1869) June 27 – Lottie Dod, English tennis player; Wimbledon women's champion, 1887–88, 1891–93 (b.
1869) June 27 – Lottie Dod, English tennis player; Wimbledon women's champion, 1887–88, 1891–93 (b.
Eisenhower authorizes the use of $1.0 million for the relief and resettlement of Cuban refugees, who had been arriving in Florida at the rate of about 1,000 per week. December 4 – The admission of Mauritania to the United Nations is vetoed by the Soviet Union. December 5 *Pierre Lagaillarde, who led the insurrections in 1958 and 1960 in Algeria, fails to appear in court in Paris, France.
Eisenhower for the U-2 reconnaissance plane flights over the Soviet Union, thus aborting the summit meeting scheduled for Paris in 1960. * Theodore Maiman operates the first laser. May 18 – Real Madrid beats Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 at Hampden Park, Glasgow, and wins the 1959–60 European Cup in Association football. May 20 – In Japan, police carry away socialist members of the Diet of Japan.
He is replaced by Hisamuddin Alam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah, Sultan of Selangor. * The United States launches the first weather satellite, TIROS-1. * The 1960 United States Census begins.
Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law. May 9 – The U.S.
Eisenhower for the U-2 reconnaissance plane flights over the Soviet Union, thus aborting the summit meeting scheduled for Paris in 1960. * Theodore Maiman operates the first laser. May 18 – Real Madrid beats Eintracht Frankfurt 7–3 at Hampden Park, Glasgow, and wins the 1959–60 European Cup in Association football. May 20 – In Japan, police carry away socialist members of the Diet of Japan.
He requests and receives help from Belgium. * Harper Lee publishes her novel To Kill a Mockingbird, which later wins the Pulitzer Prize for the best American novel of 1960. July 12 – Chin Peng is exiled from Malaysia to Thailand, and the Malayan state of emergency is lifted. July 13 – U.S.
Kennedy is nominated for President of the United States at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. July 14 – The United Nations Security Council decides to send troops to Katanga, to oversee the withdrawal of Belgian troops. July 20 – Ceylon elects Mrs.
This satellite returns to earth the next day and all animals are recovered safely. August 20 – Senegal breaks away from the Mali Federation, declaring its independence. August 25 – The 1960 Summer Olympic Games begin in Rome. August 29 – Hurricane Donna kills 50 people in Florida and New England. ===September=== September 1 * Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah, Sultan of Selangor and 2nd Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, dies in office.
The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day. September 5 * 1960 Summer Olympic Games: Muhammad Ali (at this time Cassius Clay) of the United States wins the gold medal in light-heavyweight boxing. * Congolese President Joseph Kasa-Vubu dismisses Patrice Lumumba's entire government, and also places Lumumba under [arrest]. * Poet Léopold Sédar Senghor is the first elected President of Senegal. September 6 – William Hamilton Martin and Bernon F.
Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover. November 8 – 1960 United States presidential election: In a close race, Democratic U.
Eisenhower authorizes the use of $1.0 million for the relief and resettlement of Cuban refugees, who had been arriving in Florida at the rate of about 1,000 per week. December 4 – The admission of Mauritania to the United Nations is vetoed by the Soviet Union. December 5 *Pierre Lagaillarde, who led the insurrections in 1958 and 1960 in Algeria, fails to appear in court in Paris, France.
Paul for the 1961 NFL season. January 30 – The African National Party is founded in Chad, through the merger of traditionalist parties. ===February=== 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.
2017) March 30 * Bill Corbett, American writer * Bill Johnson, 1st American Olympic Gold Medalist US Ski Team in 1984 Downhill March 31 * Mark Tuinei, American football player (d.
2019) * Damon Hill, British 1996 Formula 1 world champion * Kevin Clash, American actor and puppeteer September 19 – Yolanda Saldívar, American murderer of tejano singer Selena September 21 – David James Elliott, Canadian-American actor September 22 – Scott Baio, American actor September 25 * Eduardo Yáñez, Mexican film and television actor * Sam Whipple, American actor (d.
(Felix Baumgartner breaks his space diving record in 2012.) August 17 * The newly named Beatles begin a 48-night residency at the Indra Club in Hamburg, West Germany. * Gabon becomes independent from France. * The trial of American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers begins in Moscow. August 18 – United States president Dwight Eisenhower is briefed on the Congo crisis at a meeting with the U.S.
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