December 1960 calendar

December 1960
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1960.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Macmillan (Conservative), Pope John XXIII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1960: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1960?

Events

01 Dec 1960 Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo
03 Dec 1960 Camelot opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances
04 Dec 1960 The admission of Mauritania to the United Nations vetoed by the Soviet Union for inscrutable reasons.
05 Dec 1960 Ghana drops diplomatic relations with Belgium.
06 Dec 1960 AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels
07 Dec 1960 Ivory Coast claims independence from France
08 Dec 1960 Expansion Los Angeles Angels sign a four-year lease to use Dodger Stadium.
09 Dec 1960 1st broadcast of Coronation Street on British ITV
11 Dec 1960 Black Sunday - Riot in Algiers, 114 die.
12 Dec 1960 The Supreme Court of the United States upholds a lower Federal Court ruling that the State of Louisiana's laws on racial segregation laws are unconstitutional, and overturns them.
13 Dec 1960 Laos General Fumi Nosavang occupies Vientiane.
14 Dec 1960 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forms.
15 Dec 1960 Richard Paul Pavlick is arrested for attempting to blow up and assassinate the U.S. President-Elect, John F. Kennedy only four days earlier.
16 Dec 1960 Wildcat opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 172 performances
17 Dec 1960 La Plume de Ma Tante closes at Royale Theater NYC after 835 performances
18 Dec 1960 General Meeting of United Nations condemns apartheid.
19 Dec 1960 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction in Brooklyn, New York (50 die).
20 Dec 1960 National Front for the Liberation of Vietnam is formed.
23 Dec 1960 King Saudi of Saudi-Arabia takes power.
24 Dec 1960 Dutch bishops question papacy values.
26 Dec 1960 Do Re Mi opens at St. James Theater NYC for 400 performances
27 Dec 1960 France sets off its third A-bomb test at its nuclear weapons testing range near Reggane, Algeria.
31 Dec 1960 The farthing coin ceases to be legal tender in the United Kingdom.
03 Dec 1960 The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.