Historical Events In 1960

Feb 29   On this day in history playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago   

Mar 03   Ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5") on this day in history.   

Mar 03   Sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65 in the year 1960.   

Mar 04   In the year 1960 french freighter "La Coubre" explodes in Havana Cuba, killing 100   

Mar 04   Leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48 in the year 1960.   

Mar 04   Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz in the year 1960.   

Mar 05   On this day in history elvis Presley becomes a civilian after spending two years in the US Army.   

Mar 05   World Ice Dance Championship in Vancouver won by Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones (Great Britain) in the year 1960.   

Mar 06   On this day in history president Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament   

Mar 07   In the year 1960 "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances   

Mar 07   "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances on this day in history.   

Mar 07   In the year 1960 dutch Builders strike for CLA   

Mar 07   Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on this day in history.   

Mar 07   In the year 1960 michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship   

Mar 07   On this day in history the birth of Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player   

Mar 07   USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) rescues 4 Russian soldiers from their landing craft 1,000 miles from Midway Island, which was drifting several weeks after their engine failed off Kamchatka Peninsula in the year 1960.   

Mar 07   In the year 1960 uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy   

Mar 08   "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 95 performances in the year 1960.   

Mar 10   USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing on this day in history.   

Mar 11   On this day in history pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus   

Mar 11   In the year 1960 roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76   

Mar 13   In the year 1960 fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship   

Mar 14   In the year 1960 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield CA   

Mar 14   14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif in the year 1960.   

Mar 15   On this day in history key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park)   

Mar 15   National Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated on this day in history.   

Mar 17   In the year 1960 eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA   

Mar 19   "Redhead" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1960 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Ohio State beats California 75-55   

Mar 19   On this day in history 22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55   

Mar 21   In the black township of Sharpeville in Transvaal, South Africa, Afrikaner police open fire on a group of peaceful black demonstrators, killing sixty-nine people and wounding nearly two hundred in a hail of sub-machine gunfire on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1960 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes   

Mar 22   Patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes on this day in history.   

Mar 23   In the year 1960 explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit   

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Jan 02   In the year 1960 birth of raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87)   

Jan 02   Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder (6X Ms Olympia)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of michael Stipe, US rock vocalist (REM-Losing My Religion, Stand)   

Jan 04   April Winchell, American actress was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)   

Jan 01   Margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48 died in the year 1960.   

Jan 02   Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

Jan 03   Victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1960 albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46   

Jan 05   On this day in history donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies   

Jan 06   In the year 1960 edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52   

Jan 07   On this day in history luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80   

Jan 09   Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (b. 1880) died in the year 1960.