November 1960 calendar

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

Famous Birthday

• RuPaul

  American transvestite, a black, 6' 5" drag queen who is an image of class and glamour in full costume.

• John F Kennedy Jr

  son of John Kennedy; lawyer.

• Tilda Swinton

  English actress.

• Tilda Swinton

  English actress.

• Kathy Griffin

  American comedian.

• Kim Wilde

  British singer, songwriter and actress.

• Jean-Luc Reichmann

  French radio presenter and TV host, imitator, born to Pierre Reichmann (jewish Czech), former director of "Mammouth" hypermarket based in...

• John Galliano

  Gibraltarian-English fashion designer.

• Maurane (singer)
• Neil Gaiman

  British author of several books, including the best-seller "American Gods" and writer of the popular "Sandman" graphic novel (comic book)...

• Yulia Tymoshenko

  Ukrainian economist and politician 10th Prime Minister of Ukraine.

• Stéphane Freiss

  French film and theatre actor, known as being the French double ("clone") of British actor Hugh Laurie.

• Tim Cook (Apple)
• Elizabeth Perkins

  American actress.

• Stanley Tucci

  Movie Actor.

• Jonathan Ross

  TV Show Host.

• Marc Labrèche

  Canadian actor.

• Jean-François Zygel

  French pianist improviser, composer and teacher of writing and improvisation at the Paris Conservatoire.

• Seattle (Washington)
• Neil Flynn

  American actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Clark Gable

  American actor and top star called "the King," Hollywood's quintessential masculine star.

• Mack Sennett

  Canadian-American actor director and producer (d. 1960).

• Ward Bond

  Actor (Wagon Train), dies of heart attack at 57.

• Salomon "Sam" de Wolff

  Zionist / socialist theorist, dies at 82.

• Walter Catlett

  Actor (Climax), dies of a stroke at 71.

• Dirk J de Geer

  Dutch Premier (1926-29, 39-40), dies at 89.

• Richard N Wright

  US Author (Native son), dies at 52 in Paris, France.

• Dimitris Mitropoulos

  Greek conductor and composer (Born 1896).

• Robert Raymond Cook

  Canadian murderer (Born 1937).

• Grand Duchess

  Olga Alexandrovna of Russia (Born 1882).

• Alvin Carter

  Vocalist (Carter Family), dies at 69.

• August Gailit

  Estonian journalist and author (d. 1960).

• Dimitri Mitropoulos

  Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (b.

• Paul Willis

  American actor and director (d. 1960).

• Richard Wright

  English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Pink Floyd) (d. 2008).

• Tsunenohana Kan'ichi

  Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (Born 1896).

• Phyllis Haver

  Actress (Don Juan), commits suicide at 61.

• Johnny Horton

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960).

• Erich Raeder

  German military, an Admiral, Commander in Chief 1928-43.

• Isadore Freed

  Composer, dies at 60.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
2. Ray Charles - Georgia On My Mind
3. Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay
4. Elvis Presley - Are You Lonesome To-Night?
5. Brenda Lee - I Want To Be Wanted (Per Tutta La Vita)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
2. Shirley Bassey - As Long As He Needs Me
3. The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me
4. Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely
5. Cliff Richard - I Love You