Today in History for June 1960

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 51 of 51

1st - "Finian's Rainbow" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 12 performances
1st - WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
2nd - Broadway theaters close (labor dispute between owners & Actors Equity)
5th - "George Gobel Show," last airs on CBS-TV
5th - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Wolverine Golf Open
6th - Roy Orbison releases "Only the Lonely"
6th - South Africa police kills 11 Pondo's at Nqusa Hill
6th - Steve Allen Show," last airs on NBC-TV
8th - 1st date in James Clavell's novel "Nobel House"
8th - Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
9th - ABC & AFL sign a 5 year contract
9th - Typhoon Mary in China killed at least 1,600
11th - 92nd Belmont: Bill Hartack aboard Celtic Ash wins in 2:29.2
11th - House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)
12th - KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins
12th - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
13th - "Alley-Oop" by Dyna-Sores peaks at #59
13th - Prince Norodom Sihanoek becomes head of Cambodia
15th - Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races
15th - Argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann
16th - "Psycho," opens in NY
16th - Pres Eisenhower cancels trip to Japan
17th - Ted Williams hit his 500th HR
18th - "Destry Rides Again" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 perfs
18th - 60th US Golf Open: Arnold Palmer shoots 280 at Cherry Hills in Denver
18th - Giants hire Tom Sheehan as baseball's oldest debuting manager (66)
18th - Real Madrid wins 5th Europe Cup 1
19th - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
19th - Loretta Lynn records "Honky Tonk Girl"
Actress Jane Wyatt 20th - 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack & Jane Wyatt
20th - Federation of Mali (& Senegal) becomes independent of France
20th - Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johansson in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
20th - Heavyweight Floyd Patterson KOs Ingemar Johnstown (NYC)
21st - Armin Hary runs world record 100m (10.0)
23rd - "Pat Boone Show," last airs on ABC-TV
23rd - Japan signs security treaty with the US
24th - Geoff Griffin takes a hat-trick South Africa v England Lord's
25th - Earthquake in NE Belgium
25th - Madagascar gains independence of France
26th - British Somaliland (now Somalia) gains independence from Britain
26th - Hall of Fame allows veteran committee to vote annually
26th - Italian Somaliland declares independence from Italian-administration
26th - Madagascar (formerly Malagasy Rep) declares independence from France
27th - British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
27th - Chlorophyll "A" synthesized Cambridge Mass
27th - Oil pipe line from Rotterdam-Ruhrgebied opens
28th - 10.40" (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky (state 24-hour record)
29th - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open
29th - KYA-AM in SF changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks)
30th - US stops sugar import from Cuba
30th - Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 54 of 54

1st - Simon Gallup, English bassist (The Cure)
2nd - Tony Hadley, rock vocalist (Spandau Ballet-True)
2nd - Kyle Petty, American race car dr
3rd - Barry Lyons, baseball player
3rd - Carl Rackemann, cricketer (Queensland & Australian quickie)
3rd - Jack Daugherty, baseball player
3rd - Steve Lyons, baseball player
4th - Bradley Walsh, British actor
5th - Leslie Hendrix, American actress
5th - Margo Lanagan, Australian author
6th - Lola Forner, Alicante SW Spain, Miss Spain (1979)
6th - Steve Vai, Carle Place, New York, American guitarist (Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake)
7th - Bill Prady, American television producer
8th - Linda Hanley, Laguna Beach California, beach volleyballer (Olympics-4th-96)
8th - Mick Hucknall, rocker (Simply Red-Every Time We Say Goodbye)
9th - Nancy Taylor, SF CA, LPGA golfer (1994 Rochester Intl-54th)
9th - Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist
10th - Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor
12th - Mark John Calcavecchia, Laurel NE, PGA golfer (1987 Honda Classic)
14th - Tonie Campbell, LA California, 100m hurdler (Olympic-bronze-1988)
15th - Denise Haigh, LPGA golfer
17th - Mitzi Edge, Albany GA, LPGA golfer (1995 SAFECO Classic)
17th - Thomas Haden Church, American actor
18th - Ralph Brown, British actor
19th - Heike Walpot, German, cosmonaut
19th - Johnny Lee Gray, Jr, LA California, 800m runner (Olympics-7th-1996)
19th - Patti Rizzo, Hollywood Fla, golfer (Mexican Amateur champion 1980)
19th - Simon Wright, heavy metal drummer (AC/DC)
19th - Luke Morley, British guitarist
20th - Donna Mayhew, Taylor Penn, javelin thrower
20th - John Taylor, rocker
20th - Michael Corbett, Collingwood NJ, actor (David-Young & Restless)
20th - [Nigel] John Taylor, England, rock bassist (Duran Duran-Girls on Film)
22nd - Colleen Devine, San Gabriel Cal, actress (Irreconcilable Differences)
22nd - Tracy Pollan, NYC, actress (Family Ties)/aka Mrs Michael J Fox
22nd - Erin Brockovich-Ellis
23rd - Donald Harrison, American musician
23rd - Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese musician and programmer
24th - Juli Inkster, Santa Cruz CA, LPGA golfer (Dinah Shore-1984, 89)
24th - Nate Carr, Erie Pa, freestyle wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1988)
24th - Trisha Meili, the "Central Park Jogger"
24th - Karin Pilsäter, Swedish politician
24th - Erik Poppe, Norwegian film director
25th - Craig Johnston, Australian soccer player
26th - Barbara Edwards, Albuqueque NM, playmate of year (Sept, 1983)/actress
26th - Jumpy Geathers, NFL defensive end (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
26th - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist
27th - 7th marquess of Cholmondeley, English large landowner/millionaire
27th - Brian Dillinger, Brooklyn NY, actor (Brighton Beach Memoirs)
27th - Jim Nussle, (Rep-R-Iowa)
28th - John Elway, NFL quarterback (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
29th - Sergey Kopylov, USSR, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1980)
30th - Randy Ladouceur, Brockville, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
30th - Murray Cook, Australian children's singer (The Wiggles)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

4th - "Last Tango In Paris" actor Marlon Brando (36) weds Mexican-American actress Movita Castaneda (42)
6th - Singer-actress Eartha Kitt (33) weds Bill McDonald

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

1st - Lester Patrick, NHL coach/star, dies at 76
1st - Paula Hitler, sister of Adolf Hitler. (b. 1896)
4th - Lucien Littlefield, actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64
9th - René Maran, Martiniques writer (Batouala, Prix Goncourt), dies
14th - Ana Pauker-Rabensohn, Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67
14th - Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov, composer, dies at 57
17th - Pierre Reverdy, French author/poet (North-South), dies at 70
20th - Mahlon Hamilton, actor (Peg O'My Heart, High School Girl), dies at 80
20th - Walter Dehmel, writer, dies at 57
25th - WH Walter Baade, German/US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67
26th - John Brenden Kelly, rower (Olympic-gold-1920, 24), dies at 70
27th - Harry Pollitt, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain dies at 69
27th - Lottie Dod, English athlete (b. 1871)
28th - Jake Swirbul, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1898)
30th - Clarence Cameron White, composer, dies at 79