Television Premiere
Jan 9 "Rawhide" with Clint Eastwood premieres on CBS TV
Clint Eastwood
- Jan 12 KOED TV channel 11 in Tulsa, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting
Event of Interest
Jan 24 Dmitri Shostakovich's comedy "Cheryomushk" premieres in Moscow
Dmitri Shostakovich
- Jan 24 WHCT TV channel 18 in Hartford, CT (IND) begins broadcasting
- Jan 26 KOKH TV channel 25 in Oklahoma City, OK (IND/PBS) begins broadcasting
- Jan 29 Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released
- Feb 1 WVUE TV channel 8 in New Orleans, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Feb 23 KVIE TV channel 6 in Sacramento-Stockton, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
Golden Globes
Mar 5 16th Golden Globes: "The Defiant Ones", David Niven, & Susan Hayward win
Susan Hayward
David Niven
Emmy Awards
Mar 6 11th Emmy Awards: Playhouse 90, Jack Benny Show, Raymond Burr win
Jack Benny
Film Release
Mar 29 "Some Like It Hot", directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, is released in NYC
- Mar 30 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Apr 6 31st Academy Awards: "Gigi", Susan Hayward & David Niven win
- Apr 14 KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Apr 24 WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Apr 28 KLOE TV channel 10 in Goodland, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Apr 28 KPLR TV channel 11 in Saint Louis, MO (IND) begins broadcasting
- Apr 28 6th National Film Awards (India): "Sagar Sangamey" wins the Golden Lotus
- May 4 "The 400 Blows", French film directed by François Truffaut, starring Jean-Pierre Léaud, is released
Music Premiere
May 11 Mary Rodgers & Marshall Barer's musical "Once Upon A Mattress", starring Carol Burnett and directed by George Abbott, opens at Phoenix Theatre, NYC; runs for 244 performances
Carol Burnett
Event of Interest
May 13 Kraft Music Hall with Milton Berle last airs on NBC-TV
Milton Berle
- May 15 12th Cannes Film Festival: "Black Orpheus" directed by Marcel Camus wins the Palme d'Or
- May 16 WTOM TV channel 4 in Cheboygan, MI (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Jun 13 "Sammy Kaye Show" last airs on ABC-TV
- Jun 18 New York City premiere of the film version of Kathryn Hulme's "The Nun's Story"
- Jun 26 9th Berlin International Film Festival: "The Cousins" wins Golden Bear
- Jul 1 WVTV TV channel 18 in Milwaukee, WI (IND) begins broadcasting
- Jul 6 WENH TV channel 11 in Durham, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Jul 12 NBC uses cameras to show catchers signals during Yankee-Red Sox game
Film Premier
Jul 17 "North by Northwest" directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint premieres in Los Angeles
Alfred Hitchcock
Cary Grant
Film Premier
Jul 18 "The Nun's Story" based on the novel by Kathryn Hulme, starring Audrey Hepburn premieres in Los Angeles
Audrey Hepburn
The Worst Movie Ever
Jul 22 Ed Wood's cult classic "Plan 9 From Outer Space", called one of the worse films ever, premieres
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Film Awards
Aug 23 20th Venice Film Festival: "The Great War" directed by Mario Monicelli and "General della Rovere" directed by Roberto Rossellini jointly awarded Golden Lion
Roberto Rossellini
Event of Interest
Sep 19 Nikita Khrushchev is denied access to Disneyland
Nikita Khrushchev
Film Release
Oct 7 "Pillow Talk" film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson is first released
Doris Day
Rock Hudson
- Oct 11 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 14 WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 20 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast
- Nov 8 KJTV (now KGET) TV channel 17 in Bakersfield, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast
- Nov 10 Corinne Rottschaeffer of the Netherlands elected Miss World
Film Premier
Nov 18 "Ben-Hur" directed by William Wyler and starring Charlton Heston premieres in New York City (Academy Awards Best Picture 1960)
Charlton Heston
William Wyler
Event of Interest
Nov 21 Jack Benny (violin) & Richard Nixon (piano) play their famed duet
Richard Nixon
Jack Benny
- Nov 28 KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook - Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins