Page 2: Historical Events In 1960

Jan 21   Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning.   

Jan 22   10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia.   

Jan 23   Piccard and Walsh in bathyscaph "Trieste" reach 10900 meters in Mariana Trench   

Jan 24   Algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle.   

Jan 24   John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66   

Jan 25   Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at 38.   

Jan 28   Goon Show's final episode on BBC.   

Jan 28   Jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54.   

Jan 29   Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54.   

Jan 30   CIA allows Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart) lookout Mr. Powers   

Jan 30   Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands   

Jan 30   Riot curtails third day's play at Port-Of-Spain West Indies vs England.   

Jan 30   US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss.   

Jan 30   US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins   

Jan 31   Lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53   

Feb 01   4 students stage inaugural civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth   

Feb 01   Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender.   

Feb 02   Jeno Huszka, composer, dies at 84   

Feb 02   Michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss   

Feb 03   Johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80.   

Feb 04   BBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member.   

Feb 05   Louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies   

Feb 06   Jesse Belvin, rocker, dies at 26 in a car crash.   

Feb 07   Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist, dies at 57   

Feb 07   Old handwriting are discovered in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea.   

Feb 08   Congress opens hearings looking into payola.   

Feb 09   AFL and NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact   

Feb 09   Ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82.   

Feb 11   Jack Paar walks off his TV show   

Feb 12   Bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71   

Feb 12   Chinese army results in the deaths of 12 Indian soldiers   

Feb 13   "Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 perfs   

Feb 13   Delmar G Roos, designer of jeep, dies at 79   

Feb 13   France enters the nuclear era when it explodes its inaugural atomic bomb   

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Jan 02   Raman lamba: Cricketer (indian opening batsman 1986-87)   

Jan 02   Naoki urasawa: Japanese manga author   

Jan 03   Joan chen: [chen chung], shanghai china, actress (last emperor)   

Jan 03   Sandeep marwah founder of film city: Noida, india   

Jan 04   Cory everson: Racine wisconsin, body builder (6x ms olympia)   

Jan 04   Michael stipe: Us rock vocalist (rem-losing my religion, stand)   

Jan 04   April winchell: American actress   

Jan 05   Steve jones: British aviator (red bull air race world series)   

Jan 01   Margaret sullavan: Actress (back street), overdose at 48   

Jan 02   Cees [cornelis j] laseur: Dutch actor/dir (hague comedy),    

Jan 03   Victor seastrom: Entertainer,   

Jan 04   Albert camus: French author (stranger),   

Jan 05   Donald knight: Cricketer (54 runs in 2 tests for england 1921),    

Jan 06   Edith barstow: Choreographer (frankie laine time),   

Jan 07   Luis da costa: Composer,   

Jan 09   Elsie j. oxenham: British children's author (b. 1880)