1960

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century 20th century 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

1960 by topic:
Subject
Archaeology Architecture Art Aviation Awards Comics Film Literature Poetry Meteorology Music Country Rail transport Radio Science Spaceflight Sports Television
By country
Australia Canada People's Republic of China France Germany India Ireland Iran Israel Luxembourg Malaya New Zealand Norway Pakistan Philippines Singapore South Africa Soviet Union Sweden Turkey United Kingdom United States
Leaders
Sovereign states Sovereign state leaders Territorial governors Religious leaders Law
Birth and death categories
Births Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments Disestablishments
Works and introductions categories
Works Introductions

1960 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1960 MCMLX
Ab urbe condita	2713
Armenian calendar	1409 ԹՎ ՌՆԹ
Assyrian calendar	6710
Bahá'í calendar	116–117
Bengali calendar	1367
Berber calendar	2910
British Regnal year	8 Eliz. 2 – 9 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2504
Burmese calendar	1322
Byzantine calendar	7468–7469
Chinese calendar	己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4656 or 4596 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4657 or 4597
Coptic calendar	1676–1677
Discordian calendar	3126
Ethiopian calendar	1952–1953
Hebrew calendar	5720–5721
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2016–2017
- Shaka Samvat	1881–1882
- Kali Yuga	5060–5061
Holocene calendar	11960
Igbo calendar	960–961
Iranian calendar	1338–1339
Islamic calendar	1379–1380
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 35 (昭和３５年)
Javanese calendar	1891–1892
Juche calendar	49
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4293
Minguo calendar	ROC 49 民國49年
Nanakshahi calendar	492
Thai solar calendar	2503
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1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB) of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade. It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.