* J. L. Austin ( 1911 – 1960 ), British philosopher

Albert Camus (; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960 ) was an algerian born author, journalist, and philosopher.

* 1895 – Dudley Nichols, American screenwriter ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Batem, French comic book artist

* 1960 – Warren Haynes, American guitarist and songwriter ( The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, and The Dead )

* 1960 – John Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist, songwriter, singer and bandleader

* 1960 – Ron MacLean, Canadian sportscaster

* 1895 – Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat, and writer ( d. 1960 )

* 1925 – Johnny Horton, American singer and musician ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Kerry Healey, American politician

* 1960 – David Miscavige, American leader of the Church of Scientology

* 1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.

* 1960 – Dale Ellis, American basketball player

* 1960 – The Central African Republic declares independence from France.

* 1960 – Koji Kondo, Japanese composer

* 1960 – Phil Taylor, English darts player

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* 1896 – Lorenzo Herrera, Venezuelan singer and composer ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Linda Fratianne, American figure skater

* 1960 – Neal Morse, American singer and keyboardist ( Spock's Beard, Transatlantic, Yellow Matter Custard, and Flying Colors )

* 1960 – David Yow, American singer-songwriter ( Scratch Acid, The Jesus Lizard, and Qui )

* 1960 – Dahomey ( later renamed Benin ) declares independence from France.

* 1960 – Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.

* 1960 – Chuck D, American rapper, producer, and author ( Public Enemy )

* 1960 – Suzi Gardner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist and songwriter ( L7 )

* The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1 episode, 1960 )

From left: Thibodeaux, Dinah Shore, Desi Arnaz, Jr. and Desi Arnaz, Sr., 1960.

The 1950s roster now included Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Stan Kenton, Judy Garland, The Andrews Sisters, Jackie Gleason, Jane Froman, Wesley Tuttle, Ray Anthony, Andy Griffith, Shirley Bassey, Merle Travis, The Kingston Trio ( who in 1960 would account for 20 % of all record sales for Capitol ), Dean Martin, The Four Freshmen, Al Martino, Dinah Shore and Nancy Wilson ( actually signed in 1960 to Capitol ).

Their first daughter Kate died in a car accident in 1957. They had two other children ; Andrew ( born 1958 ) and Dinah ( born 1960 ).

She made the stage of the Apollo Theater in New York City ; the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival ; and she appeared in Jazz on a Summer's Day ( 1960 ), filmed at the Newport Jazz Festival, along with Mahalia Jackson and Dinah Washington.

* The Dinah Shore Chevy Show ( 1960 )

Dinah Cancer ( born August 28, 1960 ) is the stage name of Mary Simms.

Louis Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson, Lena Horne, Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge, Duke Ellington, Muhammad Ali, Dinah Washington, Ray Charles, Little Richard, and Jimi Hendrix all stayed in the Hotel or lived there for a time, as did Fidel Castro, while in New York for the 1960 opening session of the United Nations, after storming out of the Hotel Shelburne because of that hotel manager's " unacceptable cash " demands.

Also Post-Depression works, such as Henry Miller's " Tropic of Cancer " ( 1934 ) and " Black Spring " ( 1936 ), followed by works from the 1950s, such as Samuel Beckett's trilogy, may have influenced the use of stream of consciousness in later works in the 20th century ( Molloy, 1951, ( Malone Meurt ( 1951 ); Malone Dies, ( translated by Beckett, 1958 ); and L ' Innomable, 1953 ( The Unnamable, 1960 ).

The Philadelphia chromosome was first discovered and described in 1960 by Peter Nowell from University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and David Hungerford from the Fox Chase Cancer Center's Institute for Cancer Research and was therefore named after the city in which both facilities are located.

This chromosomal abnormality is so named because it was first discovered and described in 1960 by two scientists from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA: Peter Nowell of the University of Pennsylvania and David Hungerford of Fox Chase Cancer Center.

In 1960, publisher Grove Press won the Supreme Court case contesting the ban, but even in 1961 booksellers all over the country were sued for selling Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer.

He also received the Lasker Award of the American Public Health Association ( 1950 ), the Dyer Award ( 1951 ), the Emil Christian Hansen Prize of Denmark ( 1953 ), the Albert Einstein Commemorative Award in Science ( 1958 ), the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1958 with E. L. Tatum and J. Lederberg, the National Award of the American Cancer Society ( 1959 ), and the Kimber Genetics Award of the National Academy of Sciences ( 1960 ).

The work revolves around leading obscenity trials: Friedrich Schlegel's Lucinde ( Jena, 1799 ), Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary ( Paris, 1857 ), Arthur Schnitzler's Round Dance ( Berlin, 1920 ), D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley ( London, 1960 ), and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer ( Los Angeles, 1962 ).

Of the major expansions in 1960, three were financed under the R. I. Industrial Building Authority's 100% guaranteed mortgage plan: Collyer Wire, Leesona Corporation, and American Tube & Controls.

The Russian gymnasts beat the tar out of the American gymnasts in the 1960 Olympics for one reason -- they were better.

The big, 22-year-old shortstop, the 1960 American league `` rookie-of-the-year '', flew here late this afternoon from Baltimore, signed his contract for an estimated $15,000 and was a spectator at tonight's 5-to-3 loss to Kansas City -- the winless Birds' sixth setback in a row.

But one thing is for certain: There is no dissension between Mantle, the American League's Most Valuable Player in 1956 and 1957, and Maris, the MVP in 1960.

Work on the ASCII standard began on October 6, 1960, with the first meeting of the American Standards Association's ( ASA ) X3. 2 subcommittee.

The classic example, considered by their American counterparts quite curious, was the maintenance of the internal comma in a British organisation of secret agents called the " Special Operations, Executive " — " S. O., E " — which is not found in histories written after about 1960.

* 1960 – Tim Mayotte, American tennis player

* 1960 – Sharon Bryant, American singer ( Atlantic Starr )

* 1960 – Fred Roberts, American basketball player

* 1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor

In November 1960, John F. Kennedy was elected president after a campaign that promised American superiority over the Soviet Union in the fields of space exploration and missile defense.

* 1960 – Cold War: in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage.