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

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.

After the end of the Second World War, the British Army was significantly reduced in size, although National Service continued until 1960.

Three women have won the British Open Championship: Lily Gower in 1905, Dorothy Steel in 1925, 1933, 1935 and 1936, and Hope Rotherham in 1960.

Most imperial powers had not foreseen a need to prepare their colonies for independence ; for example, Britain had given limited self-rule to India and Sri Lanka, while treating British Somaliland as little more than a trading post, while all major decisions for French colonies were made in Paris and Belgium prohibited any self-government up until it suddenly granted independence to its colonies in 1960.

* 1960 – Nicholas Dingley alias Razzle, British drummer ( Hanoi Rocks ) ( d. 1984 )

* 1960 – Rick Savage, British bassist ( Def Leppard )

* 1960 – Carol Vorderman, British television presenter

* 1960 – Maryam d ' Abo, British actress

* 1960 – Mark Brydon, British musician ( Moloko )

* 1960 – Dora Marsden, British editor, writer ( b. 1882 )

A British Children's Britannica edited by John Armitage was issued in London in 1960.

* 1960 – Jaz Coleman, British musician ( Killing Joke )

* 1960 – Holly Johnson, British singer ( Frankie Goes to Hollywood )

* 1960 – Carol McGiffin, British TV and radio presenter

Similarly, prohibition strengthened tribal resistance to the British in the 1950s, and increased support for the Mau Mau Uprising ( 1952 – 1960 ).

Two British children's annuals were produced based on the show published by Collins in 1960 and 1961.

Category: 1960 in British television

British born director Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho ( 1960 ), was the first " slasher " movie, while in the same director's The Birds ( 1963 ) menace stems from nature gone mad.

Dictionary of British Classicists, 1500 – 1960, ( 2004 ).

These were the last majority-Greek-speaking areas to be united with the Greek state, apart from Cyprus which was a British possession until it became independent in 1960.

* 1960 – The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.

* 1960 – Arthur Darby, British rugby player ( b. 1876 )

* 1960 – Gurinder Chadha, British film director

In 1960, with the fall of the ruling Dini administration, Ali Aref Bourhan, a Harbist politician, assumed the seat of Vice President of the Government Council of French Somaliland, representing the UNI party.

British Somaliland remained a protectorate of Britain until 1960.

A referendum was held in neighboring Djibouti ( then known as French Somaliland ) in 1958, on the eve of Somalia's independence in 1960, to decide whether or not to join the Somali Republic or to remain with France.

British Somaliland became independent on June 26, 1960 as the State of Somaliland, and the Trust Territory of Somalia ( the former Italian Somaliland ) followed suit five days later.

In 1949 Italian Somaliland was reconstituted as the Trust Territory of Somalia, which was administered by Italy from 1949 until its independence in 1960.

In 1960 the territory gained independence and merged with former British Somaliland.

The protectorate briefly obtained independence on July 1, 1960 as the State of Somaliland before uniting as scheduled later the same week with the Trust Territory of Somalia ( the former Italian Somaliland ) to form the Somali Republic.

In May 1960, the British Government stated that it would be prepared to grant independence to the then protectorate of British Somaliland, with the intention that the territory would unite with the Italian-administered Trust Territory of Somalia ( the former Italian Somaliland ).

The Legislative Council of British Somaliland passed a resolution in April 1960 requesting independence and union with the Trust Territory of Somalia, which was scheduled to gain independence on 1 July that year.

On June 26, 1960, the former British Somaliland protectorate briefly obtained independence as the State of Somaliland, with the Trust Territory of Somalia following suit five days later.

Nigeria, the Southern Cameroons and British Somaliland were granted independence in 1960, Sierra Leone and Tanganyika in 1961, Uganda in 1962, and Kenya in 1963.

* Mohamoud Ali Shire, Sultan of former British Somaliland ( 1897 – 1960 )

On 1 July 1960, the region, along with the rest of Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland, became part of the independent republic of Somalia.

On 1 July 1960, Jubaland, along with the rest of Italian Somaliland and British Somaliland, became part of the independent republic of Somalia.

Pikes Peak Council served as host to the 1960 National Scout Jamboree, held north of Colorado Springs adjacent to the United States Air Force Academy, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Boy Scouts of America.

The camp saw its greatest use in the 1950s and 1960s, with 564 Scouts, the highest attendance ever, in 1960.

During 1943 – 1960 she was community relations director of the Girl Scouts of America at its headquarters in New York.

The name Selous Scouts was also given to the short-lived Southern Rhodesian Armoured Car Regiment, a unit in the Army of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland between about 1960 and 1962 that drove Staghound armoured cars and Ferret armoured cars.

In 2005, Covey received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America -- he became an Eagle Scout in 1960 when his father was stationed at an Air Force base in California.

During the BSA's 50th anniversary in 1960, 15, 000 Scouts and several of Boyce's descendants gathered in Ottawa for a Boyce Memorial weekend.

* 1960: the Mahsud Scouts

The cover is a parody of the Boy Scouts of America 1960 official handbook.

During the 20 year period ( 1960 – 1980 ) 532, 674 Scouts were produced.