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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of November 1960?


Events

  • 01 Nov 1960 Balitmore Oriole shortstop Ron Hansen voted AL Rookie of Year
  • 02 Nov 1960 George Weiss, at 66, resigns as GM of New York Yankees
  • 03 Nov 1960 Unsinkable Molly Brown opens at Winter Garden NYC for 532 performances
  • 04 Nov 1960 Misfits premieres, final movie for Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe
  • 07 Nov 1960 KNRR TV channel 12 in Pembina, ND (IND) begins broadcsting
  • 08 Nov 1960 JFK (Sen-D-Mass) beats VP Richard Nixon (R) for 35th US President
  • 11 Nov 1960 Largest New York Knicks' 49th Steet Madison Square Gardens crowd-18,499.
  • 12 Nov 1960 Coup against South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem fails
  • 13 Nov 1960 Fire in movie theater kills 152 children (Amude, Spain).
  • 14 Nov 1960 OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries), forms
  • 15 Nov 1960 USS G Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
  • 16 Nov 1960 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
  • 17 Nov 1960 New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
  • 18 Nov 1960 Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
  • 19 Nov 1960 Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team
  • 21 Nov 1960 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
  • 22 Nov 1960 French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons
  • 23 Nov 1960 Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
  • 24 Nov 1960 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record).
  • 25 Nov 1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone and 2nd Mrs Burton) and cancels 4 other series
  • 26 Nov 1960 48th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6
  • 27 Nov 1960 CBS radio cancels Have Gun Will Travel
  • 28 Nov 1960 CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
  • 29 Nov 1960 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy
  • 30 Nov 1960 French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
  • 03 Nov 1960 The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in November 1960?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Save The Last Dance For Me
  2. - Georgia On My Mind
  3. - Stay
  4. - Are You Lonesome To-Night?
  5. - I Want To Be Wanted (Per Tutta La Vita)

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - It's Now Or Never
  2. - As Long As He Needs Me
  3. - Save The Last Dance For Me
  4. - Only The Lonely
  5. - I Love You

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in November 1960?

The House Of Five Talents by Louis Auchincloss

The House Of Five Talents

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Here's the portrait in gilt of Julius Millinder and his family, through five generations of love, ambition, and success... Julius Millinder was educated in the golden age robber barons.

How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market by Nicolas Darvas

How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market

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Reprint of 1960 edition. Original edition in full facsimile. It is not reproduced using optical recognition software. Nicolas Darvas, a Hungarian citizen, studied economics at the University of Budapest.

Water Of Life by Henry Morton Robinson

Water Of Life

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Three generations of an Indiana family experience the impact of whiskey-making

The Child Buyer by John Hersey

The Child Buyer

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This story is about an investigation into Mr. Wissey Jones' activities, a stranger who visits Pequot for urgent defense business.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

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To Kill A Mockingbird, the unforgettable story of a Southern childhood and the conscience crisis that rocked it became a bestseller immediately and was critically acclaimed when it was published for the first time in 1960.