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Events on Tuesday 8 November 1960 2
1880 – 1960Otto Frederick RohwedderInventor of the bread slicer, 1880-1960An Iowa jeweller who spent sixteen years, one factory fire and every penny he had on a machine to slice a loaf of bread.
1960Kennedy elected US presidentYoungest person elected to the presidencyJohn F. Kennedy narrowly defeats Richard Nixon in the US presidential election. At 43, he becomes the youngest person ever elected to the presidency.