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

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1960?


Events

  • 01 Oct 1960 14th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 2-1 at Montreal
  • 02 Oct 1960 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Antonio Civitan Golf Tournament
  • 03 Oct 1960 Janio Quadros elected President of Brazil
  • 04 Oct 1960 Courier 1B launched; first active repeater satellite in orbit.
  • 05 Oct 1960 British Labour party demands unilateral nuclear disarmament
  • 07 Oct 1960 Route 66 premieres
  • 08 Oct 1960 Bobby Richarson hits a world series grand slammer (World Series #57).
  • 09 Oct 1960 Cowboy QB Eddie LeBaron throws shortest touchdown pass
  • 10 Oct 1960 Laughs & Other Events opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 8 performances
  • 11 Oct 1960 Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan
  • 12 Oct 1960 Nikita Khrushchev pounds his shoe at United Nations General Assembly session.
  • 13 Oct 1960 Nikita Khrushchev (PM USSR) bangs his shoe on table at UN
  • 14 Oct 1960 Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen
  • 15 Oct 1960 Laughs & Other Events closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 8 performances
  • 16 Oct 1960 NL votes to admit Houston and New York to league
  • 17 Oct 1960 Tenderloin opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 216 performances
  • 18 Oct 1960 In Britain, News Chronicle and Daily Mail merge, and London Evening Star merges with Evening News
  • 19 Oct 1960 KWCS (now KOOG) TV channel 30 in Ogden, UT (IND) begins broadcasting
  • 20 Oct 1960 Ralph Houk replaces Casey Stengel as New York Yankees manager.
  • 21 Oct 1960 1st British nuclear sub Dreadnought launched
  • 22 Oct 1960 Cassius Clay wins 1st battle as professional boxer
  • 24 Oct 1960 Disaster on USSR (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin & team (165 die-unconfirmed); USSR claims killed in plane crash
  • 25 Oct 1960 Cuba nationalizes all remaining US businesses
  • 26 Oct 1960 AL approves Washington Senators move to become Minnesota Twins and announces franchises in LA and Washington DC for 1961
  • 27 Oct 1960 AL admits LA and Washington to the league
  • 29 Oct 1960 Chartered C46 carrying California State's football team crashes, kills 16.
  • 30 Oct 1960 Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
  • 01 Oct 1960 Nigeria gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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Music charts

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

  1. - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
  2. - Mr. Custer
  3. - Save The Last Dance For Me
  4. - I Want To Be Wanted (Per Tutta La Vita)
  5. - The Twist

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Tell Laura I Love Her
  2. - Only The Lonely
  3. - As Long As He Needs Me
  4. - Nine Times Out Of Ten
  5. - How About That

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in October 1960?

The Last Temptation Of Christ by Nikos Kazantzakis

The Last Temptation Of Christ

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The international bestseller about Jesus Christ's life and death. The Last Temptation of Christ has been hailed as a masterpiece worldwide by critics. It is a massive reinterpretation of Gospels.

The Conscience Of A Conservative by Barry Goldwater

The Conscience Of A Conservative

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2011 Reprint of the 1960 Edition. Original edition in full facsimile. Not reproduced using optical recognition software. Goldwater published "The Conscience Of A Conservative" in the year he was born.

The Politics Of Upheaval by Arthur Schlesinger

The Politics Of Upheaval

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The Politics of Upheaval 1935-1936 is volume 3 of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s Age of Roosevelt series. It focuses on the turbulent final years of Franklin D.

Advise And Consent by Allen Drury

Advise And Consent

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Advice and Consent

The Strategy Of Peace by John F. Kennedy

The Strategy Of Peace

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"The statements in this volume are my attempt to clarify to myself and others my thoughts about the most important questions of foreign policy.