Historical Events for June 1960
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Months in 1960: January February March April May July August September October November December
Results 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"
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 heavywgt 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
