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What Happened In February 1960 In History

Historical Events for February, 1960

  • 1st » Four black students stage the first of the Greensboro sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
  • 3rd » Prime Minister of the United Kingdom known as British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan speaks of "a Wind of Change (speech) e.g wind of change", an increasing national consciousness blowing through colonial Africa, signalling that his Government is likely
  • 8th » Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom issues an Order-in-Council, stating that she and her family would be known as the House of Windsor, and that her descendants will take the name "Mountbatten-Windsor".
  • 8th » The first eight brass star plaques are installed in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • 13th » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
  • 13th » Black college students stage the first of the Nashville sit-ins at three lunch counters in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • 16th » The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton SSRN-586 6 begins Operation Sandblast, setting sail from New London, Connecticut, to begin the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
  • 26th » A New York-bound Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane e.g Alitalia airliner crashes into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.
  • 29th » An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1960

  • 2nd » Jari Porttila, Finnish journalist
  • 3rd » Tim Chandler, American bass player (The Swirling Eddies and The Choir (alternative rock band) e.g The Choir)
  • 3rd » Marty Jannetty, American wrestler
  • 3rd » Joachim Löw, German footballer and manager
  • 3rd » Malcolm Martineau, Scottish pianist
  • 3rd » Kerry Von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1993)
  • 4th » Tim Booth, English singer, dancer, and actor (James (band) named James)
  • 4th » Mark Dawson, English-American talent manager and producer
  • 4th » Siobhan Dowd, English-Irish author (d. 2007)
  • 4th » Jenette Goldstein, American actress
  • 4th » Jonathan Larson, American composer and playwright (d. 1996)
  • 4th » Dave Pichette, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 5th » Aris Christofellis, Greek soprano and musicologist
  • 5th » Micky Hazard, English footballer
  • 6th » Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist
  • 6th » Megan Gallagher, American actress
  • 6th » Frank Jeske, German footballer (d. 1994)
  • 7th » Robert Smigel, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 7th » James Spader, American actor
  • 8th » Benigno Aquino III, Filipino politician, 15th President of the Philippines
  • 8th » Dino Ciccarelli, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 8th » Stuart Hamm, American bass player
  • 9th » David Bateson, South African-Danish actor
  • 9th » Holly Johnson, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Frankie Goes to Hollywood and Big in Japan (band) known as Big in Japan)
  • 9th » Peggy Whitson, American biochemist and astronaut
  • 10th » Robert Addie, English actor (d. 2003)
  • 10th » Andrew Nairne, English curator
  • 11th » Momus (musician) named Momus, Scottish-Japanese author, journalist, and songwriter
  • 11th » Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut
  • 12th » George Gray (wrestler) named George Gray, American wrestler
  • 13th » Pierluigi Collina, Italian footballer and referee
  • 13th » John Healey, English politician
  • 13th » Gary Patterson, American football player and coach
  • 13th » Matt Salinger, American actor
  • 13th » Artur Yusupov, Russian-German chess player
  • 14th » Philip Jones (Royal Navy officer) named Philip Jones, English admiral
  • 14th » Jim Kelly, American football player
  • 14th » Anita Klein, Australian-English painter
  • 14th » Meg Tilly, American actress
  • 15th » Mikey Craig, English bass player (Culture Club)
  • 15th » Darrell Green, American football player
  • 15th » Roman Kostrzewski, Polish singer-songwriter (Kat (band) named Kat and Kat & Roman Kostrzewski)
  • 16th » Cherie Chung, Hong Kong actress
  • 16th » Bill Pecota, American baseball player
  • 16th » Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard, Atomic Mass (band) Atomic Mass, Gogmagog (band) Gogmagog, and Roadhouse (band) Roadhouse)
  • 17th » Shunji Kosugi, Japanese wrestler
  • 18th » Tony Anselmo, American animator and voice actor
  • 18th » Carol McGiffin, English radio and television host
  • 18th » Andy Moog, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 18th » Greta Scacchi, Italian-Australian actress
  • 19th » Prince Andrew, Duke of York
  • 19th » Leslie Ash, English actress
  • 19th » John Paul, Jr. (racing driver) or John Paul, Jr., American race car driver
  • 20th » Joel Hodgson, American comedian and actor
  • 20th » Wendee Lee, American voice actress
  • 20th » Siobhain McDonagh, English politician
  • 20th » Cándido Muatetema Rivas, Equatoguinean politician and diplomat, Prime Minister of Equatorial Guinea (d. 2014)
  • 21st » Laurent Petitguillaume, French radio and television host
  • 21st » Steve Wynn (songwriter) e.g Steve Wynn, American singer-songwriter (Dream Syndicate and The Baseball Project)
  • 21st » Plamen Oresharski, List of Prime Ministers of Bulgaria or 52nd Prime Minister of Bulgaria
  • 22nd » Paul Abbott, English screenwriter and producer
  • 22nd » Charles Cullen, American serial killer
  • 22nd » Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • 22nd » Jean-François Lepage, French photographer
  • 23rd » Alan Griffin, Australian politician
  • 23rd » Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan
  • 23rd » Ivan Vdović, Serbian drummer (Suncokret, Šarlo Akrobata, Supernaut (Serbian band) called Supernaut, and Ekatarina Velika) (d. 1992)
  • 24th » Nick Esasky, American baseball player
  • 25th » Stefan Blöcher, German field hockey player
  • 26th » Jaz Coleman, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Killing Joke)
  • 26th » Robert Jaspert, German footballer and manager
  • 27th » Andrés Gómez, Ecuadorian tennis player
  • 27th » Carson Yeung, Hong Kong businessman
  • 28th » Tōru Ōkawa, Japanese voice actor
  • 28th » Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (d. 1980)
  • 29th » Khaled (musician) called Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter
  • 29th » Lucian Grainge, English businessman
  • 29th » Bill Long (baseball) or Bill Long, American baseball player
  • 29th » Richard Ramirez, American serial killer (d. 2013)
  • 29th » Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker and author

Famous Deaths for February 1960

  • 7th » Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (b. 1903)
  • 8th » J. L. Austin, English philosopher (b. 1911)
  • 8th » Giles Gilbert Scott, English architect and designer, designed the Red telephone box and Liverpool Cathedral (b. 1880)
  • 9th » Alexandre Benois, Russian painter and critic (b. 1870)
  • 9th » Ernő Dohnányi, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1877)
  • 10th » Aloysius Stepinac, Croatian cardinal (b. 1898)
  • 12th » Oskar Anderson, German-Russian mathematician (b. 1887)
  • 12th » Jean-Michel Atlan, French painter (b. 1913)
  • 13th » Roelof Klein, Dutch rower (b. 1877)
  • 21st » Jacques Becker, French director and screenwriter (b. 1906)
  • 22nd » Paul-Émile Borduas, Canadian painter (b. 1905)
  • 23rd » Arthur Legat, Belgian race car driver (b. 1898)
  • 29th » Walter Yust, American journalist (b. 1894)
  • 29th » Melvin Purvis, American police officer and FBI agent (b. 1903)

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