January 1960 in History

Events in History

Event of Interest

Jan 2 Senator John F. Kennedy, announces his candidacy for the US Presidency

Jan 4 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
Jan 9 Building of Aswan dam in Egypt, begins
Jan 10 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Delmore Schwartz
Jan 12 Gary Sobers and Frank Worrell complete 399 stand for 4th wkt WI v England
Jan 14 The Reserve Bank of Australia is established
Jan 14 Tuindorp-Oostzaan in Northern Amsterdam, flooded
Jan 18 Capital Airlines Flight 20 crashes in Virginia, killing all 50 people on-board
Jan 18 US & Japan sign joint defense treaty

Treaty of Interest

Jan 19 Eisenhower & Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact

34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower

Event of Interest

Jan 20 Patrice Lumumba sentenced to 6 months in Belgian Congo

Jan 21 Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
Jan 21 Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook, South Africa; 417 die of methane poisoning
Jan 23 Bathosphere "Trieste", crewed by Jacques Piccard and US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh, reaches bottom of Pacific (10,900 m)
Jan 24 Algeria uprises against French President de Gaulle
Jan 28 1st photograph bounced off Moon, Washington, D.C.

Event of Interest

Jan 28 A new version of "La fille mal gardée" choreographed by Frederick Ashton debuts by the Royal Ballet with Nadia Nerina debuts at Covent Garden, London

Jan 30 African National Party is founded in Chad
Jan 30 CIA OKs Lockheed to produce a new U-2 aircraft (Oxcart)
Jan 30 Dutch communist trade union EVC'58 disbands
Jan 30 Riot curtails third days play at Port-Of-Spain WI v England
Jan 30 US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
Jan 30 US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins

Birthdays in History

Jan 2 Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author
Jan 4 Cory Everson, American body builder (6X Ms Olympia), born in Racine Wisconsin
Jan 5 Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series)
Jan 7 Loretta Sanchez, American politician, born in Lynwood, California
Jan 7 Mohammed Javad Zarif, Iranian politician (Minister of Foreign Affairs), born in Broujerd
Jan 10 Benoît Pelletier, Canadian politician, born in Quebec City, Canada
Jan 17 John Crawford, American bass (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away), born in Palo Alto, California
Jan 27 Samia Suluhu Hassan, Tanzanian politician (1st female President of Tanzania 2021-), born in Makunduchi, Sultanate of Zanzibar
Jan 28 Robert von Dassanowsky, American cultural historian, writer, and producer
Jan 31 Grant Morrison, British comic book author, born in Glasgow, United Kingdom

Deaths in History

Jan 2 Chris van Abkoude, Dutch-American writer & novelist (Pietje Bell, Kruimeltje), dies at about 79
Jan 2 Friedrich Adler, Austrian socialist politician & revolutionary (assassinated Count von Storgkh), dies at 80
Jan 2 Paul Sauvé, Canadian politician, dies at 52
Jan 3 Victor Sjöström, Swedish director (Wind, Under the Red Robe), dies at 80

Albert Camus (1913-1960)

Jan 4 French playwright (Les Justes - The Just Assassins), novelist (L'Étranger - The Stranger), and philosopher (Nobel Prize for Literature 1957), dies in an auto accident at 46

Jan 5 Pavel Parenago, Soviet scientist and astronomer (stellar astronomy) dies at 53
Jan 6 Edith Barstow, American choreographer (Frankie Laine Time, The Gem of the Ocean), dies at 54
Jan 6 Erik Lindahl, Swedish economist (Theory of Money & Capital), dies at 68
Jan 9 Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (Abbey Series), dies at 79
Jan 11 Johan E. Elias, Dutch historian (Amsterdam's regency), dies at 84
Jan 12 Nevil Shute [Norway], English-Australian novelist (On the Beach, Town like Alice), dies at 60
Jan 13 Sibilla Aleramo [Rina Faccio], Italian feminist and poet (Una Donna), dies at 83
Jan 27 Oswaldo Aranha, Brazilian politician and statesman (President of the UN General Assembly 1948-49), dies at 65
Jan 28 Zora Neale Hurston, American author, dies at 69