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1960 Calendar

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•  January 28, 1960 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Rat in Chinese astrology.
•  March 9, 1960 – Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis.
•  May 6, 1960 – More than 20 million viewers watch the first televised royal wedding when Princess Margaret marries Anthony Armstrong-Jones at Westminster Abbey.
•  May 15, 1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
•  May 16, 1960 – Theodore Maiman operates the first optical laser, at Hughes Research Laboratories in Malibu, California.
•  May 22, 1960 – An earthquake measuring 9.5 on the moment magnitude scale, now known as the Great Chilean Earthquake, hits southern Chile. It is the most powerful earthquake ever recorded.
•  May 24, 1960 – Following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle begins to erupt.
•  August 7, 1960 – Côte d'Ivoire becomes independent.
•  September 28, 1960 – Mali and Senegal join the United Nations.
•  December 31, 1960 – The farthing coin ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.

•  February 3, 1960 – Joachim Löw, German football manager
•  February 16, 1960 – Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
•  March 15, 1960 – Mike Pagliarulo, American baseball player
•  July 1, 1960 – Kevin Swords, American rugby player
•  July 10, 1960 – Jeff Bergman, American voice actor
•  July 17, 1960 – Kim Barnett, English cricketer
•  September 17, 1960 – Damon Hill, English race car driver and 1996 F1 world champion
•  October 10, 1960 – Simon Townshend, British rock guitarist
•  December 14, 1960 – Don Franklin, American actor
•  December 28, 1960 – Ray Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player