Page 9: Historical Events In 1960
Saturday, 04 July 2026
Jun 20 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt. 


Jun 20 Federation of Mali ( and Senegal) is recorded as becoming independent of France. 


Jun 20 Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80. 


Jun 23 "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV. 


Jun 25 WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67. 


Jun 26 British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain 


Jun 26 John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70 


Jun 26 Madagascar gains independence from France (National Day). 


Jun 27 British Somaliland is recorded as becoming part of Somalia. 


Jun 27 Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass. 


Jun 27 Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain dies at 69 


Jun 28 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record) 


Jun 28 26.42 cm (10.40") of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record). 


Jun 30 Belgian Congo is recorded as becoming an independent state. 


Jun 30 Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79. 


Jun 30 Za‹re (then Belgian Congo) gains independence from Belgium. 


Jul 01 Ghana is recorded as becoming a republic. 


Jul 01 Italian Somalia gains independence, unites with Somali Republic 


Jul 03 Alfred Henry Ackley, composer, dies at 73 


Jul 04 Mickey Mantle hits career homer # 300 


Jul 06 Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3207 mile walk from LA to NYC. 


Jul 07 USSR shoots down a US aircraft over Barents sea 


Jul 09 Edward Burlingame Hill, composer, dies at 86 


Jul 11 In this year, 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL claims 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC. 


Jul 11 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence 


Jul 11 Ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent. 


Jul 12 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence 


Jul 12 Echo I, inaugural passive satellite launched 


Jul 12 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs. 


Jul 13 Anna Blaman, Dutch writer (Life and Death), dies at 55 


Jul 13 Democratic Natl convention nominates Sen John F Kennedy for president. 


Jul 13 In this year, 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL claims 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York 


Jul 14 Fire raging through a Guatemala City, Guatemala insane asylum results in the deaths of 225, severly injuring 300 


Jul 14 In this year, Barbara Romack claims LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament 


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