On this day
Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]
1960Luiz Fernando Carvalho, Brazilian director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Luiz Fernando Carvalho is a Brazilian filmmaker and television director, known for works closely linked to literature that constitute a renovation in Brazilian audiovisual aesthetics. He has already brought to the screen works by Ariano Suassuna, Raduan Nassar, Machado de Assis, Eça de Queirós, Roland Barthes, Clarice Lispector, Milton Hatoum, José Lins do Rego, and Graciliano Ramos, among others.
1960Jon J. Muth, American author and illustrator[†]
Jon J Muth is an American writer and illustrator of children's books as well as graphic novels and comic books.
1960Yōichi Takahashi, Japanese illustrator[†]
Yōichi Takahashi is a Japanese cartoonist and manga artist, best known for his work Captain Tsubasa. Takahashi has published art books, manga, novels, and guides, most of which are about Captain Tsubasa. He is also known for his soccer series, Hungry Heart: Wild Striker. He currently chairman of Nankatsu SC.
1960The German Volkswagen Act comes into force.[†]
The Volkswagen Act is a set of German federal laws enacted in 1960, regulating the privatization of Volkswagenwerk GmbH into the Volkswagen Group. In order to maintain government control in the privately owned company, it stipulated that the votes in major shareholder meeting resolutions require 4/5th (80%) agreement. This part of the law was deemed to violate the "free movement of capital" principle of European Union corporate law. After a series of challenges from 2007 to 2013, the German parliament finally amended the part in 2013 to EU Court of Justice satisfaction.
Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device
Katanga held chief problem facing Hammarskjold; other speculation on his visit; more UN troops arrive; find Congolese soldiers cooperate
Adenauer to conf with de Gaulle, Paris; angered by alleged French slights; would have called off conf but French forced visit by 'leaking' news; 'incidents' involving French ties revd
Prendergast agrees to ind citizens com, conf with R F Kennedy and B White, NYC; DeSapio backs ind com; R F Kennedy, White conf with Lehman, Levitt, S I Rosenman, Finletter, F W H Adams, L K Garrison, Engel, C Roosevelt, A P Akers; Lehman comments; seen 'only possible bridge' between rival factions; all factions agree ind com must be coordinated with regular orgn; illus
Fed Reserve Bd repr denies cut is aimed at shoring up mkt; some Wall St observers hold contrary view
Nixon announces Lodge choice for Vice Pres; J W Bricker to nominate him; Nixon discussed choice with party leaders before making announcement; conferees listed; had earlier listed Morton, Judd, Anderson as acceptable; rejects Midwest leaders proposal conv make choice
4,000 sanitation men stop work to protest breakdown in union wage talks with city
13 killed as Chicago Helicopter Airways S-58 crashes on fight from Midway Airport to O'Hare Airport
Goldwater holds party abandons traditional heroes for Bowles, Galbraith and Reuther, s, conv
Min Aram repts Iran cuts ties with UAR; scores Nasser; says de facto recognition of Israel has been in effect for 10 yrs; Sheik Shaltout attacks Shah; Iraq asks Iran reconsider; Israel silent
CHICAGO, July 27 -- At political sword points only a week ago, Governor Rockefeller and Vice President Nixon joined today in a powerful demonstration of concord.
Ref to Sweden seen in Pres Eisenhower comment on rise in drunkenness as result of socialism, Chicago s; reaction in Sweden
LONDON, July 27 -- Prime Minister Macmillan chose the Earl of Home as Britain's new Foreign Secretary today in a major reconstruction of the Conservative Government.