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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 8, 1960
– The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
April 13, 1960
– The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world’s first satellite navigation system.
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.
April 19, 1960
– Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.
May 1, 1960
– Formation of the western Indian states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
July 14, 1960
– Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.
August 1, 1960
– Dahomey (later renamed Benin) declares independence from France.
August 12, 1960
– Echo 1A, NASA’s first successful communications satellite, is launched.
December 1, 1960
– Paul McCartney and Pete Best are arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany, after accusations of attempted arson.
Who Were Born On 1960?
January 12, 1960
– Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
January 29, 1960
– Gia Carangi, American model (d. 1986)
March 3, 1960
– Colin Wells, English cricketer
April 30, 1960
– David Miscavige, American cult leader
May 14, 1960
– Anne Clark, English singer
June 15, 1960
– Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player
June 18, 1960
– Steve Murphy, Canadian news anchor
October 23, 1960
– Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author (d. 2008)
November 20, 1960
– Veronika Bellmann, German politician
December 2, 1960
– Rick Savage, British bassist (Def Leppard)