Page 5: Historical Events In 1960
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Mar 24 Paul Joostens, Flemish painter, dies at 70 


Mar 24 US appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene. 


Mar 25 DH Lawrence' "Lady Chatterley's Lover" ruled not obscene (New York NY) 


Mar 25 Italian government Tambroni forms. 


Mar 25 The inaugural guided missile launched from nuclear powered sub (Halibut) 


Mar 26 Ian Keith, actor (Identity Unknown, Queen Christina), dies at 61. 


Mar 26 Iraq executes 30 after attack on President Kassem. 


Mar 26 Orioles-Reds series for Havana, is moved to Miami 


Mar 27 Ian Whyte, composer, dies at 58 


Mar 28 Ian Keith, US actor (Ramses I-10 Commandments), dies at 61 


Mar 28 Pope John raises the 1st Japanese, 1st African and 1st Filipino cardinal 


Mar 28 Pope John raises the inaugural Japanese, inaugural African and inaugural Filipino cardinal. 


Mar 28 Scotch factory explodes burying 20 firefighters (Glasgow Scotland) 


Mar 29 Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres. 


Mar 29 Launch of inaugural fully integrated Fleet Ballistic Missile from USS Observation Island. 


Mar 30 Fritz Klimsch, German sculptor/painter, dies at 90 


Mar 31 Gore Vidal's "Best Man", premieres in New York NY 


Mar 31 Gore Vidal's "Best Man," premieres in NYC. 


Mar 31 Joseph Haas, German (opera)composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81 


Apr 01 inaugural weather satellite, TIROS 1, launched by the United States 


Apr 01 Mabry Harper catches a 25 lb Walleye in Tennessee. 


Apr 01 Piet[er O] Bakker, Dutch journalist/writer (Ciske), dies at 62 


Apr 01 RCA (TV and Infra-Red Observation 'weather' Satellite) I launched. 


Apr 01 U Nu elected premier of Burma. 


Apr 02 Cuba buys oil from USSR. 


Apr 02 USS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Brazil after floods 


Apr 03 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer/marxist theorist, dies at 87. 


Apr 03 Earthquake at Havre, Belgium. 


Apr 03 Earthquake at Havr‚, Belgium 


Apr 04 32nd Academy Awards - "Ben-Hur", Charlton Heston and Simone Signoret win. 


Apr 04 32nd Academy Awards 


Apr 04 Project Ozma begins at Green Bank radio astronomy center 


Apr 04 Senegal declares independence from France. 


Apr 05 Alma Kruger, actor (Made For Each Other), dies at 88 


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