Dashed left edge = started before December 1960 ·
Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond December 1960
Events in December 1960 7
1955 – 1960Italian Film CareerToured Italy with Cugat and starred in over 20 Italian films, working with directors including Vittorio De Sica and comedians like Toto. Italian television network RAI deemed her 'too sexy' to appear on air.
1957 – 1960Meeting Ike TurnerMet Ike Turner at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. Began performing with his band the Kings of Rhythm and released her first single A Fool in Love (1960) as Tina Turner.
19601960: Jack BrabhamCooperBrabham dominated the season with five victories, securing his second consecutive title with Cooper.
1960A Fool in LoveReleased her debut single A Fool in Love as Tina Turner, launching the Ike & Tina Turner partnership. The song reached number two on the R&B chart.
1960 – 2024Ebrahim Raisi (1960-2024)Died 19 May 2024, aged 63President of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash. His tenure was marked by mass protests following the death of Mahsa Amini.
1960National Liberation Front founded in South VietnamCommunist-led group becomes known as the Viet CongSouth Vietnamese communists and other opponents of the Diem government form the National Liberation Front, known to its opponents as the Viet Cong. The organization becomes the main insurgent force fighting the South Vietnamese government and, later, the United States.
1960 – 1988Jean-Michel BasquiatNeo-Expressionism · USAJean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American Neo-Expressionist painter who rose from graffiti artist to art world star. He died of a heroin overdose at 27. His work now sells for over $100 million.