1960

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s - 1960s - 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 - 1960 - 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965

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Births

• February 11 - Richard A Mastracchio, astronaut.

Deaths

Events

• February 11 - Jack Paar walks off his TV show
• June 20 - Independence of Mali and Senegal
• Hans-Georg Gadamer publishes Truth and Method

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Donald Arthur Glaser
• Chemistry - Willard Frank Libby
• Medicine - Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Peter Brian Medawar
• Literature - Saint-John Perse
• Peace - Albert John Luthuli