Among the country ’ s five presidents since independence in 1960, three have been former army chiefs-of-staff, who have taken power through coups d ’ état.

Catherine Grace " Cady " Coleman ( born December 14, 1960 ) is an American chemist, a former United States Air Force officer, and a current NASA astronaut.

By 1960, the vast majority of country-states were nominally democracies, although most of the world's populations lived in nations that experienced sham elections, and other forms of subterfuge ( particularly in Communist nations and the former colonies.

On 8 – 9 July 1960, the soldiers were invited to appoint black officers, and ' command of the army passed securely into the hands of former sergeants ,' as the soldiers in general chose the most-educated and highest-ranked Congolese army soldiers as their new officers.

Franco Baresi (; born 8 May 1960 in Travagliato, Italy ) is an Italian football youth team coach and former player.

Gary Winston Lineker OBE ( born 30 November 1960 ) is an English former footballer, who played as a striker.

Sometimes a head of state assumes office as a state becomes legal and political reality, before a formal title for the highest office is determined ; thus in the since 1 January 1960 independent republic Cameroon ( Cameroun, a former French colony ), the first President, Ahmadou Babatoura Ahidjo, was at first not styled président but ' merely ' known as Chef d ' état ( literal French for ' Head of State ') until 5 May 1960 ; in Uganda, military coup leader since 25 January 1971 Idi Amin was formally styled military head of State till 21 February 1971, only from then on regular ( but unconstitutional, not elected ) President.

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

Following the withdrawal of Senegal from the federation in August 1960, the former Sudanese Republic became the Republic of Mali on 22 September 1960, with Modibo Keïta as president.

* Following Hitchcock's death, Universal, which had previously purchased the rights to Psycho ( 1960 ), eventually acquired the distribution rights to the four other films ( along with a former WB feature, Rope ) in 1983 from the Hitchcock estate ( which still holds all other ancillary rights to these films — the estate is overseen by his daughter, Patricia );

The head of the most prominent, the former Lord Protector Cromwell, was finally buried in 1960.

Since the Soviets claimed to have first detected the new element they suggested the name kurchatovium, Ku, in honor of Igor Kurchatov ( 1903 – 1960 ), former head of Soviet nuclear research.

His first records were made with Eric Dolphy ( another former member of Hamilton's group ) and Don Ellis, in 1960.

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.

* Andy Moog ( born 1960 ), former NHL goaltender and current assistant coach of the Dallas Stars

The major candidates for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination were Kennedy, Governor Pat Brown of California, Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson, Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon and Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota.

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

In 1960, Kaiser Corporation erected its headquarters at the former site of Holy Names University, at the corner of 20th and Harrison Streets.

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 ).

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.

* Kathy Smallwood-Cook ( born 1960 ), former British sprint athlete

* Fazıl Küçük, former vice president of the Republic of Cyprus ( 1960 – 1963 ).

Our media advertising continued, during 1960, its previous effective program that stressed such specifics as 100% financing, plant availabilities, and location advantages.

A nuclear power plant, designated the SM-1A was flown-in and installed between 1960 – 62, and was based on the Army's first prototype reactor, the SM-1 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

In 1960, Pacific Gas and Electric began operation of the first successful geothermal electric power plant in the United States at The Geysers in California.

The plant was in operation from 1960 to 1992, and the plant is now completely decommissioned, with the nuclear waste set to be transported to Yucca Mountain's containment facilities upon their completion in 2020.

A desalination plant was constructed in the middle of Harbor Island in 1960 by the Carrier Corporation.

Norman Simmonds ( 1960 ) disagreed with Cheesman although he acknowledged that the general appearance of the plant did indeed suggest an Ensete.

The car's commercial success has subsequently been overshadowed by the even greater sales achieved by the Cortina: in 1960, when 191, 752 Anglias left Ford's Dagenham plant in the 105E's first full production year, it set a new production-volume record for the Ford Motor Company.

* Brampton Assembly Plant – AMC opened a plant in 1960 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

The Kjelsas factory also started producing TV sets in 1960, and in 1966 a second TV plant was opened in Kjeller in Skedsmo.

The Kjelsas factory also started producing TV sets in 1960, and in 1966 a second TV plant was opened in Kjeller in Skedsmo.

Construction began in 1957 and the plant came fully online in 1960, four years after the first commercial nuclear power reactor, Calder Hall in Sellafield, England.

The City of Austin then constructed Longhorn Dam and formed a seventh lake in the chain, Lady Bird Lake, in 1960 largely to help beautify the city and to form a cooling pond for Seaholm Power Plant, a no longer used natural gas-burning power plant just north of the river.

The old gasworks plant on Russell Street ( now out of use ) was built in 1960.

* The first tidal power station was the Rance tidal power plant built over a period of 6 years from 1960 to 1966 at La Rance, France.

A large iron and steel plant came into production in Guiyang in 1960, supplying the local machinery-manufacturing industry.

After 1945 new enterprises were created in the town ( e. g. a dairy, a cold storage plant, a slaughterhouse ) and new residential areas ( housing estates Północ-from 1961, Południe-from 1979, Trzebińska and so on ) and cultural centres ( e. g. County Cultural Centre, the construction of which was initiated in 1959, and Chrzanów Museum founded in 1960 ).

* 1960 MoDo builds a petrochemical ethylene plant in the ice-free, deep water port of Stenungsund, Sweden, in an agreement with Stockholms Superfosfat Fabriks and the U. S. oil company Exxon ( Esso ).

In 1959 and 1960, while development of a more powerful engine was still underway, a pair of XLR11-RM-13's were used as an interim power plant for the initial flights of the X-15 research aircraft.

In a 1960 estimate, the phumdi vegetation had been structured into 45 % Phragmites karka, 25 % Erianthus ravennae ( elephant grass ), 15 % Saccharum munja, 5 % S. latifolium, 5 % Alpinia allughas and 2 % Saccharum procerum and 3 % other species, including Zizania latifolia ; Zizania latifolia is the plant much relished by the Sangai deer.

NUMMI was established at the site of a former General Motors Fremont Assembly site that had been closed two years earlier in 1982 ( GM plant since 1960 ).

In October 1960, the first acquisition was made by purchasing the majority of stock in Amelco, a small electronics manufacturing plant.

Junior ( the plant known as " Audrey, Junior " in the 1960 film and " Audrey II " in the musical ) is a kind-hearted and helpful plant, not a " mean, green mother from outer space " who, unlike his live-action counterparts, has eyeballs.