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* 1960 – The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
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* 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
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* 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.
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1960 and land
* 1960 – The Netherlands and West Germany sign an agreement to negotiate the return of German land annexed by the Dutch in return for 280 million German marks as Wiedergutmachung.
Between 1960 and 1980, all of London's docks were closed, leaving around eight square miles ( 21 km² ) of derelict land in East London.
About 1, 500 hectares of government-owned land were distributed by the National Agrarian Institute ( Instituto Nacional Agrario — INA ) beginning in 1960.
This land was gifted by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 1960 and by March 1963 the Institute had moved to its current location.
* 1960 – The Nez Perce tribe is awarded $ 4 million for of land undervalued at 4 cents / acre in the 1863 treaty.
During the 1960 presidential campaign, the issue of whether the nation would for the first time elect a Catholic to the highest office in the land raised the specter of an implicit, but no less effective, religious test.
The creation of Warragamba Dam in 1960 limited access for development of land upstream, but it was not until 1991 when plans for permanent protection and national park status looked to become realised.
This was accomplished effective July 1, 1960, when 4, 670 civilian employees, about $ 100 million worth of buildings and equipment, and of land transferred from RSA / ABMA's Development Operations Division to NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center ( MSFC ).
The city was incorporated in 1960 to prevent neighboring cities such as Vernon and Los Angeles from annexing industrial land for tax revenue.
In 1960, Iowa-born developer Norman Johnson paid $ 9 million for 2, 650 acres of land in southwestern Broward County.
This was accomplished effective July 1, 1960, when 4, 670 civilian employees, about $ 100 million worth of buildings and equipment, and of land transferred from AOMC / ABMA to NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight Center.
A main contributor to Flatwoods ' growth was the fact that nearby Ashland had developed much of its available land prior to 1960, with little new construction possible within its corporation limits.
Willingboro land was purchased and developed in the 1950s and 1960s as a planned community by Abraham Levitt and Sons in the Levittown model, with the 1950 population of 852 exploding to 11, 861 in 1960 and 43, 386 in 1970.
The city limits of Newcastle encompassed just a few square miles until around 1960, when Oklahoma City began annexing huge chunks of land across the river.
The Shadows from the UK, with American Fender Stratocaster guitars with British Vox amplifiers using a ( lead guitar ) reverb and echo unit from 1960 onwards recorded their major European hit-singles e. g. Apache ; Wonderful land ; FBI ; etc.
Salk and Kahn approached the city of San Diego in March 1960 about a gift of land on the Torrey Pines Mesa and were granted their request after a referendum in June 1960.
In one notable case, U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had planned to visit Japan during a 1960 tour of Asia, but so many Zengakuren turned out to protest at the airport that he decided not to land.
* Chile: Attempts at land reform began under the government of Jorge Alessandri in 1960, were accelerated during the government of Eduardo Frei Montalva ( 1964 – 1970 ), and reached its climax during the 1970-1973 presidency of Salvador Allende.
In 1960, the County of Grey moved the courthouse and land registry to another location at the edge of present-day Owen Sound, Ontario.
After World War II, as Tokyo expanded rapidly and modern transportation allowed longer commutes, the lack of available land in Tokyo led to the rapid development of Saitama Prefecture, whose population has nearly tripled since 1960.
In his 1960 book, A Business Man Looks at Communism, Koch wrote that he found the USSR to be " a land of hunger, misery, and terror.
The legislature passed subsequent land reform bills in 1960, 1963, 1964, and 1969.
Haxby Hall itself, now with only 3 acres ( 12, 000 m² ) of land, was demolished in 1960, and in 1965 it was replaced by the Haxby Hall Residential Home for the elderly ( with accommodations for 52 elderly people ), and an adjoining ambulance station.
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