Historical Events for November 1960
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Results 1 - 53 of 53
1st - Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year
1st - Benelux treaty goes into effect
2nd - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad
2nd - George Weiss, at 66, resigns as GM of NY Yankees
2nd - Penguin Books publishes "Lady Chatterley's Lover"
2nd - Roger Maris nips Mickey Mantle as AL MVP, 225-222
3rd - "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 532 perfs
3rd - Ivory Coast adopts constitution
3rd - Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award
3rd - Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown," premieres in NYC
4th - "Misfits" premieres, final movie for Clark Gable & Marilyn Monroe
7th - KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting
8th - JFK (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for 35th US president
10th - Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill
11th - Largest NY Knick 49th St MSG crowd-18,499
12th - Coup against South Vietnam pres Ngo Dinh Diem fails
12th - Mercury-Redstone 1 test launch fails at 10 cm altitude
13th - Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude Spain)
13th - Sammy Davis Jr marries Swedish actress May Britt
14th - 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
14th - Belgium threatens to leave UN due to criticism on it's Congo-policy
14th - OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms
14th - Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1
14th - Riot due to school integration in New Orleans
15th - Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks
15th - USS G Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
16th - NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
17th - New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
18th - Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
18th - Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
19th - Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team
21st - Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
22nd - French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons
23rd - Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
23rd - Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
23rd - Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched
24th - Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)
25th - "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
25th - 1st atomic reactor for research & development, Richland Wa
25th - CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
25th - The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
26th - 48th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6
26th - Minneapolis-St Paul baseball club takes the name Twins
27th - CBS radio cancels "Have Gun Will Travel"
27th - Dr Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast
27th - Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points
27th - Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo
27th - Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
28th - CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
28th - Mauritania gains independence from France (Natl Day)
29th - 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB)
30th - French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
30th - Tad Mosels "All the Way Home," premieres in NYC
