1960: The News.

January:

• Manchester City sign Denis Law for a national record fee of £55,000

February:

• Joanne Woodward receives the first star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• The 1960 Winter Olympics are held in Squaw Valley, California. The USSR claim the most medals (21) and the most gold (7)

March:

• Alberto Korda snaps the iconic picture of Che Guavara
• Elvis Presley is honourably discharged from the US army
• The Grand National is televised for the first time

April:

• Ben-Hur wins Best Picture at the 32nd Academy Awards
• Brazil’s capital city changes from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia

May:

• US president Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960 into law
• Sputnik 4 is launched into orbit by the Soviet Union
• Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3 to win the European Cup
• Burnley win the Football League First Division title
• Wolves win the FA Cup for the fourth time, beating Blackburn 3-0

June:

• New Zealand’s first television station begins broadcasting

July:

• The fifty star flag of the US is flown for the first time
• The Soviet Union national football team beat Yugoslavia 2-1 to win the first UEFA European Championship
• Harper Lee publishes To Kill a Mockingbird, later winning the Pulitzer Prize

August:

• Sputnik 5 is launched with dogs Belka and Strelka onboard
• The 1960 Summer Olympic Games begin in Rome
• The Beatles have their first concert in Hamburg

September:

• Cassius Clay wins Olympic gold in light heavyweight boxing
• The Flintstones airs it’s first episode
• The Olympics end with the USSR winning the most gold and overall medals (43 and 103)

October:

• Nigeria and Cameroon declare independence from the UK
• Dr. Michael Woodruff performs the first successful living kidney transplant in the UK

November:

• John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States over then Vice President Richard Nixon

December:

• The Supreme Court of the United States declares segregation on public transport is illegal
• The last day that the farthing is legal tender in the UK
• The first episode of Coronation Street airs

Other:

• Elvis Presley’s “It’s Now or Never” is the best-selling single of the year
• Spartacus is the highest grossing film of the year, making $14 million globally