What Happened In July 1960 In History

Historical Events for July, 1960

• 1st » Independence of Somalia.
• 1st » Ghana becomes a Republic and Kwame Nkrumah becomes its first President of Ghana known as President as Queen Elizabeth II ceases to be its Head of state.
• 4th » Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Act).
• 8th » Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
• 11th » France legislates for the independence of Republic of Dahomey Dahomey (later Benin), Republic of Upper Volta Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso Burkina) and Niger.
• 11th » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• 11th » 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States.
• 12th » Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic or Russian SFSR, is founded.
• 14th » Jane Goodall arrives at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild.
• 16th » USS George Washington SSBN-598 6 a modified Skipjack class submarine successfully test fires the first ballistic missile while submerged.
• 20th » The Polaris missile is successfully launched from a submarine, the USS George Washington SSBN-598 6, for the first time.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1960

• 1st » Lynn Jennings, American runner
• 1st » Evelyn "Champagne" King, American singer
• 1st » Kevin Swords, American rugby player
• 2nd » Terry Rossio, American screenwriter and producer
• 2nd » Maria Lourdes Sereno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 24th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• 3rd » Vince Clarke, English singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (Depeche Mode, Yazoo (band) named Yazoo, The Assembly, Erasure, and VCMG)
• 4th » Sid Eudy, American wrestler and actor
• 4th » Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (d. 1994)
• 4th » Mark Steel, English comedian, actor, and author
• 4th » Barry Windham, American wrestler
• 5th » James M. Kelly (politician) named James M. Kelly, American politician
• 5th » Brad Loree, Canadian actor and stuntman
• 5th » Pruitt Taylor Vince, American actor
• 6th » Valerie Brisco-Hooks, American sprinter
• 6th » Jozef Pribilinec, Slovakian race walker
• 6th » Asahifuji Seiya, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 63rd Makuuchi Yokozuna named Yokozuna
• 6th » Maria Wasiak, Polish businessman
• 7th » Kevin A. Ford, American colonel and astronaut
• 7th » Ralph Sampson, American basketball player and coach
• 8th » Mal Meninga, Australian rugby player and coach
• 8th » Russell Taylor (cartoonist) called Russell Taylor, English journalist and illustrator
• 9th » Marc Mero, American wrestler and boxer
• 9th » Eduardo Montes-Bradley, Argentinian journalist, photographer, and author
• 10th » Jeff Bergman, American voice actor
• 10th » Seth Godin, American theorist and author
• 11th » David Baerwald American singer-songwriter (David & David)
• 11th » Caroline Quentin, English actress
• 12th » Corynne Charby, French model, actress, and singer
• 13th » Robert Abraham (American football) named Robert Abraham, American football player
• 13th » Ian Hislop, Welsh-English journalist and screenwriter
• 13th » Curtis Rouse, American football player (d. 2013)
• 14th » Anna Bligh, Australian politician, 37th Premier of Queensland
• 14th » Kyle Gass, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Tenacious D and Trainwreck (band) e.g Trainwreck)
• 14th » Angélique Kidjo, Beninese singer-songwriter and activist
• 14th » Jane Lynch, American actress and singer
• 14th » Mike McPhee, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Willie Aames, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 15th » Kim Alexis, American model and actress
• 15th » Crispin Blunt, German-English captain and politician
• 16th » Terry Pendleton, American baseball player and coach
• 17th » Kim Barnett, English cricketer and coach
• 17th » Mark Burnett, English-American screenwriter and producer
• 17th » Nancy Giles, American journalist and actress
• 17th » Robin Shou, Hong Kong actor and martial artist
• 17th » Dawn Upshaw, American soprano
• 17th » Jan Wouters, Dutch footballer and manager
• 18th » Simon Heffer, English journalist and author
• 18th » Anne-Marie Johnson, American actress
• 19th » Atom Egoyan, Egyptian-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 19th » Terrie Hall, American activist (d. 2013)
• 19th » Kevin Haskins, English-American drummer and songwriter (Bauhaus (band) or Bauhaus, Love and Rockets (band) called Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail)
• 19th » Steve Viksten, American voice actor and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 20th » Claudio Langes, Italian race car driver
• 20th » Prvoslav Vujčić, Serbian-Canadian poet and philosopher
• 21st » Amar Singh Chamkila, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1988)
• 21st » Lance Guest, American actor
• 21st » Veselin Matić, Serbian basketball player and coach
• 21st » Fritz Walter (footballer born 1960) or Fritz Walter, German footballer
• 22nd » Barbara Cassani, American businesswoman
• 23rd » Susan Graham, American soprano
• 23rd » Al Perez, American wrestler
• 24th » Catherine Destivelle, Algerian-French rock climber and mountaineer
• 25th » Alain Robidoux, Canadian snooker player
• 25th » Justice Howard, American photographer
• 27th » Jo Durie, English tennis player
• 27th » Gabrielle Glaister, English actress
• 27th » Conway Savage, Australian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
• 27th » Emily Thornberry, English lawyer and politician
• 28th » Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 28th » Jon J. Muth, American author and illustrator
• 28th » Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator
• 29th » Didier Van Cauwelaert, French author
• 30th » Jennifer Barnes, American-English musicologist and academic
• 30th » Richard Linklater, American director and screenwriter
• 30th » Jeff Rudom, American basketball player and actor (d. 2011)
• 31st » Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 31st » Malcolm Ross (musician) called Malcolm Ross, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Josef K (band) known as Josef K)

Famous Deaths for July 1960

• 3rd » Noël Bas, French gymnast (b. 1877)
• 6th » Aneurin Bevan, Welsh-English politician, Secretary of State for Health (b. 1897)
• 7th » Francis Browne, Irish photographer (b. 1880)
• 12th » Buddy Adler, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 13th » Joy Davidman, American-English poet and author (b. 1915)
• 15th » Set Persson, Swedish politician (b. 1897)
• 15th » Lawrence Tibbett, American singer and actor (b. 1896)
• 16th » Albert Kesselring, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 16th » John P. Marquand, American author (b. 1893)
• 26th » Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer (b. 1893)
• 26th » Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879)

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