September 1960 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
• 02 Sep 1960 Tamara and Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
• 05 Sep 1960 President Kasavubu fires Premier Lumumba of Congo
• 06 Sep 1960 William Hamilton Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell, two American cryptologists, announce their defection to the Soviet Union at a press conference in Moscow.
• 07 Sep 1960 Ljudmila Shevcova runs female olympic record 800m
• 08 Sep 1960 German DR limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners
• 09 Sep 1960 4th American Football League plays first game (Denver 13, Boston 10).
• 10 Sep 1960 Abebe Bikila runs Olympic / World record marathon
• 11 Sep 1960 17th Olympic games close in Rome Italy
• 13 Sep 1960 Dutch 1st Chamber condemns soccer-law
• 14 Sep 1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC
• 15 Sep 1960 France spends 9 billion guilders on atomic experiments
• 16 Sep 1960 Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as a football coach at age 98.
• 17 Sep 1960 Cuba nationalizes American-owned banks.
• 18 Sep 1960 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Memphis Golf Open
• 20 Sep 1960 WFSU TV channel 11 in Tallahassee, Florida (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 22 Sep 1960 Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
• 24 Sep 1960 1st nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, launches
• 25 Sep 1960 1st Atomic powered aircraft carrier (Enterprise) launched (US)
• 26 Sep 1960 1st of 4 TV debates Nixon and Kennedy took place (Chicago)
• 28 Sep 1960 Millionaire, last airs on CBS-TV
• 29 Sep 1960 Johnny Ringo, TV Western Drama
• 30 Sep 1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany

Famous Birthday

• Hugh Grant

  British actor with a schoolboy shock of hair falling over his forehead and an ingénue pose of modest, slight embarrassment at his fame.

• Hugh Grant

  British actor with a schoolboy shock of hair falling over his forehead and an ingénue pose of modest, slight embarrassment at his fame.

• Colin Firth

  Hampshire, England -- Actor (Femme Fatale, Hostages).

• Damon Wayans

  American actor and comedian.

• Damon Wayans

  American actor and comedian.

• Los Angeles (California)
• Stefano Casiraghi

  Italian member of the royal jet set and enterprising venture capitalist, investing in a franchise of Monaco's two Dior boutiques in 1984 and...

• Jean-Marc Barr

  French actor, known for playing the role of Jacques Mayol, "The human dolphin," in "Le Grand Bleu," directed by Luc Besson.

• David James Elliott

  Canadian actor.

• Mario Batali

  Chef.

• Mario Batali
• Jennifer Rush

  American popular singer who became an international favorite, a great success in Germany about 1988.

• Thomas Wegmüller
• William Kennedy Smith
• Bertrand de Broc
• Damon Hill

  English race car driver and 1996 F1 world champion.

• Gabrielle Scharnitzky
• Alan McGee

  Scottish entrepreneur, owner of the "Creation" Record label, the home to Primal Scream and The Jesus and Mary Chain.

• Lisa Marie Allen
• Frédéric Pierrot

  French actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Alfred E Green

  Director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71.

• Armas Toivo Valdemar Maasalo

  Composer, dies at 75.

• Fjodor I Panfjorov

  Russian Author (Volga - matushka-reka), dies at 63.

• Lee Duncan

  Owner / trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67.

• Michel Brusselmans

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Matyas Seiber

  Composer, dies at 55.

• Harry St John Philby [sheik Abdullah]

  British explorer.

• Leo Weiner

  Hungarian Composer (Toldi), dies at 75.

• Jose Sancho Marraco

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Kathlyn Williams

  Actress (Single Man), dies of heart attack at 72.

• M Karagatsis

  Greek author (Born 1908).

• Jussi Bjorling

  Swedish opera star, known as the Swedish Caruso.

• Wilhelm Pieck

  President of German DR (1949-60), dies at 84.

• Joseph Lamb

  American pianist and composer (d. 1960).

• Sylvia Pankhurst

  English feminist / Daughter of Emmeline, dies at 78.

• Jimmy Savo

  comedian (Through the Crystal Ball), dies at age 65.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Elvis Presley - It's Now Or Never
2. Chubby Checker - The Twist
3. Connie Francis - My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own
4. The Ventures - Walk -- Don't Run
5. Sam Cooke - Chain Gang

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Shadows - Apache
2. Ricky Valance - Tell Laura I Love Her
3. Elvis Presley - Mess Of Blues
4. Roy Orbison - Only The Lonely
5. Duane Eddy - Because They're Young