Page 2: Historical Events In 1960

Jan 21   Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km in the year 1960.   

Jan 21   Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning in the year 1960.   

Jan 22   10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia in the year 1960.   

Jan 23   On this day in history piccard &Walsh in bathyscaph "Trieste" reach 10,900 meters in Mariana Trench   

Jan 24   In the year 1960 algeria uprises against French President De Gaulle   

Jan 24   John Miljan, actor (Charlie Chan in Paris, Yankee Clipper), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Diana Barrymore, actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at 38 in the year 1960.   

Jan 28   Goon Show's final episode on BBC in the year 1960.   

Jan 28   In the year 1960 jacques de Menasce, composer, dies at 54   

Jan 29   Louis Jean Heydt, actor (Joe-Waterfront), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Jan 30   In the year 1960 cIA allows Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart) lookout Mr. Powers   

Jan 30   In the year 1960 dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands   

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

Jan 30   In the year 1960 uS female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss   

Jan 30   US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins on this day in history.   

Jan 31   In the year 1960 lowell Gilmore, actor (Calcutta, Roadblock), dies at 53   

Feb 01   4 students stage first civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro NC Woolworth on this day in history.   

Feb 01   Extreme right-wing rebels in Algiers surrender on this day in history.   

Feb 02   In the year 1960 jeno Huszka, composer, dies at 84   

Feb 02   In the year 1960 michale Eufemia sinks 625 balls in pool match without a miss   

Feb 03   In the year 1960 johannes G Geelkerken, Dutch reformed vicar, dies at 80   

Feb 04   In the year 1960 bBWAA voters fail to elect a new Hall of Fame member   

Feb 05   In the year 1960 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 in the year 1960.   

Feb 07   Igor V Kurtshatov, Russian nuclear physicist, dies at 57 in the year 1960.   

Feb 07   In the year 1960 old handwriting found in at Qumran, near the Dead Sea   

Feb 08   In the year 1960 congress opens hearings looking into payola   

Feb 09   On this day in history aFL & NFL agree verbally to a no tampering pact   

Feb 09   On this day in history ernst von Dohnanyi, US composer, dies at 82   

Feb 11   Jack Paar walks off his TV show in the year 1960.   

Feb 12   In the year 1960 bobby Clark, vaudevillan (World's funniest circus clown), dies at 71   

Feb 12   In the year 1960 chinese army kills 12 Indian soldiers   

Feb 13   On this day in history "Beg, Borrow or Steal" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 5 perfs   

Feb 13   In the year 1960 delmar G Roos, designer of jeep, dies at 79   

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Jan 02   Raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87) was born in the year 1960.   

Jan 02   In the year 1960 birth of naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author   

Jan 03   In the year 1960 birth of joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor)   

Jan 03   Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India was born in the year 1960.   

Jan 04   In the year 1960 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   On this day in history birth of april Winchell, American actress   

Jan 05   In the year 1960 birth of steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)   

Jan 01   In the year 1960 death of margaret Sullavan, actress (Back Street), overdose at 48   

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

Jan 03   On this day in history victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80   

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Edith Barstow, choreographer (Frankie Laine Time), dies at 52 in the year 1960.   

Jan 07   In the year 1960 luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (b. 1880)