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March 14, 1960

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Historical Context for March 14, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]

Notable Births

Heidi Hammel

1960Heidi Hammel, American astronomer and academic[†]

Heidi B. Hammel is an American planetary astronomer who has extensively studied Neptune and Uranus. She was part of the team imaging Neptune from Voyager 2 in 1989. She led the team using the Hubble Space Telescope to view Shoemaker-Levy 9's impact with Jupiter in 1994. She has used the Hubble Space Telescope and the Keck Telescope to study Uranus and Neptune, discovering new information about dark spots, planetary storms and Uranus' rings. In 2002, she was selected as an interdisciplinary scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope.

Kirby Puckett

1960Kirby Puckett, American baseball player (died 2006)[†]

Kirby Puckett was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire 12-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Minnesota Twins (1984–1995). Puckett was instrumental in helping the Twins to win World Series championships in 1987 and 1991. Puckett generally played center field, although he was shifted to right field later in his career.

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