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.

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

* 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

* 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 – 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 )

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

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

* 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.

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

Amy Lee Grant ( born November 25, 1960 ) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music.

Charles Erdman ( 1866 – 1960 ) advocated apostolic authorship and wrote that only the Apostle John fits the image of the author derived from the text.

Carlton Douglas Ridenhour ( born August 1, 1960 ), better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer.

In some accounts, Hermes fathered Pan upon Dryope, daughter of Dryops, for whom he was tending kine, but according to 20th century author Robert Graves ( 1960 ), Pan was far older than Hermes.

Eden Phillpotts ( 4 November 1862 – 29 December 1960 ) was an English author, poet and dramatist.

One Canadian author, economist and demographer David Foot, divides the generation born after the baby boomers into two groups in his book Boom Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift: Generation X, born between 1960 and 1966 ; and the " Bust Generation ", born between 1967 and 1979.

* 1960 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author

* 1899 – Nevil Shute, English author ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Shari Shattuck, American actress and author

* 1880 – Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author ( d. 1960 )

* 1873 – Emily Post, American etiquette author ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Randy Pausch, American computer science professor, author ( d. 2008 )

* Stefan Rahmstorf ( born 1960 ), professor of abrupt climate changes and author on theories of thermohaline dynamics.

* 1960 – Kurt Busiek, American author

* 1917 – Francis Parker Yockey, American author ( d. 1960 )

* 1960 – Mario Batali, American chef and author

* September 4 – Richard Wright, African-American author ( d. 1960 )

* October 18 – H. L. Davis, American author ( d. 1960 )

** Beardsley Ruml, American economist and tax plan author ( d. 1960 )

* Ethel Lilian ( 1864 – 1960 ), who married the Polish scientist and revolutionary Wilfrid Michael Voynich and was the author of the novel The Gadfly.

Richard Nathaniel Wright ( September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960 ) was an African-American author of sometimes controversial novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction.

It is seen as a French answer to Born Free ( 1960 ), whose author, Joy Adamson, produced a cheetah biography of her own, The Spotted Sphinx ( 1969 ).