Today in History for Year 1960 (Part 5)

Months in Year 1960: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 401 - 500 of 621

Aug 20th - USSR recovers 2 dogs, 1st living organisms to return from space
Aug 22nd - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open
Aug 22nd - Gil Hodges set NL righty HR record with #352
Aug 23rd - World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea)
Aug 24th - -127°F (-88°C), Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
Aug 24th - 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil
Aug 25th - 17th summer olympics opens in Rome
Aug 25th - AFL begins placing players names on back of their jersies
Aug 25th - Demonstrations against premier Lumumba
Aug 27th - Anita Lonsbrough swims world/olympic record 200m (2:49.5)
Aug 27th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Grossinger Golf Open
Aug 28th - White Sox Ted Kluzewski's 3-run HR is disallowed as ump called time
Aug 29th - Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack
Aug 30th - Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7
Aug 30th - East Germany imposes a partial blockade on West Berlin
Aug 31st - Agricultural Hall of Fame forms
Sep 1st - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
Sep 1st - Robert Bolt's "Man For All Seasons," premieres in London
Sep 2nd - Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
Sep 2nd - William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres
Sep 2nd - The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
Sep 4th - -12] Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean & US
Sep 5th - Cassius Clay captures Olympic light heavyweight gold medal
Sep 5th - President Kasavubu fires premier Lumumba of Congo
Sep 5th - Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal
Sep 5th - The poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
Sep 7th - Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m (2:04.3)
Sep 8th - German DR limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners
Sep 9th - 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10)
Sep 10th - Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2)
Sep 10th - NY Yankee Mickey Mantle hits 643' HR over right field roof in Detroit
Sep 11th - 17th Olympic games close in Rome Italy
Sep 11th - 74th US Womens Tennis: Darlene R Hard beats Maria Fraser (64 1012 64)
Sep 11th - 80th US Mens Tennis: Neale A Fraser beats Rodney G Laver (64 64 97)
Sep 11th - The Young Americans for Freedom, meeting at home of William F. Buckley, Jr., promulgate the Sharon Statement.
Sep 12th - "Vintage '60" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 8 performances
US President John F. Kennedy Sep 12th - John F. Kennedy avers he does not speak for the Roman Catholic Church, and neither does the Church speak for him.
Sep 13th - Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law
Sep 14th - Chubby Checker's "Twist" hits #1
Sep 14th - Coup under Col Joseph-Desire Mobutu in Congo
Sep 14th - Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia & Venezuela form OPEC
Sep 14th - KERA TV channel 13 in Dallas, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 14th - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) forms
Sep 15th - France spends 9 billion guilders on atomic experiments
Sep 16th - Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at 98
Sep 16th - Mil Brave Warren Spahn no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 4-0
Sep 17th - "Vintage '60" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 8 perfs
Sep 17th - Cuba nationalizes US banks
Sep 18th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open
Sep 19th - Chubby Checkers' "Twist" reaches #1
Sep 20th - UN General Assembly admit 13 African countries & Cyprus (96 nations)
Sep 20th - WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, FL (PBS) begins broadcasting
Sep 22nd - Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
Sep 24th - 1st nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, launches (USS Enterprise)
Sep 24th - International Development Association (UN agency) comes into existence
Sep 24th - USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launches
Sep 25th - 1st Atomic powered aircraft carrier (Enterprise) launched (US)
Sep 25th - Chubby Checker's "Twist," hits #1
Sep 25th - For 1st time since 1927, Pirates clinch NL pennant
Sep 25th - NY Yankees clinch AL pennant
Sep 25th - Phillies beat Reds 7-1, ending 16 consecutive Sunday loses
Sep 26th - 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon & Kennedy took place (Chicago)
Dictator Fidel Castro Sep 26th - Longest speech in UN history (4 hrs, 29 mins, by Fidel Castro)
Sep 27th - Europe's 1st "moving pavement," (travelator), opens at Bank station
Sep 28th - "Millionaire," last airs on CBS-TV
Sep 28th - "My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own," by Connie Francis hits #1
Sep 28th - "Queen For A Day," moves to ABC-TV
Sep 28th - "Sunrise at Campobello" premiered at Palace theater
Sep 28th - Ted Williams hits his final homer #521 (off Jack Fisher)
Sep 29th - "Johnny Ringo," TV Western Drama; last airs on CBS-TV
Sep 29th - "My Three Sons" starring Fred MacMurray, debuts on ABC-TV
Sep 29th - "Outlaws," TV Western Drama; debuts on NBC-TV
Sep 29th - "Tell Laura I Love Her" by Ricky Valance peaks at #1 in UK
Sep 29th - "lrma La Douce" opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 527 performances
Sep 30th - Flintstones premieres (1st prime time animation show)
Sep 30th - On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
Sep 30th - West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany
Oct 1st - 14th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 2-1 at Montreal
Oct 1st - KCBY TV channel 11 in Coos Bay, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 1st - Nigeria gains independence from Britain (National Day)
Oct 2nd - Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
Oct 3rd - "Flair" (CBS' answer to Monitor) premieres on radio with Dick Van Dyke
Oct 3rd - Janio Quadros elected president of Brazil
Oct 3rd - SF's White House dept store 1st to accept BankAmericard
Oct 3rd - Yanks win 8-7, ending season on a 15 game win streak, & record 193 HRs
Oct 4th - Courier 1B Launched; 1st active repeater satellite in orbit
Oct 5th - British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament
Oct 5th - Eastern AL Electra turbo-prop crashed in Boston Harbor (61 die)
Oct 5th - KEYC TV channel 12 in Mankato, MN (CBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 7th - "Route 66" premieres
37th US President Richard Nixon Oct 7th - 2nd JFK & Richard Nixon debate
Oct 8th - Bobby Richarson hits a World Series grand slammer
Oct 9th - Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass (2")
Oct 10th - "Laughs & Other Events" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 8 perfs
Oct 10th - 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo
Oct 10th - Cyclone hits coast of Gulf of Bengal; about 4000 die
Oct 10th - Ron Stewart of Ottawa rushes for CFL-record 287 yards
Oct 10th - WGTE TV channel 30 in Toledo, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 11th - Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)
Oct 11th - Radio-TV exec John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Det Tigers

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 401 - 500 of 782

Jul 17th - Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
Jul 18th - Anne-Marie Johnson, LA California, actress (In the Heat of the Night)
Jul 19th - Atom Egoyan, Cairo Egypt, director (Adjuster, Next of Kin)
Jul 20th - Katie Rabbet, London England, Prince Andrew's former girlfriend
Jul 20th - Lauren Gregg, Rochester Minn, US women's soccer coach (Olympics-96)
Jul 21st - Lance Guest, Saratoga California, actor (Lance-Lou Grant)
Jul 21st - Matt Mulhern, Phila, actor (Biloxi Blues)
Jul 21st - Fritz Walter, German footballer
Jul 22nd - Denyse Julien, Rouyn Quebec, badminton player (Olympics-9-92, 96)
Jul 22nd - Jon Oliva, American musician (Savatage)
Jul 23rd - Al Perez, American professional wrestler
Jul 25th - Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player
Jul 26th - LaTaunya Pollard, East Chic Ind, (Olympics-1980, 84)
Jul 26th - Mitch Kahn, San Clemente California, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
Jul 27th - Christina Singer, Geoppingen Germany, tennis star
Jul 27th - Jo Durie, England, tennis player
Jul 27th - Reinaldo de Carvalho, carnival King
Jul 28th - Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian film director
Jul 28th - Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese mangaka of Captain Tsubasa and Hungry Heart Wild Striker
Jul 30th - Richard Linklater, American filmmaker
Jul 31st - Dale Hunter, Petrolia, NHL center (Washington Capitals)
Jul 31st - lva Budarova, Czechostovakia, tennis star
Aug 1st - Chuck D, [Chuck Ridenhour], US rapper (Public Enemy)
Aug 1st - Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic
Aug 2nd - Apollonia, [Patricia Kotero], Santa Monica Ca, actress (Purple Rain)
Aug 2nd - Linda Fratianne, US, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1980)
Aug 2nd - Neal Morse, American musician (Spock's Beard, Transatlantic)
Aug 2nd - David Yow, American musician (Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard)
Aug 3rd - Gopal Sharma, Indian cricket off-spinner (2 Tests 1984-85)
Aug 3rd - Tim Mayotte, Springfield Mass, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988)
Aug 4th - Robbin Crosby, heavy metal rock guitarist/vocals (Ratt-Round & Round)
Aug 4th - Dean Malenko, American professional wrestler
Aug 4th - Bernard Rose, English director
Aug 4th - Tim Winton, Australian author
Aug 4th - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Spanish politician
Aug 5th - Calvin Hayes, rocker
Aug 5th - Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock)
Aug 5th - Seth Swirsky, American songwriter
Aug 6th - Dale Ellis, NBA guard/forward (Seattle Supersonics, Denver Nuggets)
Aug 7th - David Duchovny, NYC, actor (Fox Mulder-X Files)
Aug 7th - Jacquie O'Sullivan, rocker (Bananarama-Venus)
Aug 8th - Ulrich Maly, German politician
Aug 10th - Antonio Banderas, Malaga Spain, actor (Phila, Evita, Mambo Kings)
Aug 10th - [James] Kenneth Perry, Elizabethtown KY, PGA golfer (1991 Memorial)
Aug 10th - Nicoletta Braschi, Italian actress
Aug 10th - Todd David Hess, First USAF Member inducted into Army's Order of Military Medical Merit.
Aug 11th - Leora "Sam" Jones, Mt Olive NC, US team handball player (Olympic-92)
Aug 12th - Lonny Chin, Liverpool England, playmate (Jan, 1983)
Aug 12th - Morty Black, heavy metal rocker (TNT-7 Seas)
Aug 12th - Laurent Fignon, French cyclist
Aug 13th - Koji Kondo, Japanese composer
Aug 13th - Phil Taylor, English darts player
Aug 14th - Broderick Thompson, NFL tackle/guard (Denver Broncos)
Aug 14th - Fred Roberts, NBA forward (LA Lakers)
Aug 14th - Sarah Brightman, actress/singer (Phantom of the Opera)
Aug 14th - Cecilia Gasdia, Italian soprano
Aug 15th - Maureen "Peanut" Louie Harper, SF, tennis player (Denver-1985)
Aug 15th - Ron van de Berg, soccer player (Sparta)
Aug 15th - Tommy Aldridge, heavy metal rocker (Ozzy-Diary of a Mad Man)
Aug 16th - Timothy Hutton, Malibu California, actor (Turk 182, Ordinary People)
Aug 17th - Bruce Penhall, Balboa CA, actor (Savage Beach)
Aug 17th - Sean Penn, Santa Monica California, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
Aug 17th - Stephan Eicher, Swiss singer
Aug 18th - Sonny Skinner, Porstmouth VA, Nike golfer (1993 NIKE Shreveport Open)
Aug 19th - Bobby Hebert, NFL quarterback (Atlanta Falcons)
Aug 19th - Dan "Woody" Woodgate, rocker
Aug 19th - Morten Andersen, NFL kicker (Atlanta Falcons)
Aug 19th - Ron Darling, Hawaii, baseball pitcher (NY Mets)
Aug 20th - Elizabeth Alda, daughter of Alan Alda, actress (Beth-Four Seasons)
Aug 20th - Mark Langston, San Diego CA, pitcher (California Angels)
Aug 20th - Troy Young, horse trainer
Aug 23rd - Helen Rees, director (Design Museum)
Aug 23rd - Rodney Alan Greenblat, American graphic artist
Aug 23rd - Chris Potter, Canadian actor
Aug 24th - Cal Ripken, Havre de Grace Maryland, shortstop (Balt Orioles, game streak)
Aug 24th - David Guillory, jockey
Aug 24th - Franz Vienboeck, Austria, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-13)
Aug 24th - Kris Monaghan, Spokane WA, golfer (1990 Red Robin Kyocera Inamori)
Aug 24th - Steven W Lindsey, Arcadia California, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 87, sk:95)
Aug 24th - Kim Christofte, Danish footballer
Aug 24th - Takashi Miike, Japanese filmmaker
Aug 25th - Ashley Crow, American actress
Aug 26th - Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist (Bring on the Night, Tonight Show)
Aug 26th - Nancy Martinez, rocker
Aug 26th - Ola Ray, St Louis Mo, playmate (Jun, 1980)/actress (Thriller)
Aug 27th - Damon Keeve, SF California, heavyweight (209+ lbs) judoka (Olympics-92, 96)
Aug 28th - Cunningham T Ngcukana, South African worker's union leader
Aug 28th - Emma Samms, [Samuels], London, actress (Colby's, General Hospital)
Aug 28th - Leroy Chiao, Milwaukee Wisc, astronaut (STS 65, 72, sk: 92)
Aug 30th - Vic Wilk, Los Angeles CA, Nike golfer (1994 NIKE Knoxville Open)
Aug 30th - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (d. 1992)
Aug 30th - Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Lebanese terrorist group Hizbollah
Aug 30th - Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
Aug 30th - Guy A. Lepage, Quebec humorist, television host and producer
Aug 31st - Vali Ionescu, Romanian long jumper
Aug 31st - Chris Whitley, American musician (d. 2005)
Sep 2nd - Eric Dickerson, Texas, NFL halfback (LA Rams, Colts/2,105 yds in 1984)
Sep 2nd - Rex Hudler, Tempe AZ, outfielder (NY Yankees, California Angels)
Sep 2nd - Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
Sep 2nd - John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist