Timeline Friday 1 January 1960

Events on Friday 1 January 1960 5

• 1909 – 1960 Margaret Sullavan (1909-1960) American actress with a distinctive husky voice, star of The Shop Around the Corner.
• 1960 1960: Jack Brabham Cooper Brabham dominated the season with five victories, securing his second consecutive title with Cooper.
• 1960 A Fool in Love Released 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 Margaret Sullavan dies in New Haven Margaret Sullavan dies aged 50.
• 1960 Year of Africa Seventeen African nations gain independence Seventeen African territories, including Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Madagascar, Somalia and Cameroon, gain independence from Britain, France and Belgium over the course of the year. The wave of decolonization permanently reshapes the continent's political map.