Historical Events in 1960 (Part 4)

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Nov 12 Coup against South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm fails

Nov 14 Ray Charles' "Georgia On My Mind" reaches #1

Nov 15 Elgin Baylor of NBA LA Lakers scores 71 points vs NY Knicks

Nov 15 USS G Washington, 1st sub with nuclear ballistic missiles, launched
Nov 16 NL batting champion Dick Groat wins MVP
Nov 17 New MLB Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada
Nov 18 Charlie Finley makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels
Nov 18 Copyright office issues its 10 millionth registration
Nov 19 Mickey Vernon is hired as 1st manager of new Washington team
Nov 20 11th Formula One WDC: Jack Brabham wins by nine points
Nov 21 Bob Scheffing signs to manage Tigers after Casey Stengel turns it down
Nov 22 French National Meeting decide to build own nuclear weapons
Nov 23 Dodgers outfielder Frank Howard is voted NL Rookie of Year
Nov 23 Tinseltown dedicated its Walk of Fame at Hollywood Blvd & Vine St
Nov 23 Tiros 2, a weather satellite is launched

Nov 24 Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 rebounds in a game (NBA record)

Nov 25 "Amos 'n' Andy" made its last broadcast on CBS radio
Nov 25 First atomic reactor for research & development, Richland, Wa
Nov 25 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr Malone & 2nd Mrs Burton) & cancels 4 other series
Nov 25 Three of the four Mirabal sisters, opponents of the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic, are assassinated
Nov 26 48th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Rough Riders defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 16-6

Nov 27 Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHLer to score 1,000 points

Nov 27 Patrice Lumumba flees Leopoldville Congo
Nov 27 Trailing 38-7 late in 3rd quarter, Buffalo Bills tie Broncos at 38-38
Nov 28 CBS radio expands hourly news coverage from 5 to 10 minutes
Nov 28 Mauritania gains independence from France (National Day)
Nov 29 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB)
Nov 30 French Senate condemns building own nuclear weapons
Nov 30 Tad Mosels "All the Way Home" premieres in NYC
Dec 1 Patrice Lumumba caught in the Congo

Dec 1 Paul McCartney and Pete Best arrested then deported from Hamburg, Germany for accusation of attempted arson.

Dec 2 Paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey discovers 1.4 million year old Homo erectus (Olduvai Hominid 9) in Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania

Dec 10 Willard Libby wins the Nobel prize in Chemistry for his work developing carbon-14 dating (radiocarbon dating).

Dec 11 Cy Coleman and Carolyn Leigh's musical "Wildcat" with Lucille Ball premieres in New York City

Dec 11 Cleveland's Bernie Parrish sets club record for longest interception return with a 92 yard run
Dec 13 Italy beats US in Davis cup (1st time in 24 years US not in finals)
Dec 13 Laos General Fumi Nosavang occupies Vientiane
Dec 14 Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
Dec 14 Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) forms
Dec 14 Washington Senators joins American League
Dec 16 "Wildcat" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 172 performances
Dec 16 TWA 266 & United 826 collide over Staten Island, kills 134
Dec 17 "La Plume de Ma Tante" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 835 performances
Dec 17 "Take Me Along" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 448 performances
Dec 17 Pablo Casals' oratorio "El Pesebrio" premieres
Dec 18 General Meeting of UN condemns apartheid
Dec 19 Fire aboard USS Constellation, under construction at Brooklyn (50 die)

Dec 19 Frank Sinatra's 1st session with Reprise Records (Ring-A-Ding-Ding)

Dec 19 Mercury-Redstone 1A reaches 210 km in test flight
Dec 20 Auschwitz commandant Richard Bar arrested in German FR
Dec 20 The National Liberation Front, better known as the Viet Cong, is officially formed in South Vietnam
Dec 23 De Quay's Dutch government falls
Dec 23 King Saud of Saudi Arabia takes power
Dec 24 Dutch bishops question papacy values
Dec 26 Musical "Do re mi" with Phil Silvers premieres St James Theater in NYC
Dec 26 Philadelphia Eagles beat Green Bay Packers 17-13 in NFL championship game
Dec 27 France performs nuclear test
Dec 27 1961 NFL Draft: Tommy Mason from University of Tulane first pick by Minnesota Vikings
Dec 28 49th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Sydney (4-1)