1960 Calendar
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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.
April 25, 1960
– The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
May 1, 1960
– Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
August 7, 1960
– Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
August 11, 1960
– Chad declares independence.
August 20, 1960
– Senegal breaks from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence.
September 26, 1960
– Fidel Castro announces Cuba’s support for the U.S.S.R.
October 12, 1960
– Cold War: Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe on a desk at United Nations General Assembly meeting to protest a Philippine assertion of Soviet Union colonial policy being conducted in Eastern Europe
November 4, 1960
– At the Kasakela Chimpanzee Community in Tanzania, Dr. Jane Goodall observes chimpanzees creating tools, the first-ever observation in non-human animals.
December 13, 1960
– While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard seizes the capital and proclaim him deposed and his son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, Emperor.
Who Were Born On 1960?
February 23, 1960
– Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
April 12, 1960
– Ron MacLean, Canadian sportscaster
May 26, 1960
– Rob Murphy, American baseball player
June 8, 1960
– Thomas Steen, Swedish hockey player
June 18, 1960
– Steve Murphy, Canadian news anchor
July 13, 1960
– Robert Abraham, American football player
July 15, 1960
– Kim Alexis, American supermodel and actress
September 9, 1960
– Bob Hartley, Canadian ice hockey head coach
October 25, 1960
– Christina Amphlett, lead vocalist for The Divinyls
October 29, 1960
– Finola Hughes, British actress