* 1960 – A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.

* 1960 – Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland

He took over the role when O ' Toole left to make Lawrence of Arabia ( 1960 ) and went on to a four-month tour of Britain and Ireland.

William Stephen " Billy " Wright, named after his grandfather, was born in Wolverhampton, England on 7 July 1960 to David Wright and Sarah McKinley, Protestants from Northern Ireland.

Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh ( ; born 10 December 1960 ) is an actor and film director from Northern Ireland.

They currently have four minor all Ireland titles ( 1977, 1987, 1999 and 2005 ), twelve Ulster titles ( 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1981, 1991, 1994 ) and one under 21 all Ireland title ( 1979 ).

From 1960 to 1964, he chaired the Radio Éireann Authority ( now the RTÉ Authority ), responsible for the introduction of state television to Ireland.

He chaired the Radio Éireann Authority ( now the RTÉ Authority ) between 1960 and 1964, overseeing the introduction of State television to Ireland and establishing the Irish State broadcaster as an independent semi-state body.

Paul Harrington ( Dublin, 8 May 1960 ) is an Irish musician, who, with Charlie McGettigan, won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in 1994.

Brian Cowen ( born 10 January 1960 ) is a former Irish politician who served as Taoiseach of Ireland from 7 May 2008 to 9 March 2011.

These include: English Parish Churches ( 1952 ), English Cottages and Farmhouses ( 1954 ), The English House Through Seven Centuries ( 1968 ), Pompeii and Herculanaeum ( 1960 ), Ireland ( with Micheal Mac Liammoir ) ( 1966 ), Rome: From its Foundation to the Present ( 1971 ) and England ( 1971 ).

In the Republic of Ireland the Criminal Justice Act, 1960 ( Section 12 ) removed the term from use.

* Alan Campbell ( Irish footballer ) ( born 1960 ), former Republic of Ireland international footballer

He was Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry for 12 years beginning at the by-election to replace his grandmother Dehra Parker in 1960.

In an uncontested by-election in 1960, he took over the South Londonderry seat in the Northern Ireland Parliament held by his grandmother, Dame Dehra Parker, since 1933.

Akinkunmi quickly prepared his entry and sent it to Lagos where it was eventually picked in 1958 as the best and the flag was used to celebrate an independent Nigeria on October 1, 1960 ; when the Union Flag ( Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ) was lowered for the Nigeria Flag to take its place on the flagpole.

In 1959 – 1960 season London Irish only lost 2 games all season, featuring Ireland International players such as Andy Mulligan & Sean McDermott, Mike ( C. M. H.

In the old laundry can be found the largest costume collection in Northern Ireland ( established by Viscount Clanwilliam in 1960 ) and a selection from the collection is displayed annually in the costume museum.

Michael John Savage ( born May 13, 1960 in Belfast, Northern Ireland ) was the Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Dartmouth — Cole Harbour.

He served as the Secretary of nunciatures to Ireland ( 1950 – 1953 ) and to France ( 1953 – 1960 ).

Arlene McCarthy ( born October 10, 1960, Belfast, Northern Ireland ) is a Member of the European Parliament for North West England for the Labour Party.

By the 1960 / 1 season however they had all agreed to use the France / Ireland system, with 1 being loosehead prop and 15 being the fullback.

* 1960 in the United Kingdom, 1960 in England, 1960 in Northern Ireland, 1960 in Scotland, 1960 in Wales

In accordance with the two-year contract signed in May, 1959, with the International Association of Machinists, AFL-CIO, wages of hourly employees were increased by 4% in May, 1960, and pay levels for non-exempt salaried employees were increased proportionately.

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.

Though downplayed by the NFL as inferior, the AFL signed half of the NFL's first-round draft choices in 1960, including All-American Billy Cannon, perennial All-Star Johnny Robinson, and Hall of Famer Ron Mix.

He sent federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, for the first time since Reconstruction to enforce federal court orders to desegregate public schools, and signed civil rights legislation in 1957 and 1960 to protect the right to vote.

He proposed to Congress the Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960 and signed those acts into law.

The Stockholm Convention, establishing the EFTA, was signed on 4 January 1960 in the Swedish capital by seven countries ( known as the " outer seven ").

In January 1959, Senegal and the French Sudan merged to form the Mali Federation, which became fully independent on 20 June 1960, as a result of the independence and the transfer of power agreement signed with France on 4 April 1960.

In 1960 NSU ( the firm the inventor worked for ) and the US firm Curtiss-Wright signed an agreement where NSU would concentrate on the development of low and medium powered Wankel engines and Curtiss-Wright would develop high powered Wankel Engines, including aircraft engines of which Curtiss-Wright had decades of experience designing and producing.

By the end of January 1960, fifteen countries signed the articles of agreement which established the International Development Association.

His first major championship win at the 1958 Masters Tournament cemented his position as one of the leading stars in golf, and by 1960 he had signed up as pioneering sports agent Mark McCormack's first client.

At the beginning of the 1960s France remained deeply divided by the Algerian War, and in 1960 the Manifesto of the 121, which protested against French military policy in Algeria, was signed by a group of leading intellectuals and artists who included Alain Resnais.

The movement received its biggest impetus ( and its name ), however, when Coleman moved from the West Coast to New York and was signed to Atlantic Records: albums such as The Shape of Jazz to Come and Change of the Century marked a radical step beyond his more conventional early work, and when he released a 1960 recording titled Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation, the name stuck to the movement as a whole.

In 1960 Anka signed with RCA Victor, but like most North American recording artists saw his career stalled by the British Invasion.

In 1960, she signed with Decca outright and released two more albums and numerous singles while she was alive and several more albums and singles produced after her untimely death in a 1963 plane crash.

In 1960, the orchestra, led again by Chandler, signed Georg Solti to a three-year contract to be music director after he had guest conducted the orchestra in winter concerts downtown, at the Hollywood Bowl, and in other Southern California locations including CAMA concerts in Santa Barbara.

He then decided to try out for the Chicago Cubs who signed him as an amateur free agent in 1960.

In 1960, the group signed their first recording contract with Checker Records, releasing the Reeves-led " I'll Let You Know ".

Fuqua would later be credited for bringing Marvin Gaye to the label, which signed Gaye in 1960.

Though the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, signed in 1960, allows for the continued presence of American military bases in Japan, most of them on Okinawa, no formal agreement was ever set by which Japan officially relies on the United States, United Nations, or anybody else for its defense.

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 ).

She signed her first contract on February 2, 1960, with Zero Records.

At that time, March 11, 1960, the County of Grey and the City of Owen Sound signed a two-part agreement that was subsequently passed into bylaw.