April 1960 in History

Events in History

Apr 14 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile
Apr 15 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U
Apr 17 American Samoa sets up a constitutional government
Apr 19 Comiskey Park's famed "exploding" scoreboard begins operating
Apr 21 Brasilia becomes capital of Brazil
Apr 21 Founding of the Orthodox Bahá'í Faith in Washington, D.C.
Apr 24 Heavy earthquake strikes South Persia, 500 killed
Apr 24 Record 4 grand slams hit today
Apr 25 1st submerged circumnavigation of Earth completed by USS submarine Triton in 60 days, 21 hours
Apr 27 1st atomic powered electric-drive submarine launched (Tullibee)

Syngman Rhee Resigns

Apr 27 South Korean President Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years in power

Apr 27 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French administration

Birthdays in History

Apr 7 Sandy Powell, English costume designer (3 Academy Awards), born in London, England
Apr 13 Bob Casey, Jr., American lawyer and politician (Senator-D-Pennsylvania 2007-), born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Apr 13 Rudi Völler, German football coach, born in Hanau, West Germany
Apr 15 Marvin Clyde Goodwin, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Philippe of Belgium (63 years old)

Apr 15 King of the Belgians (2013-), born in Brussels, Belgium

Apr 16 Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician and Congressman, born in Lantawan, Basilan, Philippines (d. 2007)
Apr 19 Gustavo Petro, Colombian politician, member of M-19 guerrilla movement (President of Colombia 2022-), born in Ciénaga de Oro, Colombia
Apr 20 Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuban politician, President of Cuba (2018-), born in Placetas, Cuba
Apr 22 Gary Rhodes, British restaurateur and television chef, born in London, England (d. 2019)
Apr 22 Mart Laar, Estonian statesman
Apr 22 Randall L. Stephenson, American business executive
Apr 28 Elena Kagan, American Supreme Court Judge (2010-), born in NYC, New York
Apr 28 Ian Rankin, Scottish novelist (Inspector Rebus crime novels), born in Cardenden, Scotland
Apr 28 Joel H. Rosenthal American political scientist
Apr 29 Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian sci-fi writer, born in Ottawa, Ontario
Apr 30 David Miscavige, American cult leader
Apr 30 Kerry Healey, American politician

Deaths in History

Apr 1 Piet Bakker, Dutch journalist and novelist (Ciske the Rat), dies at 62

Archibald McIndoe (1900-1960)

Apr 12 New Zealand plastic surgeon pioneer who rehabilitated badly burned Royal Air Force crew during WWII, dies in his sleep of a heart attack at 59 [or 11 April] [1]

Apr 20 Paul Fort, French poet (founder of Vers et Prose), dies at 88
Apr 23 Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch nuclear physicist (Director of CERN), dies in a plane crash at 56
Apr 23 Toyohiko Kagawa, Japanese Christian social reformer & writer, dies at 71
Apr 24 Max von Laue, German physicist who discovered the diffraction of X-rays by crystals, dies at 80
Apr 25 Amanullah Khan, Emir and King of Afghanistan (1919-28), dies at 67
Apr 26 Wander Johannes de Haas, Dutch physicist (Einstein-De Haas effect), dies at 82
Apr 28 Anton Pannekoek, Dutch astronomer, philosopher and Marxist theorist, dies at 87
Apr 28 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, 19th and 25th President of Chile, dies at 82