In the year 1960

468 Notable deaths

Rutland Boughton

British composer (1878–1960).

Born January 23rd, 1878 in Aylesbury.

Died January 25th, 1960 at 82 years old in London.

Horace Robertson

Australian army senior commander (1894-1960).

Born October 29th, 1894 in Warrnambool.

Died April 28th, 1960 at 65 years old in Heidelberg.

Robert Falco

French judge at the nuremberg trials (1882-1960).

Born February 26th, 1882 in Paris.

Died January 14th, 1960 at 77 years old in Paris.

Sonya Levien

Screenwriter (1888-1960).

Born December 25th, 1888 in Panemunė.

Died March 19th, 1960 at 71 years old in Los Angeles (cancer).

Semyon Lavochkin

Jewish soviet aerospace engineer (1900-1960).

Born September 11th, 1900 in Smolensk.

Died June 9th, 1960 at 59 years old in Sary Shagan (heart failure).

Richard L. Neuberger

American journalist, author, and politician during the middle of the 20th century (1912–1960).

Born December 26th, 1912 in Multnomah County.

Died March 9th, 1960 at 47 years old in Portland (stroke).

Giuseppe Mario Bellanca

Italian-american airplane designer (1886-1960).

Born March 19th, 1886 in Sciacca. [ref]

Died December 26th, 1960 at 74 years old in New York City (leukemia). [ref]

Johan Gunnar Andersson

Swedish archeologist and geologist (1874–1960).

Born July 3rd, 1874 in Knista parish. [ref]

Died October 29th, 1960 at 86 years old in Hägerstens församling.

Fritz-Hubert Gräser

German general (1888-1960).

Born January 3rd, 1888 in Frankfurt (Oder).

Died November 4th, 1960 at 72 years old in Göttingen.

Christopher Hornsrud

18th prime minister of norway (1859–1960).

Born November 15th, 1859 in Øvre Eiker.

Died December 12th, 1960 at 101 years old in Oslo.

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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot