Historical Events In 1960

Feb 29   Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago on this day in history.  

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

Mar 03   In the year 1960 sammy White, actor (711 Ocean Drive, Sound Off), dies at 65  

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   Elvis Presley becomes a civilian after spending two years in the US Army in the year 1960.  

Mar 05   World Ice Dance Championship in Vancouver won by Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones (Great Britain) on this day in history.  

Mar 06   President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament in the year 1960.  

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

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

Mar 07   Dutch Builders strike for CLA in the year 1960.  

Mar 07   On this day in history leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR  

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

Mar 07   In the year 1960 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   USSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy on this day in history.  

Mar 08   "Greenwillow" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 95 performances on this day in history.  

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

Mar 11   Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus on this day in history.  

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   14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield CA on this day in history.  

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

Mar 15   Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 17   On this day in history eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA  

Mar 19   In the year 1960 "Redhead" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 455 performances  

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

Mar 19   In the year 1960 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   1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes in the year 1960.  

Mar 22   On this day in history patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes  

Mar 23   On this day in history explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87)  

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

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of joan Chen, [Chen Chung], Shanghai China, actress (Last Emperor)  

Jan 03   In the year 1960 birth of sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India  

Jan 04   Cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder (6X Ms Olympia) was born in the year 1960.  

Jan 04   Michael Stipe, US rock vocalist (REM-Losing My Religion, Stand) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   April Winchell, American actress was born in the year 1960.  

Jan 05   Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series) was born in the year 1960.  

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   Donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies in the year 1960.  

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

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

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