1960
Patti Rizzo, American golfer
Patrice M. "Patti" Rizzo is an American professional golfer and golf instructor.
Patti Rizzo, American golfer
The 1960s
Explore 1640 historical events from 1960–1969.
1960
Philip M
Philip M. Parker is an American economist and academic, and currently the INSEAD Chaired Professor of Management Science at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He has patented a metho…
Philip M
1960
John Taylor, English bass player and actor
Nigel John Taylor is a British musician who is best known as the bass guitarist for new wave band Duran Duran, of which he was a founding member. Duran Duran was one of the most po…
John Taylor, English bass player and actor
1960
Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1884)
Mihály Fekete was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director.
Mihály Fekete, Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director (born 1884)
1960
Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (born 1894)
Beardsley Ruml was an American statistician, economist, philanthropist, planner, businessman and man of affairs in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
Beardsley Ruml, American economist and statistician (born 1894)
1960
Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)
Max Theodor Felix von Laue was a German physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914 "for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals."
Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1879)
1960
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John Henry Constantine Whitehead FRS, known as "Henry", was a British mathematician and was one of the founders of homotopy theory. He was born in Chennai, in India, and died in Pr…
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1960
Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1899)
Yury Karlovich Olesha was a Russian and Soviet novelist. He is considered one of the greatest Russian novelists of the 20th century, one of the few to have succeeded in writing wor…
Yury Olesha, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1899)
1960
Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
Edward Ray Cochran was an American rock and roll musician. His songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage fru…
Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1938)
1960
Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (born 1875)
Charles Henry Holden was an English architect best known for designing many London Underground stations during the 1920s and 1930s, the Underground Electric Railways Company of Lon…
Charles Holden, English architect, designed the Bristol Central Library (born 1875)
1960
John D
John Davison Rockefeller Jr. was an American financier and philanthropist. Rockefeller was the fifth child and only son of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller. He was invol…
John D
1960
Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (born 1887)
Lucrezia Bori was a Spanish operatic singer, a lyric soprano and a fundraiser for the Metropolitan Opera.
Lucrezia Bori, Spanish soprano and actress (born 1887)
1960
Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (born 1884)
Jules Supervielle was a Franco-Uruguayan poet and writer born in Montevideo. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature three times.
Jules Supervielle, Uruguayan-French poet and author (born 1884)
1960
Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (born 1870)
Georges Claude was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialization of neon lighting, a…
Georges Claude, French engineer and inventor, created Neon lighting (born 1870)
1960
James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (born 1877)
James Montgomery Flagg was an American artist, comics artist, and illustrator. He worked in media ranging from fine art painting to cartooning, but is best remembered for his polit…
James Montgomery Flagg, American painter and illustrator (born 1877)
1960
Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was a Russian and Soviet poet, novelist, and literary translator.
Boris Pasternak, Russian poet, novelist, and literary translator, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1890)
1960
Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (born 1882)
Alphonsus Josephus de Ridder was a Belgian writer and poet who wrote under the pseudonym Willem Elsschot. One of the most prominent Flemish authors, his most famous work, Cheese (1…
Willem Elsschot, Flemish author and poet (born 1882)
1960
Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (born 1890)
Walther Immanuel Funk was a German economist, Nazi official and convicted war criminal who served as Reichsminister for the Economy from 1938 to 1945 and president of the Reichsban…
Walther Funk, German economist, journalist, and politician, German Minister of Economics (born 1890)
1960
Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (born 1896)
Paula Hitler, also known as Paula Wolff and Paula Hitler-Wolff, was the younger sister of Adolf Hitler and the last child of Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl.
Paula Hitler, German-Austrian sister of Adolf Hitler (born 1896)
1960
Harry S
Harry Stevens Hammond was an American football player and businessman. He played college football at the University of Michigan from 1904 to 1907. He later had a career in business…
Harry S
1960
Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1883)
Curtis Lester Patrick was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach associated with the Victoria Aristocrats/Cougars of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, and the New …
Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1883)
1960
Brasília, a planned city primarily designed by architect and urban planner Lúcio Costa, was officially inaugurated, repl
Brasília is the capital city of Brazil and the Federal District. Located in the Brazilian Highlands in the country's Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino Kubi…
Brasília, a planned city primarily designed by architect and urban planner Lúcio Costa, was officially inaugurated, repl
1960
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The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and is designated as the navy of the United States in the Constitution. With 290 comba…
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1960
The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U
The General Assembly Committee on Schools, commonly known as the Sibley Commission, was a committee created by the state government of Georgia in 1960 in order to study possible ap…
The Sibley Commission issued their final report, urging the government of the U