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1960 Historical Event(s)
January 28, 1960
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
January 30, 1960
– The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties.
April 4, 1960
– France agrees to grant independence to the Mali Federation, a union of Senegal and French Sudan.
April 15, 1960
– At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
May 9, 1960
– The Food and Drug Administration announces it will approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle’s Enovid, making Enovid the world’s first approved oral contraceptive pill.
May 16, 1960
– Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
August 8, 1960
– South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
September 5, 1960
– The boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) is awarded the gold medal for his first place in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
September 26, 1960
– Fidel Castro announces Cuba’s support for the U.S.S.R.
December 17, 1960
– Troops loyal to Haile Selassie I in Ethiopia crush the coup that began December 13, returning power to their leader upon his return from Brazil. Haile Selassie absolves his son of any guilt.
Who Were Born On 1960?
February 4, 1960
– Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish author (d. 2007)
March 3, 1960
– Colin Wells, English cricketer
March 15, 1960
– Marco Pennette, American television producer
April 13, 1960
– Rudi Völler, German football coach
April 23, 1960
– Claude Julien, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
July 17, 1960
– Jan Wouters, Dutch football player and manager
July 28, 1960
– Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese manga artist (Captain Tsubasa, Hungry Heart Wild Striker)
September 10, 1960
– Colin Firth, English actor
October 8, 1960
– Reed Hastings, American businessman and entrepreneur
October 9, 1960
– Kenny Garrett, American jazz saxophonist