Historical Events In 1960

Feb 29   Playboy Club, featuring bunnies, opens in Chicago in the year 1960.   

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

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   On this day in history leonard Warren, US baritone, dies on stage at 48   

Mar 04   In the year 1960 lucille Ball files divorce from Desi Arnaz   

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

Mar 05   In the year 1960 world Ice Dance Championship in Vancouver won by Doreen Denny & Courtney Jones (Great Britain)   

Mar 06   In the year 1960 president Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament   

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

Mar 07   In the year 1960 "Flower Drum Song" closes at St James Theater NYC after 602 performances   

Mar 07   On this day in history dutch Builders strike for CLA   

Mar 07   Leonid Brezhnev replaces Kliment Voroshilov as President of USSR on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Michael Tal beats Botvinnik 12½-8½ for world chess championship in the year 1960.   

Mar 07   The birth of Ivan Lendl, Czech tennis player in the year 1960.   

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

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   Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 in the year 1960.   

Mar 13   Fay Crocker wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship in the year 1960.   

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) on this day in history.   

Mar 15   In the year 1960 national Observatory at Kitt Peak, Arizona dedicated   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history "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   22nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Ohio State beats California 75-55 in the year 1960.   

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 in the year 1960.   

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

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

Mar 23   In the year 1960 explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit   

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Jan 02   In the year 1960 birth of raman Lamba, cricketer (Indian opening batsman 1986-87)   

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

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

Jan 03   Sandeep Marwah Founder of Film City, Noida, India was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1960 birth of cory Everson, Racine Wisconsin, body builder (6X Ms Olympia)   

Jan 04   Michael Stipe, US rock vocalist (REM-Losing My Religion, Stand) was born in the year 1960.   

Jan 04   In the year 1960 birth of april Winchell, American actress   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Cees [Cornelis J] Laseur, Dutch actor/dir (Hague Comedy), dies at 60 in the year 1960.   

Jan 03   Victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history luis da Costa, composer, dies at 80   

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