What Happened In June 1960 In History

Historical Events for June, 1960

• 17th » The Nez Perce people Nez Perce tribe is awarded $4 million for convert 7 e6acre km2 of land undervalued at 4 cents/acre in the 1863 treaty.
• 20th » The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
• 23rd » The United States Food and Drug Administration declares Mestranol/norethynodrel named Enovid to be the first officially approved combined oral contraceptive pill in the world.
• 25th » Two cryptography or cryptographers working for the United States National Security Agency left for vacation to Mexico, and from there Martin and Mitchell Defection named defected to the Soviet Union.
• 26th » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
• 26th » Madagascar gains its independence from France.
• 30th » Belgian Congo or Congo gains independence from Belgium.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1960

• 1st » Simon Gallup, English bass player (The Cure, Fools Dance, The Magazine Spies, and Lockjaw (band) known as Lockjaw)
• 1st » Vladimir Krutov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2012)
• 1st » Sergey Kuznetsov (footballer, born 1960) known as Sergey Kuznetsov, Russian footballer and manager
• 1st » Giorgos Lillikas, Cypriot politician, 8th List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus e.g Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus
• 2nd » Olga Bondarenko, Russian runner
• 2nd » Tony Hadley, English singer-songwriter and actor (Spandau Ballet)
• 2nd » Kyle Petty, American race car driver
• 4th » Miloš Đelmaš, Serbian footballer and manager
• 4th » Paul Taylor (Winger) named Paul Taylor, American guitarist and keyboard player (Winger (band) called Winger)
• 4th » Bradley Walsh, English footballer and actor
• 5th » Boris Dugan, Estonian footballer and coach
• 5th » Claire Fox, English author
• 5th » Leslie Hendrix, American actress
• 6th » Lola Forner, Spanish actress
• 6th » Samantha Heath, English politician
• 6th » Jozef Pribilinec, Slovak race walker
• 6th » Steve Vai, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Alcatrazz)
• 7th » Bill Prady, American screenwriter and producer
• 8th » Mick Hucknall, English singer-songwriter (Simply Red and Faces (band) or Faces)
• 8th » Thomas Steen, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
• 9th » Steve Paikin, Canadian journalist and author
• 10th » Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian actor
• 10th » Mark-Anthony Turnage, English composer
• 11th » Mehmet Oz, American surgeon, author, and television host
• 12th » Mark Calcavecchia, American golfer
• 13th » Clive Lewis (judge) e.g Clive Lewis, English judge
• 13th » Jacques Rougeau, Canadian wrestler
• 14th » Tonie Campbell, American hurdler
• 14th » Mike Laga, American baseball player
• 15th » Michèle Laroque, French actress
• 15th » Marieke van Doorn, Dutch field hockey player
• 16th » Peter Sterling, Australian rugby player and sportscaster
• 17th » Adrián Campos, Spanish race car driver
• 17th » Thomas Haden Church, American actor
• 18th » Barbara Broccoli, American director and producer
• 18th » Steve Murphy (Canadian news anchor) e.g Steve Murphy, Canadian journalist
• 19th » Andrew Dilnot, English economist and academic
• 19th » Johnny Gray, American runner
• 19th » Luke Morley, English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (The Union (band) The Union, Terraplane (band) Terraplane, and Thunder (band) Thunder)
• 20th » John Taylor (bass guitarist) called John Taylor, English bass player, songwriter, producer, and actor (Duran Duran, Power Station (band) known as Power Station, and Neurotic Outsiders)
• 20th » Philip M. Parker, American economist
• 21st » Kevin Harlan, American sportscaster
• 22nd » Erin Brockovich, American lawyer and environmentalist
• 22nd » Margrit Klinger, German runner
• 22nd » Tracy Pollan, American actress
• 23rd » Donald Harrison, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
• 23rd » Tatsuya Uemura, Japanese composer and programmer
• 24th » Elish Angiolini, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland
• 24th » Walter E. Ellis, American serial killer (d. 2013)
• 24th » Siedah Garrett, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Brand New Heavies)
• 24th » Karin Pilsäter, Swedish politician
• 24th » Erik Poppe, Norwegian director, cinematographer, and screenwriter
• 25th » Alastair Bruce, English journalist and author
• 25th » Craig Johnston, South African-Australian footballer
• 25th » Brian Hayward, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 26th » Zachary Breaux, American guitarist (d. 1997)
• 26th » Mark Durkan, Irish politician, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland
• 27th » David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley, English director and politician
• 27th » Craig Hodges, American basketball player and coach
• 27th » Robert King (conductor) or Robert King, English harpsichord player and conductor
• 28th » John Elway, American football player and manager
• 28th » Roland Melanson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 30th » Murray Cook, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Wiggles and Bang Shang a Lang)
• 30th » David Headley, American-Pakistani terrorist
• 30th » Jack McConnell, Scottish educator and politician, 3rd First Minister of Scotland

Famous Deaths for June 1960

• 1st » Paula Hitler, Austrian-German sister of Adolf Hitler (b. 1896)
• 1st » Lester Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1883)
• 9th » Harry S. Hammond, American football player and businessman (b. 1884)
• 25th » Tommy Corcoran (baseball) e.g Tommy Corcoran, American baseball player and manager (b. 1869)
• 27th » Lottie Dod, English tennis player (b. 1871)
• 28th » Jake Swirbul, American businessman, co-founded the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation (b. 1898)
• 29th » Frank Patrick (hockey) or Frank Patrick, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)

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