What Happened in Oct 1960

"Never On Sunday" Is Released

Never on Sunday (Greek: Ποτέ Την Κυριακή, translit. Pote Tin Kyriaki) is a 1960 Greek black-and-white film which tells the story of Ilya, a... Read more

Mick Jagger and Keith Richards Meet by Chance on a Train

In 1961, Keith Richards had a chance meeting with Mick Jagger who was traveling in the same train carriage as him. Keith was impressed with the... Read more

Eastern Air Lines Flight 375 Crashes

Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, registration N5533, was a Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft that crashed on takeoff from Logan International Airport in... Read more

1960 World Series

The 1960 World Series was played between the Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) and New York Yankees (AL) from October 5 to October 13, 1960. It is most... Read more

"Spartacus" Is Released

Spartacus is a (1960) historical drama movie directed by Stanley Kubrick and based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast about the... Read more

"Inherit The Wind" Is Released

Inherit the Wind is a 1960 Hollywood film adaptation of the play of the same name, directed by Stanley Kramer and starring Spencer Tracy (Drummond)... Read more

Pirates beat Yankees 10-9 in Game 7 of 1960 World Series

Game 7 was a see-saw battle to the end, with Pittsburgh taking advantage of a freak hop on Virdon's grounder at Kubek that looked like a sure... Read more

Final Debate Airs Between Vice President Richard M. Nixon And Senator John F. Kennedy

On October 21, 1960, American viewers were riveted to their television sets for the broadcast of the fourth and final debate between Vice President... Read more

Nedelin Disaster

On October 26, 1960, the Soviet newspapers published a short communique from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and... Read more

Cassius Clay Wins First Pro Fight

After his Olympic triumph, Clay returned to Louisville to begin his professional career. There, on October 29, 1960, he won his first professional... Read more

California Polytechnic State Football Team Plane Crash

Crash Experts yesterday examined the twisted wreckage of a plane which was a flaming death trap for nearly half the 35 members of a college... Read more