 | President: Dwight D. Eisenhower Vice President: Richard M. Nixon |
 | The population of the United States is 179,979,000 |
| National Debt 286.3 Billion |
| Unemployment is 5.5% |
| Life Expectancy: Males 66.6 years, Females 73.1 years |
| Cost of a first-class stamp is $0.04 |
| Academy Award : Ben-Hur (click to buy)  |
| Grammy Award : Mack The Knife (click to buy)  (Record), Come Dance With Me (click to buy)  (Album) |
| Pulitzer Prize : Advise and Consent (fiction), To Kill a Mockingbird (click to buy)  (non-fiction) |
| First ever Presidential Debate between John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon, 70 million people tuned in |
| France tests its first atomic bomb – in the Sahara Desert of Algeria |
| The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan gave the “Wind of Change” speech in S. Africa (click to read speech) |
| Adolph Coors III, the chairman of the board of the Coors Brewing Company, is kidnapped, and later found murdered |
| The Soviet Union shoots down an American U-2 spy plane and captures its pilot, Francis Gary Powers |
| The FDA approves the first oral contraceptive pill for use as birth control |
| Israeli Mossad agents abduct Adolph Eichmann a Nazi war criminal who was hiding in Brazil and return him to Israel for trail |
| Following months of protests, Woolworth in Greensboro, N. Carolina serves its first meal to a black customer |
| Fidel Castro nationalizes all American and foreign-owned property in Cuba |
| Hurricane Donna kills 50 in the State of Florida and New England |
| Cassius Clay wins the Gold Medal for boxing during the 1960 Summer Olympic Games |
| Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame |
| Dr. Michael Woodruff carries out the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom |
| D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover (click to buy)  is found not guilty of obscenity |
| United States Presidential election, 1960 : John F Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon by a slim margin |
| Over 1000 Cuban refugees per week begin arriving in Florida fleeing Castro’s rule |
| The first episode of the classic British TV series Coronation Street (click to buy)  is broadcast |
| Other television debuts included:The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons and The Flintstones (click show title for more info) |
| On the music charts itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini (click to buy)  managed to climb to the top |
| Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (click to buy)  terrifies movie-goer’s, other movies include, The Apartment, The Sundowners, Sons and Lovers |
See also Celebrity Birthdays 1960
