What Happened in 1960

1960 — year

1960s — decade of the 1960s (1960-1969)

hippie — person associated with 1960s counterculture

1960 Formula One season — sports season

1960 AFC Asian Cup — football tournament

Beatlemania — intense fan frenzy for the British pop group The Beatles

1960 Summer Olympics medal table

counterculture of the 1960s — cultural phenomenon that developed first in the United States and United Kingdom and spread throughout much of the Western world between the early 1960s and the early 1970s

1960 Winter Olympics medal table — Wikimedia list article

basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics — olympics 1960 Competition

athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics — athletics events at the Olympics

1960 in film — overview of the events of 1960 in film

Profumo Affair — British political scandal

Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security Between the United States and Japan — 1960 treaty establishing the current Japanese-American military alliance

football at the 1960 Summer Olympics — association football played at the 1960 Summer Olympics

swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics — swimming events at the Olympics

wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics — competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics

speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the speed skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

Swinging London — youth-driven cultural revolution centered in London in the 1960s

1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying — international football competition

rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics — rowing regatta

gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics — Event at 1960 Olympics

fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the biathlon competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics — Boxing competitions

Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation

India at the 1960 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation

weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics — Weightlifting at the Olympics

Spain at the 1960 Summer Olympics — country entered in olympic summer games

alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the alpine skiing competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics — cycling events at the Olympics

field hockey at the 1960 Summer Olympics — field hockey competition

British West Indies at the 1960 Summer Olympics — Participation to 1960 Olympics

Finland at the 1960 Summer Olympics — sporting event delegation

canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics — Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics — Diving at the Olympics

14th Chess Olympiad — FIDE chess tournament for national teams

1960 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition

shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics

1960 European Nations' Cup squads — football tournament

ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the ski jumping competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

1960 Winter Olympics — 8th edition of Winter Olympics, in Squaw Valley, United States

1960 Agadir earthquake — earthquake in Morocco

figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the figure skating competitions during the Olympic Winter Games

ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics — 1960 edition of the ice hockey tournament during the Olympic Winter Games

1960 Argentine Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1960

1960 European Nations' Cup — 1st European association football championship

1960 European Nations' Cup finals — final game of the 1960 European Nations' Cup

Miss Universe 1960 — 9th Miss Universe pageant

1960 French Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1960

1960 British Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1960

Eurovision Song Contest 1960 — 5th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest

Sharpeville massacre — shooting by police on 21 March 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa

1960 Valdivia earthquake — 9.4–9.6 magnitude earthquake in Chile

1960 U-2 incident spy aircraft — aviation incident

1960 European Cup Final — final of the 5th association football European Cup

1960 Turkish coup d'état — 27 May 1960 government coup in Turkey

1960 Indianapolis 500 — 44th running of the Indianapolis 500 motor race

1960 Monaco Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1960

1960 Summer Paralympics — 1960 edition of the Summer Paralympics

water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics — Water polo at the Olympics

1960 Italian Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1960

1960 United States presidential election — 44th quadrennial U.S. presidential election

1960 United States Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1960

32nd Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 1959

April Revolution — popular uprising in South Korea in April 1960 by labor and student groups, precipitated by the killing of a high school student by a tear-gas shell in March; led to the resignation of the president S. Rhee and the transition to the Second Republic

Lake Bodom murders — unsolved triple murder in Finland in 1960

1960 Belgian Grand Prix — Wikimedia list article

1960 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1960

Nedelin catastrophe — fatal Soviet launch pad disaster

1960 Portuguese Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1960