Historical Events In 1960
Friday, 29 September 2023
Jun 01 Lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76 on this day in history.
Jun 02 Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity) on this day in history.
Jun 03 Seven helicopters of HS-4 from Yorktown rescued 53 merchant seamen from the British freighter Shun Lee which was breaking up on Pratas Reef, 500 miles northwest of Manila in the year 1960.
Jun 03 On this day in history test launchings of Bullpup air-to-surface missiles from a Marine Corps HUS-1 helicopter were successfully completed at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River.
Jun 04 Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64 on this day in history.
Jun 06 On this day in history roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely"
Jun 08 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House" in the year 1960.
Jun 08 In the year 1960 first date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"
Jun 09 In the year 1960 rené Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies
Jun 11 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan) in the year 1960.
Jun 14 Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67 in the year 1960.
Jun 15 Argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichman on this day in history.
Jun 17 In the year 1960 pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70
Jun 18 On this day in history "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 perfs
Jun 20 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack & Jane Wyatt in the year 1960.
Jun 20 Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France on this day in history.
Jun 20 Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80 in the year 1960.
Jun 23 "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV in the year 1960.
Jun 25 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67 in the year 1960.
Jun 26 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain on this day in history.
Jun 26 On this day in history john Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70
Jun 26 On this day in history madagascar gains independence from France (National Day)
Jun 27 In the year 1960 british Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
Jun 27 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass in the year 1960.
Jun 27 Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain dies at 69 on this day in history.
Jun 28 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record) on this day in history.
Jun 28 In the year 1960 26.42 cm (10.40") of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
Jun 30 Belgian Congo becomes an independent state in the year 1960.
Jun 30 On this day in history clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79
Jun 30 In the year 1960 za‹re (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium
Jul 01 Ghana becomes a republic on this day in history.
Jul 01 In the year 1960 italian Somalia gains independence, unites with Somali Republic
Jul 03 Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1960.
Jul 04 Mickey Mantle hits career homer # 300 in the year 1960.
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