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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of November 1960?


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

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in November 1960?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Save The Last Dance For Me
  2. - Georgia On My Mind
  3. - Stay
  4. - Are You Lonesome To-Night?
  5. - I Want To Be Wanted (Per Tutta La Vita)

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - It's Now Or Never
  2. - As Long As He Needs Me
  3. - Save The Last Dance For Me
  4. - Only The Lonely
  5. - I Love You

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven

Release year: 1960

Directed by: John Sturges

Starring: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Eli Wallach

Country: United States of America

The Sundowners

The Sundowners

Release year: 1960

Directed by: Fred Zinnemann

Starring: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns

Country: United States of America

Swiss Family Robinson

Swiss Family Robinson

Release year: 1960

Directed by: Ken Annakin

Starring: John Mills, Dorothy McGuire, James MacArthur, Janet Munro

Country: United States of America

The World of Suzie Wong

The World of Suzie Wong

Release year: 1960

Directed by: Richard Quine

Starring: William Holden, Nancy Kwan, Sylvia Syms, Michael Wilding

The Facts of Life

The Facts of Life

Release year: 1960

Directed by: Melvin Frank

Starring: Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Ruth Hussey, Don DeFore

Books

Which were the most popular books released in November 1960?
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The Affair by C.P. Snow

The Affair

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Donald Howard is charged with scientific fraud in the eighth installment of the Strangers and Brothers series. He is then fired from his college.

Decision At Delphi by Helen MacInnes

Decision At Delphi

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It was just another routine overseas assignment. This is what Ken Strang, a young architect from New York, thought when he was sent to Europe by a national travel magazine to draw the ruins of Greece.

The Good Years by Walter Lord

The Good Years

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1900-1914 These were the years of T.R. Trust busting, "the whole dinner pail", the Model T Ford, Wright Brothers' flying machine; "400", the Bunny Hug, and Turkey Trot were all part of this trust busting.

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

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To Kill A Mockingbird, the unforgettable story of a Southern childhood and the conscience crisis that rocked it became a bestseller immediately and was critically acclaimed when it was published for the first time in 1960.

Advise And Consent by Allen Drury

Advise And Consent

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Advice and Consent