| World Series Champions: |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
| NFL Champions: |
Philadelphia Eagles |
| AFL Champions: |
Houston Oilers |
| NBA Champions: |
Boston Celtics |
| Stanley Cup Champs: |
Montreal Canadiens |
| U.S. Open Golf |
Arnold Palmer |
| U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) |
Neale Fraser/Darlene R. Hard |
| Wimbledon (Men/Women): |
Neale Fraser/Maria Bueno |
| NCAA Football Champions: |
Minnesota & Mississippi |
| NCAA Basketball Champions: |
Ohio State |
| Kentucky Derby: |
Venetian Way |
| Sports Highlights: |
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| The Hotties and Fashion Icons: |
Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Brigitte
Bardot, Sophia Loren, Doris Day, Annette Funicello,
Kim Novak |
| The Heartthrob(s): |
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| "The Quote" |
"Smile! You're on Candid Camera!"
- Candid Camera
"A boy's best friend is his mother"
- Anthony Perkins, as Norman Bates, in 'Psycho'
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| Time Magazine's Man of the Year |
United State's Scientists, Represented
by George Beadle, Charles Draper, John Enders, Donald
A. Glaser, Joshua Lederberg, Willard Libby, Linus Pauling,
Edward Purcell, Isidor Rabi, Emilio Segrè, William
Shockley, Edward Teller, Charles Townes, James Van Allen,
and Robert Woodward |
| Miss America: |
Lynda Mead (Natchez, MS) |
| Miss USA: |
Linda Bement (Utah) |
| The Scandals: |
Chuck Berry got in some legal trouble when he took
a 14-year-old girl from Arizona to Missouri to work
at his Bandstand club. Her work didn't require clothes,
apparently.
JFK was elected President of the United States with
much help from the votes of dead Americans in Cook
County, Illinoise and in Texas.
The mysterious BLACK KNIGHT Satellite was seen by
both Russian and American Air Defense unites. At 15
tons, was bigger than any country could have sent
at that time. It disappeared after about three weeks.
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| Nerd News: |
USAF Captain Joseph Kittinger set three records on
August 16th - highest parachute jump (102,800 feet),
the longest parachute free fall (4 minutes 36 seconds),
and the first person to exceed the speed of sound
without an aircraft or space vehicle (714 mph during
free fall).
There are three dots on every Domino's Pizza box
because when founder Tom Monaghan started his chain,
he planned on adding a dot with each new store. Looking
back, 8,000+ stores later, it was a good idea to stop
with the 3 dots, forming a simple domino.
The term paparazzi originated with Italian
director Federico Fellini's La dolce vita. One
of the minor characters in the film was a photographer
named Paparazzo. Fellini took Paparazzo's name from
the Italian word for a noisy mosquito.
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| The Habit: |
Reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper
Lee.
OR watching Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' in theaters. |
| 1st appearances & 1960's Most Popular
Christmas gifts, toys and presents: |
Green Eggs and Ham, by Dr. Seuss, Game
of Life*, Etch-A-Sketch, Barbie, Chatty Cathie, Mattel's
Lie Detector Game, Mr. Machine, Play-Doh Fun Factory |
| Best Film Oscar Winner: |
The Apartment |
1960 Most Popular TV shows:
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1. Gunsmoke (CBS)
2. Wagon Train (NBC)
3. Have Gun Will Travel (CBS)
4. The Andy Griffith Show (CBS)
5. The Real McCoys (ABC)
6. Rawhide (CBS)
7. Candid Camera (CBS)
8. The Untouchables (ABC)
9. The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
10. Dennis The Menace (CBS) |
1960 Billboard
Number One Songs |
December 28, 1959 - January 3, 1960:
Why - Frankie Avalon
January 4, 1960 - January 17:
El Paso - Marty Robbins
January 18 - February 7:
Running Bear - Johnny Preston
February 8 - February 21:
Teen Angel - Mark Dinning
February 22 - April 24:
The Theme From A Summer Place - Percy Faith &
his Orchestra
April 25 - May 22:
Stuck On You - Elvis Presley
May 23 - June 26:
Cathy's Clown - The Everly Brothers
June 27 - June 10:
Everybody's Somebody's Fool - Connie Francis
July 11 - July 17:
Alley-Oop - Hollywood Argyles
July 18 - August 7:
I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
August 8 - August 17:
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini -
Brian Hyland
August 15 - September 18:
It's Now Or Never - Elvis Presley
September 19 - September 25:
The Twist - Chubby Checker
September 26 - October 9:
My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own - Connie Francis
October 10 - October 16:
Mr. Custer - Larry Verne
October 17 - October 23:
Save The Last Dance For Me - The Drifters
October 24 - November 13:
I Want To Be Wanted - Brenda Lee
November 14 - November 20:
Georgia On My Mind - Ray Charles
November 21 - November 27:
Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
November 28, 1960 - January 8, 1961:
Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Elvis Presley
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