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1960 was a leap year and the year of Africa's independence from colonial rule. It also saw major events in politics, science, culture and sports, such as the Greensboro sit-ins, the Aswan Dam, the first human descent to the Mariana Trench and the Summer Olympics.
- New York Mid-Air Collision
On December 16, 1960, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 bound...
- Television
January 9 – Baseball competition Home Run Derby from Wrigley...
- 1960 in the United States
July 4 – Following the admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S....
- 1960s in music
The 1960s saw the evolution of rock and the beginnings of...
- New York Mid-Air Collision
Six Olympic Games were held in the 1960s, Squaw Valley and Rome in 1960, Innsbruck and Tokyo in 1964, Grenoble and Mexico City in 1968 (all during the Cold War). The 1960s were the height of the Space Age and space aesthetics in popular culture.
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Federal government
1. President: Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-Kansas/Pennsylvania) 2. Vice President: Richard Nixon (R-California) 3. Chief Justice: Earl Warren (California) 4. Speaker of the House of Representatives: Sam Rayburn (D-Texas) 5. Senate Majority Leader: Lyndon B. Johnson (D-Texas) 6. Congress: 86th
January
1. January 2 – U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) announces his candidacy for the Democraticpresidential nomination. 2. January 19 – The Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan is signed in Washington, D.C. 3. January 23 – Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh descend into the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste, reaching the depth of 10,916 meters. 4. January 25 – In Washington, D.C., the National Association of Broadcasters reacts to the payola scandal b...
February
1. February 1 – Greensboro sit-ins: In Greensboro, North Carolina, four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the Southern United States, and six months later, the original four protesters are served lunch at the same counter. 2. February 9 2.1. Adolph Coors...
March
1. March 3 – Elvis Presleyreturns home from Germany to the United States, after being away on military duty for 2 years. 2. March 5 – Elvis Presleyreceives his honorable discharge from the U.S. Army. 3. March 6 – Vietnam War: The United States announces that 3,500 American soldiers will be sent to Vietnam. 4. March 17 – Northwest Airlines Flight 710crashes near Tell City, Indiana, killing all 61 on board. 5. March 22 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent f...
January 1 – Michael Seibert, ice dancer and choreographerJanuary 4January 6 – Howie Long, American football playerJanuary 12 – Dominique Wilkins, French-born basketball playerJanuary–June
1. January 1 – Margaret Sullavan, film actress (b. 1909) 2. January 4 – Dudley Nichols, screenwriter (b. 1895) 3. January 10 – Arthur S. Carpender, admiral (b. 1884) 4. January 12 – William Adams Delano, architect (b. 1874) 5. January 16 – Rudulph Evans, sculptor (b. 1878) 6. January 24 6.1. John Miljan, film actor (b. 1892) 6.2. Matt Moore, Irish-American film actor (b. 1888) 7. January 25 – Diana Barrymore, stage & film actress (b. 1921) 8. January 28 – Zora Neale Hurston, African-American...
July–December
1. July 12 – Buddy Adler, film producer (b. 1906) 2. July 15 – Lawrence Tibbett, operatic baritone (b. 1896) 3. July 16 – John P. Marquand, novelist (b. 1893) 4. July 26 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director (b. 1893) 5. August 7 – Walden L. Ainsworth, admiral (b. 1886) 6. August 9 – Richard Cramer, actor (b. 1889) 7. August 10 – Frank Lloyd, film director (b. 1886) 8. August 14 – Fred Clarke, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates), member of MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1872) 9. August 23 – Os...
The 1960s (also called the '60s) was the decade that began on January 1, 1960 and ended on December 31, 1969. It is distinct from the decade known as the 197th decade which began on January 1, 1961 and ended on December 31, 1970.
- The Great Society. During his presidential campaign in 1960, John F. Kennedy had promised the most ambitious domestic agenda since the New Deal: the “New Frontier,” a package of laws and reforms that sought to eliminate injustice and inequality in the United States.
- The War in Vietnam. Unfortunately, the War on Poverty was expensive–too expensive, especially as the war in Vietnam became the government’s top priority.
- The Fight for Civil Rights. The struggle for civil rights had defined the ‘60s ever since four black students sat down at a whites-only lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, in February 1960 and refused to leave.
- The Radical ’60s. Just as black power became the new focus of the civil rights movement in the mid-1960s, other groups were growing similarly impatient with incremental reforms.
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
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The 1960s saw the evolution of rock and the beginnings of the album era. [1] At the beginning of the 1960s, pop and rock and roll trends of the 1950s continued; nevertheless, the rock and roll of the decade before started to merge into a more international, electric variant.
