into his own hands.

December_16 - U.S. Secretary of State Christian_Herter announced that the United States would commit five atomic submarines and 80 Polaris_missiles to NATO by the end of 1963.

December_16 - A collision of a United_Airlines DC-8 and a TWA Super-Constellation over New_York_City killed 128 on planes and 6 on the ground.

December_17 - Troops loyal to Haile_Selassie_I in Ethiopia suppressed the revolt that started on December_13 and gave power back to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolved his son of any guilt.

December_19 - Fire swept through the USS_Constellation, the U.S.'s largest aircraft carrier, while it was under construction at a Brooklyn_Navy_Yard pier, injuring 150 and killing 50.

December_20 - Discoverer_XIX was launched into polar orbit from Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base, California. It was designed to measure radiation.

December_27 - France set off its third nuclear test blast at its atomic proving grounds at Reggan, Algeria.

December_31 - The farthing_coin, used in Great_Britain since the 13th_century, ceases to be legal_tender.

Year in topic

1960_in_film

''The_Apartment''

''Spartacus'', directed by Stanley_Kubrick, starring Kirk_Douglas, Laurence_Olivier, John_Gavin, Jean_Simmons, Charles_Laughton, Peter_Ustinov, and Tony_Curtis.

Alfred_Hitchcock's ''Psycho''

''The Alamo'' starring John_Wayne

1960_in_literature

1960_in_music

1960_in_sports

September_9 - First American_Football_League (AFL) game is played. (Denver_Broncos 13, Boston_Patriots 10)

1960_in_television

February_11 - Jack_Paar walks off his TV show because his monologue had been edited the night before, in favor of a three minute news update. Parr walked out at the beginning of the show, announced that he was quiting, said "There's got to be a better way to make a living," and walked off the stage. After network executives personally apologized, Parr returned to the show a month later. His first show back started with the words "As I was saying before I was interrupted..."

American Presidential Candidates John_F._Kennedy and Richard_M._Nixon debate live on television. The candidates behavior during the debate most likely altered the outcome of the election. In addition to being the first Presidential debates to be broadcast on television, the debates also marked the first time "split screen" images were used by a network.

''The_Andy_Griffith_Show'' premieres

Hanna_Barbera's ''The_Flintstones'' make their debut

90% of homes in the United States now own a television set, and over one hundred million television sets in use worldwide

Births

January_3 - Joan_Chen, actress

January_4 - Michael_Stipe, singer for R.E.M.

January_6 - Nigella_Lawson, celebrity_chef, writer

January 6 - Howie_Long, American_football star

January_11 - Stanley_Tucci, actor

January_12 - Oliver_Platt, actor

January_13 - Kevin_Anderson, actor

January_22 - Michael_Hutchence, musician ("INXS") (d. 1997)

January_24 - Nastassja_Kinski, actress

January_29 - Greg_Louganis, Olympics gold medalist in diving

February_7 - James_Spader, actor (''Pretty_in_Pink'', ''Stargate'')

February_11 - Richard_A_Mastracchio, astronaut

February_19 - Prince Andrew, second son of Queen Elizabeth II

February_29 - Tony_Robbins, motivational speaker

March_4 - Mykelti_Williamson, actor

March_7 - Ivan_Lendl, tennis player

March_13 - Adam_Clayton, bassist for the rock band U2

March_21 - Ayrton_Senna, automobile racer (d. 1994)

March_26 - Marcus_Allen, American_football star

April_4 - Hugo_Weaving, actor

April_14 - Brad_Garrett, actor (''Everybody_Loves_Raymond'')

April_26 - Roger Taylor, musician ("Duran_Duran")

May_10 - Bono, singer of U2

May_18 - Jari_Kurri, Hockey_Hall_of_Famer

May 18 - Yannick_Noah, tennis player

May_21 - Jeffrey_Dahmer, serial_killer (d. 1994)

June_8 - Mick_Hucknall singer/songwriter of Simply_Red

August_4 - José_Luis_Rodríguez_Zapatero, Prime_Minister_of_Spain

August_7 - David_Duchovny, actor

August_24 - Cal_Ripken,_Jr., baseball star

August_26 - Branford_Marsalis, jazz musician

September_9 - Hugh_Grant, actor

September_16 - John_Franco, baseball relief_pitcher

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October_30 - Diego_Maradona, soccer player

November_10 - Neil_Gaiman, author

November_25 - John_F._Kennedy,_Jr., lawyer and journalist (d. 1999)

November 25 - Amy_Grant, contemporary_Christian_music star

December_10 - Kenneth_Branagh, actor, film director

December_19 - Mike_Lookinland, actor, ''The_Brady_Bunch''

December_31 - John_Allen_Muhammad, convicted Beltway sniper

Deaths

January_4 - Albert_Camus Author Nobel_Prize winner 1957

January_12 - Nevil_Shute, writer

January_24 - Edwin_Fischer, pianist and conductor

April_1 - Tuanku_Abdul_Rahman_ibni_Almarhum_Tuanku_Muhammad, Yang_di-Pertuan_Besar of Negeri_Sembilan and 1st Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong of Malaysia.

May_8 - J._H._C._Whitehead, British mathematician

September_1 - Hisamuddin_Alam_Shah_ibni_Almarhum_Sultan_Alaeddin_Sulaiman_Shah, Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong of Malaysia.

November_5 - Mack_Sennett, pioneer producer/director

Nobel_Prizes

Physics - Donald_Arthur_Glaser

Chemistry - Willard_Frank_Libby

Medicine - Sir Frank_Macfarlane_Burnet, Peter_Brian_Medawar

Literature - Saint-John_Perse

Peace - Albert John Luthuli

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