Historical Events for January 1960
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Months in 1960: February March April May June July August September October November December
Results 1 - 43 of 43
1st - Bank of France issues new franc, worth 100 times the value of existing francs
1st - Cameroon (French Cameroon) gains independence from France
1st - Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars
1st - Montserrat adopts constitution
2nd - 1st redshank old world shore bird reported in N America (Halifax)
2nd - John Reynolds sets age of solar system at 4,950,000,000 years
2nd - Roger Sessions' 4th Symphony, premieres
2nd - Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency
4th - European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
5th - Continental League, a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of congressional support from NY Senator Kenneth Keating
9th - Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins
10th - Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz
11th - Chad declares independence from France
11th - Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
12th - Sobers & Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt v England
12th - Syracuse National Dolph Schayes is 1st NBA'er to score 15,000 points
14th - Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded
14th - US Army promoted Elvis Presley to Sergeant
17th - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
17th - NFL Pro Bowl: West beats East 38-21
18th - US & Japan sign joint defense treaty
19th - Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact
20th - Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo
21st - Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
21st - Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook S Afr, 417 die of methane poisoning
22nd - 10th NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 125-115 at Philadelphia
22nd - Coal mine of Johnburg caves-in, 417 die
22nd - French president De Gaulle escape attempt by general Massu
22nd - Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight boxing title
23rd - Bathosphere "Trieste" reach bottom of Pacific (10,900 m)
24th - Algeria uprises against French president De Gaulle
26th - High-school basketball sensation Danny Heater scores 135 points
26th - Oakland enters AFL
26th - Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot
28th - 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington DC
28th - Goon Show's final episode on BBC
28th - NFL announces Dallas Cowboys (1960) & Minn Vikings (1961) franchises
30th - CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)
30th - Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands
30th - Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI v England
30th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
30th - US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
31st - Songwriter Adolph Green marries actress/singer Phyllis Newman in NYC
