August 1960 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1960 Aretha Franklins 1st recording session
• 03 Aug 1960 Niger gains independence from France.
• 04 Aug 1960 Rocket propelled US Air Force research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH.
• 05 Aug 1960 Burkina (formerly Upper Volta) declares independence from France
• 06 Aug 1960 Pitt Steelers (NFL) beat Toronto Argonauts (CFL) 43-16 in Toronto
• 07 Aug 1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Waterloo Golf Open
• 08 Aug 1960 Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini hits #1
• 09 Aug 1960 Race riot in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
• 10 Aug 1960 Discoverer 13 launched into orbit; returned first object from space.
• 11 Aug 1960 French colony of Chad became independent
• 12 Aug 1960 27th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Baltimore 32, All-Stars 7
• 13 Aug 1960 Central African Republic and Chad proclaim independence from France
• 15 Aug 1960 Congo (formerly Congo / Brazzaville) declares Independence from France
• 16 Aug 1960 Republic of Congo (Zaire, Dem Republic of Congo) forms
• 17 Aug 1960 Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow
• 18 Aug 1960 1st commercial oral contraceptive, Enovid 10 debuts in Skokie, Illinois
• 19 Aug 1960 Francis Gary Powers convicted of spying by USSR
• 20 Aug 1960 USSR recovers 2 dogs, 1st living organisms to return from space
• 22 Aug 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Asheville Golf Open
• 24 Aug 1960 60 people die when bus plunges off bridge into Turvo River, Brazil.
• 25 Aug 1960 17th summer olympics opens in Rome
• 27 Aug 1960 Anita Lonsbrough swims world / olympic record 200m
• 29 Aug 1960 Jordan Premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack
• 30 Aug 1960 Boston 2nd baseman Pete Runnels goes 6-for-7
• 31 Aug 1960 Agricultural Hall of Fame established.

Famous Birthday

• Sean Penn

  American actor whose original fame was for his marriage to pop star Madonna 8/16/1985.

• Antonio Banderas

  Spanish actor who was well established as a leading man of Spanish films when he gained international attention with roles in Pedro...

• David Duchovny

  American actor playing FBI agent Fox Mulder in a popular TV series that made its debut in 1996, "The X-Files.

• Sarah Brightman

  British singer made famous by her role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera.

• Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

  5th Prime Minister of Spain.

• Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
• Laurent Fignon

  French athlete, a cyclist who twice won the Tour de France (1983 and 1984).

• Timothy Hutton

  American actor producer and director.

• Stephan Eicher

  Swiss singer-songwriter (Grauzone).

• Eric Escoffier

  French mountain climber, an Alpinist who disappeared in the Pakistanis sector of the Himalayas while climbing the Broad peak.

• Hassan Nasrallah

  Lebanese politician 3rd Secretary-General of Hezbollah.

• Marcel Dib
• Barbara de Rossi
• Chuck D

  American rapper and producer (Public Enemy The Bomb Squad and Confrontation Camp).

• Anne Roussel
• Emma Samms

  English actress.

• Pascale Rocard
• Cal Ripken

  American baseball player: shortstop, Orioles.

• Enzo Enzo
• Takashi Miike

  Japanese actor director producer and screenwriter.

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Famous Deaths

• Frank Lloyd

  Scottish-American film director, scriptwriter and producer.

• Alexander Gauge

  Actor (Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at 46.

• Emil Strauss

  German writer (Vaterland).

• Oswald Veblin

  Mathematician.

• Rudolf Moser

  Composer, dies at 68.

• Mark Hambourg

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Anton Lajovic

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Vaino Hannikainen

  Composer, dies at 60.

• Hazza el-Majali

  Prime Minister of Jordan is assassinated.

• David Barnard Steinman

  American civil engineer and bridge designer (Born 1886).

• Oscar Hammerstein II

  Broadway librettist, dies at age 65.

• Luis Angel Firpo

  Argentine Boxer (Born 1894).

• Eduard Putsep

  Estonian wrestler (Born 1898).

• Arthur Meighen

  Canadian lawyer and politician 9th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1960).

• Vicki Baum

  Austrian-born American novelist whose Menschen im Hotel (1929; “People at the Hotel”; became a best-seller and was adapted as a successful...

• Danton Walker

  Columnist (Broadway Spotlight), dies at 61.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry
2. Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
3. Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
4. The Ventures - Walk -- Don't Run
5. Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Cliff Richard - Please Don't Tease
2. The Shadows - Apache
3. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
4. Elvis Presley - Mess Of Blues
5. Duane Eddy - Because They're Young