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A LOOK
AT THE WORLD IN 1960 |
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In The News In
1960
Sit-ins begin after 4 black college students in Greensboro,
North Carolin refuse to move from a Woolworth's lunch counter
when denied service.
A U-2 reconnaisance plane of the U.S. is shot down in the Soviet
Union.
Hurricane "Donna" strikes the east coast causing over
100 deaths in U.S. and the Antilles.
John F. Kennedy defeats Vice President Richard Nixon in the
presidential race. |
Entertainment in
1960
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Saint-John Perse - France
* Best Selling Fiction - Advise and Consent, Allen Drury
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - Folk Medicine, D.C. Jarvis
* Best Picture - The Apartment, UA
* Best Director - Billy Wilder, The Apartment
* Best Actress - Elizabeth Taylor, Butterfield 8
* Best Actor - Burt Lancaster, Elmer Gantry |
Sport champions in
1960
* MLB - Pittsburgh Pirates
* NFL - Philadelphia Eagles
* NBA - Boston Celtics
* NHL - Montreal Canadiens
* NCAA-Basketball - Ohio State
* KY Derby - Venetian Way
* U.S. Open Golf - Arnold Palmer
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Neale A. Fraser
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Darlene Hard |
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