List of events
Events from the year 1960 in the United States .
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 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. September 26: The first televised U.S. presidential election debate USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) steams under Golden Gate Bridge , 16 November 1960. 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 . 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] 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 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 )
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