June 1960 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of June 1960?

Events

01 Jun 1960 WDTV TV channel 5 in Clarksburg-Weston, WV (CBS) begins broadcasting
02 Jun 1960 Broadway theaters close
05 Jun 1960 George Gobel Show, last airs on CBS-TV
06 Jun 1960 Steve Allen Show, last airs on NBC-TV
07 Jun 1960 U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy wins the California Democratic primary.
08 Jun 1960 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
09 Jun 1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract
11 Jun 1960 92nd Belmont: Bill Hartack aboard Celtic Ash wins in 2:29.2
12 Jun 1960 KORN (now KDLT) TV channel 5 in Mitchell-Sioux Falls, SD (ABC) begins
13 Jun 1960 Alley-Oop by Dyna-Sores peaks at #59
15 Jun 1960 Angel Cordero wins his 1st of over 7000 horse races
16 Jun 1960 Psycho, opens in New York
17 Jun 1960 Fire consumes the El Rancho Vegas casino resort, on the Las Vegas Strip.
18 Jun 1960 Destry Rides Again closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 472 performances
19 Jun 1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Golf Open
20 Jun 1960 12nd Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Robert Stack and Jane Wyatt
21 Jun 1960 Armin Hary runs world record 100m
23 Jun 1960 Pat Boone Show, last airs on ABC-TV
24 Jun 1960 Joseph Kasavubu is elected as the first President of the independent Congo.
25 Jun 1960 Earthquake in NE Belgium
26 Jun 1960 Hall of Fame allows veteran committee to vote annually
27 Jun 1960 British Somaliland becomes part of Somalia
28 Jun 1960 10.40 (26.42 cm) of rainfall, Dunmor, Kentucky
29 Jun 1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open
30 Jun 1960 US stops sugar import from Cuba

Famous Birthday

Michèle Laroque
French actress producer and screenwriter.
Steve Vai
American musician, a guitarist who has credits with Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth, among others.
Mick Hucknall
British musician, lead singer and songwriter, with the soul-pop group "Simply Red.
Patrick Edlinger
French Free Solo Climber, surnamed "spider man" or "Le Blond".
Agnès Soral
Sibylle Rauch
Simon Gallup
Tony Hadley
Rock vocalist (Spandau Ballet-True).
Mehmet Oz
Mehmet Cengiz Oz, also known as Dr. Oz, is a Turkish-American cardiothoracic surgeon, author, and television personality.
John Taylor (guitarist)
Tracy Pollan
American actress.
Thomas Haden Church
American actor.
Erin Brockovich
American lawyer and environmentalist.
Laurent Gamelon
Patrick Dechorgnat
François Santoni
French Corsican politician, murdered on 17 August 2001 in Monacia-d'Aullène, a village of Corse-du-Sud.
Renaud Dutreil
French business executive, Chairman of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Inc.
Barbara Edwards
Albuquerque, New Mexico -- Playmate of year (Sept, 1983) / actress.
Didier Courrèges
Dominique Reynié
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Famous Deaths

Walter Dehmel
Writer, dies at 57.
WH Walter Baade
German / US astronomer (Andromeda), dies at 67.
John Brenden Kelly
Rower (1920, 24 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies at 70.
Clarence Cameron White
Composer, dies at 79.
Lucien Littlefield
Actor (Mr Beasley-Blondie), dies at 64.
Ana Pauker-Rabensohn
Romanian Foreign Minister (1945-52), dies at 67.
Vladimir Nikolayevich Kryukov
Composer, dies at 57.
Paula Hitler
Paula Hitler was a sister of Adolf Hitler.
Lester Patrick
Canadian hockey player.
Pierre Reverdy
French poet and moralist who first reflected Cubist and then Surrealist influence.
Tommy Corcoran
American baseball player and umpire (d. 1960).
Jake Swirbul
American businessman co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (d. 1960).
Lottie Dod
English tennis player golfer and archer (d. 1960).
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