July 1960 calendar

July 1960
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1960: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1960?

Events

01 Jul 1960 British Somaliland becomes Somalia
02 Jul 1960 Once Upon a Mattress closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 460 performances
03 Jul 1960 Vernon Presley (father of Elvis) weds Dee Alliot
04 Jul 1960 6th LPGA Championship won by Mickey Wright
05 Jul 1960 Mongolia adopts constitution
06 Jul 1960 Dr Barbara Moore completes a 3,207-mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City.
07 Jul 1960 Neth-US cemetery Margraten official opens
08 Jul 1960 Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.
10 Jul 1960 Belgium sends troops to Congo
11 Jul 1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City
12 Jul 1960 Congo, Chad and Central African Republic declare independence
13 Jul 1960 29th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 6-0 at Yankee Stadium, New York
14 Jul 1960 Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament
16 Jul 1960 George Crowe sets record of 12 pinch-hit home runs with a runner on.
18 Jul 1960 1st UN troops reach Congo
19 Jul 1960 San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal debuts, with a one hitter against Philadelphia Phillies.
20 Jul 1960 Sirima Bandaranaike becomes 1st female Premier of Ceylon
21 Jul 1960 Francis Chichester arrive in New York aboard Gypsy Moth II, setting record of 40 days for a solo Atlantic crossing
22 Jul 1960 Cuba nationalizes all US owned sugar factories
24 Jul 1960 42nd PGA Championship: Jay Hebert shoots a 281 at Firestone Country Club - Akron
25 Jul 1960 US Republican Convention nominates Nixon as presidential candidate
26 Jul 1960 Italian government of Fanfani forms
27 Jul 1960 VP Nixon nominated for President at Republican Convention in Chicago
28 Jul 1960 Republican National convention selects Richard Nixon as candidate
31 Jul 1960 KSOO (now KSFY) TV channel 13 in Sioux Falls, SD (NBC) 1st broadcast
01 Jul 1960 The Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) gains its independence from Italy. Concurrently, it unites as scheduled with the five-day-old State of Somaliland (the former British Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic.