Page 4: Historical Events In 1960

Feb 29   In the year 1960 playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago   

Mar 03   In the year 1960 ninth largest snowfall in NYC history (14.5")   

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

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

Mar 04   In the year 1960 leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48   

Mar 04   Lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Mar 07   "Christine" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1960 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   In the year 1960 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.   

Mar 07   On this day in history uSSR announces Francis Gary Powers confessed to being a CIA spy   

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

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

Mar 11   Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus in the year 1960.   

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

Mar 13   On this day in history fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship   

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

Mar 14   On this day in history 14 die in a train crash in Bakersfield Calif   

Mar 15   Key Largo Coral Reef Preserve established (1st underwater park) in the year 1960.   

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

Mar 17   Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Mar 21   In the year 1960 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.   

Mar 22   On this day in history 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes   

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

Mar 23   Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit in the year 1960.   

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

Jan 02   Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author was born in the year 1960.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), dies in an auto accident at 46 on this day in history.   

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   Luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (b. 1880) died on this day in history.