* 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 )

Parliamentary elections in 1960 produced the nationalist Patrice Lumumba as prime minister and pro-Western Joseph Kasavubu as president of the renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo.

On 14 September 1960, with U. S. and CIA support, Colonel Joseph Mobutu overthrew the government and arrested Lumumba.

It was also, arguably, in the first steps of the Congo into independence, the underlying cause of the crisis between Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa Vubu, who ultimately dismissed each other, in 1960.

* 1887 – Joseph Lamb, American ragtime composer ( d. 1960 )

* The Future Is Ours, Comrade: Conversations with the Russians ( 1960 ), published under the pseudonym " Joseph Novak "

* 1960 – Joseph Williams, American singer and composer ( Toto )

* Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli ( The Story of Joseph and His Brethren, 1960 )

Joseph F. Tuttle, after whom Tuttle Grade School in Crawfordsville was named in 1906 and Tuttle Middle School in 1960, became President of Wabash College in 1862 and served for 30 years.

On 16 August 1960, Joseph Kittinger, in the Excelsior III test jump, set the current world record for the highest parachute jump.

On February 1, 1960, four students Ezell A. Blair, Jr. ( now known as Jibreel Khazan ), David Richmond, Joseph McNeil, and Franklin McCain from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical College, an all-black college, sat down at the segregated lunch counter to protest Woolworth's policy of excluding African Americans.

Lumumba and the MNC won this election and the right to form a government, with the announcement on 23 June 1960 of 34-year-old Lumumba as Congo's first prime minister and Joseph Kasa-Vubu as its president.

In 2008, Joseph Biden of Delaware was elected Vice President and was re-elected U. S. Senator, as Johnson had done in 1960.

Following the granting of independence on 30 June 1960, a coalition government was formed, led by Prime Minister Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa-Vubu.

From 1950 to 1960, during part of the Communist period in Romania, the city was called Orașul Stalin ( Stalin City ), after the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin.

The Congo Crisis ( 1960 – 1965 ) was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo that began with national independence from Belgium and ended with the seizing of power by Joseph Mobutu.

Joseph Henri Maurice " The Rocket " Richard, (; ; August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) from 1942 to 1960.

* Joseph McNeil, One of The Greensboro Four, male African-American student from North Carolina A & T State University who in 1960 started the first civil rights sit-in ; action eventually led to lunch counters and restaurants being desegregated throughout the Southern United States

In 1862, Joseph F. Tuttle, after whom Tuttle Grade School was named in 1906 and Tuttle Junior High School ( now Tuttle Middle School ) was named in 1960, became President of Wabash College and served for 30 years.

* John Joseph Mizerock ( born December 8, 1960 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania ) was a backup catcher for the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves.

* Joseph Jackson ( sport shooter ) ( 1880 – 1960 ), American Olympic champion sport shooter

Joseph Kasa-Vubu ( alternatively Joseph Kasavubu, 1910 sources have 1913, 1915 and 1917 – March 24, 1969 ) was the first President ( 1960 – 1965 ) of the Republic of the Congo, today called Democratic Republic of the Congo.

During the tenure of William Glock as Controller of the Proms, beginning in 1960, the Proms repertory expanded both forwards in time, to encompass then contemporary and avant-garde composers such as Boulez, Berio, Carter, Dallapiccola, Peter Maxwell Davies, Gerhard, Henze, Ligeti, Lutosławski, Lutyens, Maw, Messiaen, Nono, Stockhausen, and Tippett, as well as backwards to include music by past composers such as Purcell, Cavalli, Monteverdi, Byrd, Palestrina, Dufay, Dunstaple and Machaut, as well as less-often performed works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Joseph Haydn.

The project had first been discussed by the Rank Organisation as a possible project for Joseph Losey, the exiled American film maker known for his long collaboration with writer Harold Pinter, and then was passed to Karel Reisz who, reluctant to direct another film on a Northern England subject so soon after Saturday Night and Sunday Morning ( 1960 ), passed it to his friend, Lindsay Anderson.