Monday 5 September 1960
It was Monday, under the sign of Virgo (see planets position on September 5, 1960). The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Willie Gault bob sledder/NFL receiver (Chicago Bears and Rob Stull.
In that special week of September people in US were listening to It's Now Or Never by Elvis Presley.
In UK Apache by The Shadows was in the top 5 hits.
The Bad Sleep Well, directed by Akira Kurosawa, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1960
while The Leopard by Guiseppe di Lampedusa was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Our House.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays:
- Rob Stull: Damascus, Maryland -- US pentathlete (1992 Olympics).
- Willie Gault bob sledder/NFL receiver (Chicago Bears: Los Angeles Raiders).
- Don Kulick: Swedish anthropologist and academic.
- Candy Maldonado: Puerto Rican baseball player manager and sportscaster.
- Kihachirō Uemura: Japanese actor and voice actor.
- Dayo Wong: Hong Kong comedian and actor.
Facts:
- President Kasavubu fires Premier Lumumba of Congo
- Wilma Rudolph wins her 2nd gold medal
- Cassius Clay captures the Olympic light heavyweight gold medal.
- The poet Leopold Sedar Senghor is elected as the first President of Senegal.
- The boxer Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) is awarded the gold medal for his first place in the light heavyweight boxing competition at the Olympic Games in Rome.
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in September 1960?
- LIFE: Ernest Hemingway
- Time: TIME Magazine Cover: Margaret Chase Smith, Lucia M. Cormier -- Sep. 5, 1960
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.7682
- Beano: Your personalised Beano Book from 1960
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of September 1960 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
- Chubby Checker - The Twist
- Walk -- Don't Run - The Ventures
- Bobby Rydell - Volare
- Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
- Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
- Donnie Brooks - Mission Bell
- Hank Ballard and the Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time
- Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
- Ferrante and Teicher - Theme From The Apartment
Top #10 R&B songs
- Brook Benton - Kiddio
- Hank Ballard And The Midnighters - Finger Poppin' Time
- Chubby Checker - The Twist
- Ike & Tina Turner - A Fool In Love
- Jackie Wilson - A Woman, A Lover, A Friend
- Hank Ballard And The Midnighters - The Twist
- Sam Cooke - Chain Gang
- Partin' Time - B.B. King
- Dinah Washington - This Bitter Earth
- Sugar Pie DeSanto - I Want To Know
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
The Leopard
The Sicilian prince, Don Fabrizio, hero of Lampedusa's great and only novel, is described as enormous in size, in intellect, and in sensuality.
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How I Made $2,000,000 In The Stock Market
2011 reprint of 1960 edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Hungarian by birth, Nicolas Darvas trained as an economist at the University of Budapest.
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The Night They Burned The Mountain
The Night They Burned the Mountain by Thomas Dooley Hardcover 1960
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Set This House On Fire
The day after Peter Leverett met his old friend Mason Flagg in Italy, Mason was found dead. The hours leading up to his death were a nightmare for Peter - both
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