1960

Rulers:

• Dwight David Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States (1953-1961)

• Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (1952-2022)

Events:

• Stiftung Sammlung E. G. Bührle established in Zürich.

• Musée Renoir opened in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

• Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art opened in Edinburgh.

Births:

Banderas, Antonio (1960)

Barrera, Pilar (1960)

Branagh, Kenneth (1960)

• Firth, Colin (1960)

Gilbert, Brian (1960)

Grant, Hugh (1960)

Moore, Julianne (1960)

• Platt, Oliver (1960)

• Rylance, Mark (1960)

Sciorra, Annabella (1960)

• Scott Thomas, Kristin (1960)

Swinton, Tilda (1960)

Wells, Audrey (1960-2018)

Deaths:

Becker, Jacques (1906-1960)

Camus, Albert (1913-1960)

• Gable, Clark (1901-1960)

• Hammerstein, Oscar II (1895-1960)

• Relph, George (1888-1960)

Music:

• Mancini, Henry (1924-1994): Moon River (1960-61)

• North, Alex (1910-1991): Spartacus (1960)

• Rota, Nino (1911-1979): La Dolce Vita (1960)

• Rota, Nino (1911-1979) Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)

Art:

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): Daphnis et Chloé: La Fable de Syringe (1959-61)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): La Place de la Concord (1960)

Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963): Orphée (1960)

De Chirico, Giorgio (1888-1978): Composizione metafisica (1950-60)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986): Seated Woman: Shell Skirt (1960)

Picasso, Pablo (1881-1973): Faunes et chèvre (1959-60)

Film:

À bout de souffle (1960)

• La Dolce Vita (1960)

• Midnight Lace (1960)

Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)

 Spartacus (1960)

The Time Machine (1960)

• The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

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