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List of events
Events from the year 1960 in the United States .
Incumbents
Federal government
Events
January
A section of lunch counter from the
Greensboro, North Carolina
Woolworth 's where the
Greensboro sit-ins began on February 1 preserved in the
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History
February
March
April
May
June
July
July 4: The 50-star
U.S. flag is adopted
July 1 – A
Soviet
MiG fighter north of
Murmansk in the
Barents Sea shoots down a 6-man
RB-47 . Two
United States Air Force officers survive and are imprisoned in
Moscow 's dreaded
Lubyanka prison .
July 4 – Following the admission of
Hawaii as the 50th
U.S. state the previous year, the 50-star
flag of the United States debuts in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .
July 11 –
Harper Lee releases her critically acclaimed novel
To Kill a Mockingbird .
July 13 – U.S. Senator
John F. Kennedy is nominated for president at the
Democratic National Convention in
Los Angeles, California .
July 21 –
Francis Chichester , English navigator and yachtsman, arrives in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II , having made a record solo Atlantic crossing in 40 days.
July 25 – The Woolworth's counter in
Greensboro, North Carolina , the subject of a sit-in that sparked sit-ins and pickets across the southern United States in February 1960, serves its first black customer.
July 25–28 – In
Chicago , the
Republican National Convention nominates U.S. Vice President
Richard M. Nixon for president and
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. for vice president.
August
September
September 26: The first televised
U.S. presidential election debate
October
November
USS
Oklahoma City (CLG-5) steams under
Golden Gate Bridge , 16 November 1960.
December
The
Texas Zephyr in
Dallas , December 26
December 2 – U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the use of $1 million for the relief and resettlement of
Cuban
refugees , who have been arriving in
Florida at the rate of 1,000 a week.
December 5 –
Boynton v. Virginia : The
U.S. Supreme Court declares segregation in public transit to be illegal.
December 9 – The first
Domino's Pizza location opens in
Ypsilanti, Michigan .
December 11 – MGM's
The Wizard of Oz is rerun on
CBS only a year after its previous
telecast , thus beginning the tradition of annual telecasts of the film in the United States.
December 12 – The
U.S. Supreme Court upholds a Federal Court ruling that
Louisiana 's segregation laws are
unconstitutional .
December 13 – Navy Commander Leroy Heath (Pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe (Bombardier/Navigator) establish a world altitude record of 91,450.8 feet (27,874.2 metres) in an
A3J Vigilante carrying a 1,000-kilogram payload, besting the previous record by over 4 miles.
December 16
December 19 – Fire sweeps through the
USS Constellation , the largest U.S. aircraft carrier, while it is under construction at a
Brooklyn Navy Yard pier, killing 50 and injuring 150.
December 20 – Discoverer 19 is launched into polar orbit from
Vandenberg Air Force Base , to measure
radiation .
Ongoing
Births
January 1 –
Michael Seibert , ice dancer and choreographer
January 4
January 6 –
Howie Long , American football player
[5]
January 12 –
Dominique Wilkins , French-born basketball player
[6]
January 19
January 21 –
Toxey Haas , businessman, founder of
Haas Outdoors, Inc.
January 28 –
Robert von Dassanowsky , cultural historian, writer and producer
January 29
February 3
February 7
February 13 –
Gary Patterson , American football coach
February 14 –
Jim Kelly , American football player
February 18 –
Tony Anselmo , animator and voice actor
[9]
February 19 –
John Paul Jr. , racing driver (d.
2020 )
February 20 –
Wendee Lee , voice actress
February 21 –
Henry G. Brinton , writer and minister
February 22 –
Charles Cullen , serial killer
February 27 –
Kara Kennedy , television producer, daughter of
Ted Kennedy (d.
2011 )
February 29 –
Tony Robbins , motivational speaker and author
March 2 –
Debra McMichael , wrestling valet
March 7 –
Joe Carter , baseball player
March 8
March 9 –
Finn Carter , actress and photographer
March 13 –
Joe Ranft , screenwriter, animator, storyboard artist and voice actor (d.
2005 )
[10]
March 14 –
Kirby Puckett , baseball player (d.
2006 )
March 20 –
Norm Magnusson , artist
March 21 –
Robert Sweet , rock drummer (
Stryper )
March 26
April 8 –
John Schneider , actor (
The Dukes of Hazzard )
April 12 –
David Thirdkill , basketball player
[11]
April 13 –
Bob Casey Jr. , U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania since 2007
April 18
April 19 –
Frank Viola , baseball player
April 20
April 21 –
Nate Thayer , journalist (d.
2023 )
[12]
April 23 –
Valerie Bertinelli , actress and TV presenter
[13] (born April 23, 1960)
[14]
April 28
April 30
May 3 –
Jaron Lanier , computer scientist
May 6 –
John Flansburgh , rock musician (
They Might Be Giants )
May 7 –
Adam Bernstein , music video/television director
May 8 –
Eric Brittingham , rock bassist
May 9 –
Tony Gwynn , baseball player (d.
2014 )
May 10 –
Dean Heller , U.S. Senator from Nevada since 2011 to 2019
May 14 –
Steve Williams , professional wrestler (d.
2009 )
May 20
May 21
May 25 –
Amy Klobuchar , U.S. Senator from Minnesota since 2007
June 1 –
Lucy McBath , politician
[15]
June 3 –
Don Brown , novelist, author and attorney
June 4 –
Paul Taylor , musician (
Winger )
June 5 –
Paul Montgomery , entrepreneur and inventor (d.
1999 )
[16]
June 6
June 8
June 12
June 14 –
Mike Laga , baseball player
June 17 –
Thomas Haden Church , film actor
June 21 –
Kevin Harlan , sports announcer
June 22 –
Erin Brockovich , environmental activist
June 24
June 26 –
Zachary Breaux , jazz guitarist (d.
1997 )
June 28 –
John Elway , football player
June 30 –
David Headley , terrorist
July 1 –
Guy Williams , basketball player
July 4
July 5
July 9 –
Marc Mero , amateur boxer and professional wrestler
July 10 – Ariel Castro, criminal (d.
2013 )
July 11 –
David Baerwald singer-songwriter (
David & David )
July 14
July 15 –
Kim Alexis , model and actress
July 16
July 18 –
Anne-Marie Johnson , actress
July 22 –
Jon Oliva , vocalist and pianist (
Savatage )
August 1 –
Chuck D , rapper
August 7 –
David Duchovny , actor
August 13 –
Lorna Simpson , African-American photographic and video artist
August 17 –
Sean Penn , film actor
August 19 –
Ron Darling , baseball player and sportscaster
August 26
September 1 –
Joseph Williams , singer and film score composer
September 14 –
Melissa Leo , film actress
September 17
September 19 –
Yolanda Saldívar , murderer of
Selena Quintanilla
September 21 –
Mary Mara , actress (d.
2022 )
[19]
September 30 –
Blanche Lincoln , U.S. Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011
October 4
October 5 –
Daniel Baldwin , actor
[20]
October 13
October 15 –
Michael Lewis , author and financial journalist
October 18 –
Craig Mello , biologist
October 19 –
Kerry Sanders , news correspondent
October 20 –
Peter Fitzgerald , U.S. Senator from Illinois from 1999 to 2011
October 21 –
Paul Rugg , voice actor and producer
October 24
October 28
November 1 –
Tim Cook , businessman (
Apple, Inc )
November 3
November 6 –
Lance Kerwin , actor (d.
2023 )
November 7 –
Peter Seidler , businessman (d.
2023 )
November 11
November 13 –
Neil Flynn , actor
November 14 –
Tom Judson , musical theatre actor
November 15 –
Keith Washington , singer
November 19
November 25
December 1 –
Carol Alt , model and actress
December 2
December 3
December 5 –
Brian Bromberg , jazz bassist and composer
December 9 –
Jeff "Swampy" Marsh , television director, writer, producer, storyboard artist and actor
December 10 –
Michael Schoeffling , actor and model
December 14 –
James Comey , lawyer, director of the
FBI
December 16 –
Sid Eudy , pro wrestler
December 21
December 22 –
Jean-Michel Basquiat , artist (d.
1988 )
December 27 –
Fred Hammond , African American gospel musician
December 30 –
Heather Wilson , soldier and politician; Secretary of the Air Force
December 31 –
John Allen Muhammad , African-American spree killer (d. 2009)
[23]
Deaths
January–June
January 1 –
Margaret Sullavan , film actress (b.
1909 )
January 4 –
Dudley Nichols , screenwriter (b.
1895 )
January 10 –
Arthur S. Carpender , admiral (b.
1884 )
January 12 –
William Adams Delano , architect (b.
1874 )
January 16 –
Rudulph Evans , sculptor (b.
1878 )
January 20 –
Matt Moore , Irish-American actor (b.
1888 )
January 24
January 25 –
Diana Barrymore , stage & film actress (b.
1921 )
January 28 –
Zora Neale Hurston , African-American folklorist and author (b.
1891 )
February 6 –
Jesse Belvin , R&B singer (b.
1932 )
February 9 –
Ernst von Dohnányi , Hungarian composer, pianist, and conductor (b.
1877 in Austria-Hungary )
February 12 –
Bobby Clark , comedian and singer (b.
1888 )
February 29
March 4 –
Leonard Warren , operatic baritone (b.
1911 )
March 6 –
Gene Ahern , comic-strip artist (b.
1895 )
March 11
March 26 –
Ian Keith , actor (b.
1899 )
April 5 –
Alma Kruger , actress (b.
1868 )
April 17 –
Eddie Cochran , rock singer (b.
1938 )
April 19 –
Beardsley Ruml , economist (b.
1894 )
April 24 –
Hope Emerson , actress (b.
1897 )
May 2 –
Caryl Chessman , criminal (b.
1921 )
May 11 –
John D. Rockefeller Jr. , financier and philanthropist, son of
John D. Rockefeller (b.
1874 )
May 22 –
Claire Phillips , spy (b.
1907 )
May 27
June 4 –
Lucien Littlefield , actor (b.
1895 )
June 6 –
Ernest L. Blumenschein , painter, member of
Taos art colony (b.
1874 )
June 20 –
John B. Kelly Sr. , Olympic rower (father of
Grace Kelly ) (b.
1889 )
June 25 –
Tommy Corcoran , baseball player (b.
1869 )
July–December
July 12 –
Buddy Adler , film producer (b.
1906 )
July 15 –
Lawrence Tibbett , operatic baritone (b.
1896 )
July 16 –
John P. Marquand , novelist (b.
1893 )
July 26 –
Cedric Gibbons , Irish-American art director (b.
1893 )
August 7 –
Walden L. Ainsworth , admiral (b.
1886 )
August 9 –
Richard Cramer , actor (b.
1889 )
August 10 –
Frank Lloyd , film director (b.
1886 )
August 14 –
Fred Clarke , baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates ), member of
MLB Hall of Fame (b.
1872 )
August 23 –
Oscar Hammerstein II , librettist (b.
1895 )
August 27 –
Stanley Clifford Weyman , impostor (b.
1890 )
September 1
September 3 –
Joseph Lamb , composer (b.
1887 )
September 8 –
Oscar Pettiford , African-American jazz bassist and composer (b.
1922 )
September 11 –
Edwin Justus Mayer , screenwriter (b.
1896 )
September 20 –
David Park , painter (b.
1911 )
September 23 –
Kathlyn Williams , actress (b.
1879 )
September 25 –
Emily Post , author, novelist, and socialite (b.
1872 )
October 11 –
Richard Cromwell , actor (b.
1910 )
October 15 –
Clara Kimball Young , actress (b.
1890 )
October 22 –
Morgan Dennis , painter and illustrator (b.
1892 )
October 31 –
H. L. Davis , author (b.
1894 )
November 3
November 5
November 7 –
A. P. Carter , singer and songwriter (b.
1891 )
November 8 –
Otto Frederick Rohwedder , engineer and inventor (b.
1880 )
November 12 –
Lord Buckley ,
monologist (b.
1906 )
November 14 –
Walter Catlett , actor (b.
1889 )
November 16 –
Clark Gable , film actor (b.
1901 )
[24]
November 19 –
Phyllis Haver , film actress (b.
1899 )
November 28
November 5 –
Johnny Horton , country singer, in automobile accident (b.
1925 )
December 8 –
Ross T. McIntire , naval surgeon (b.
1889 )
December 13 –
John Charles Thomas , operatic baritone (b.
1891 )
December 26 –
Giuseppe Bellanca , Italian-American aircraft designer and company founder (b.
1886 )
See also
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"David Thirdkill Stats" . Basketball-Reference.com .
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Nate Thayer, rebel reporter who interviewed Pol Pot in the Cambodian jungle, has died
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"Valerie Bertinelli" . TV Guide . Retrieved November 24, 2021 .
^ Hines, Ree (April 23, 2020).
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"Lucy McBath" . Archives of Women's Political Communication . Retrieved 28 June 2020 .
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Jim Beard, keyboardist for Steely Dan, dies aged 63
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