May 1960 calendar

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

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1960?

Events

01 May 1960 Russia shoots down American pilot Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spy plane over Sverdlovsk.
02 May 1960 Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance
03 May 1960 The Off-Broadway musical comedy, The Fantasticks, opens in New York City's Greenwich Village, eventually becoming the longest-running musical of all time.
04 May 1960 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland
06 May 1960 English Prince Margaret marries Antony Armstrong-Jones
07 May 1960 Christine closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 12 performances
08 May 1960 Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Peach Blossom Golf Open.
09 May 1960 US send U-2 over USSR
10 May 1960 John F Kennedy wins primary in West Virginia
11 May 1960 French liner France launched
12 May 1960 Elvis Presley appears on a Frank Sinatra special
13 May 1960 WOLE TV channel 12 in Aguadillo, PR
14 May 1960 At the Drop of a Hat closes at John Golden NYC after 216 performances
15 May 1960 KHVO TV channel 13 in Hilo, HI (ABC) begins broadcasting
16 May 1960 Big four summit in Paris, France collapses as USSR levels spy charges against USA.
17 May 1960 First atomic reactor system to be patented, JW Flora, Canoga Park, California, USA.
18 May 1960 Eillen Fulton begins playing Lisa on As the World Turn
19 May 1960 DJ Alan Freed is accused of bribery in radio payola scandal
20 May 1960 Baseball game in Milwaukee postponed due to dense fog
21 May 1960 86th Preakness: Bobby Ussery aboard Bally Ache wins in 1:57.6.
22 May 1960 Virtually all coastal towns between 37th and 44th parallels severly damaged by tsunami that strikes Hilo, Hawaii at 01:04 AM
23 May 1960 Got A Girl by The Four Preps hits #24
24 May 1960 1 millionth Dutch telephone installed
27 May 1960 1st use of oversized catching mitt (Baltimore Oriole Clint Courtney)
28 May 1960 Greenwillow closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 95 performances
30 May 1960 Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (its 24th government, composed mostly of so-called quottechnocratsquot)
23 May 1960 A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Chile the previous day kills 61 people in Hilo, Hawaii.