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I'm 60.
1959
Castro took over Cuba
Eisenhower was President
Buddy Holly died
Alaska and Hawaii became states
1899
Spanish-American War ends
William McKinley was the President
2nd Boer War begins
1839
Martin Van Buren was President
The First Opium War begins in China
Steam shovel patented by William Otis
1779
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland
John Paul Jones' "Bon Homme Richard" defeats HMS Serepis
Spain declares war on Great Britain
1719
Daniel Defoe publishes "Robinson Crusoe"
1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in North American colonies
George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland
1659
Louis XIV is King of France
Two Quakers are punished by hanging when they return to Massachusetts Bay after being banished
Richard Cromwell, son of Oliver Cromwell, resigns as Lord Protector
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)It's an interesting concept... It'd be cool to see what major things happened during the span of those past lifetimes. Much longer list obviously than a list of just what happened in a particular year.
Kaleva
(36,146 posts)I'd like to find a notable person that was 60 in 1959, who was 60 in 1899, in 1839 and so on.
Alfred Hitchcock was 60 years old in 1959
John D. Rockefeller was 60 in 1899
Francis Scott Key was 60 in 1839
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was 60 in 1779
Antonio Veracini, composer, was 60 in 1719
Anthony Van Dyck, painter, was 60 in 1659
Harker
(13,877 posts)Having been born less than a week after Buddy Holly's death, yours works for me, also.
60 is just a number, so they say...
catbyte
(34,170 posts)Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Tetracycline invented.
The St. Lawrence Seaway opens
Cost of a gallon of Gas 23 cents
Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is declared safe and effective
"The Mickey Mouse Club" debuts on ABC
Marian Anderson becomes 1st black singer to perform at Met (New York City)
1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower)
RCA demonstrates 1st music synthesizer
1st seagoing oil drill rig placed in service
"Lawrence Welk Show" premieres on ABC
"Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV
"Honeymooners" premieres
"Captain Kangaroo" premieres on CBS-TV, Good Morning, Captain!
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premieres
Barbra Streisand's 1st recording "You'll Never Know" at age 13
1892
Ellis Island becomes reception center for new immigrants
1st basketball game played (Mass)
1st escalator patented by inventor Jesse W. Reno (New York City)
New York State unveils automatic ballot booth (voting machine)
Sierra Club formed by John Muir for conservation of nature
Macademia nuts 1st planted in Hawaii
Sunday school teacher Lizzie Borden arrested in Fall River, Mass
1st commercial long-distance phone line opens (Chicago-NY)
Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Coffeville, Kansas bank holdup
1829
Andrew Jackson inaugurated as 7th president
Unruly crowd mobs White House during President Jackson inaugural ball
William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter)
Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith
1766
Britain repeals the Stamp Act
London auctioneers Christie's hold their 1st sale
1703
St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great
Heavy storm hits England 1000s killed
Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die
1640
English Short Parliament forms
English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
English Long Parliament forms
Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
1577
King Henri de Bourbon of Navarra becomes leader of Huguenots
Peace of Bergerac: Political rights for Huguenots
Sir Francis Drake sets sail from England to go around world
1514
Thomas Wolsey appointed archbishop of York
King Louis XII of France marries Mary Tudor, sister of Henry VIII
sarge43
(28,939 posts)1867
One of my grandfathers was born. I was six years old when he died. Three centuries, a bit unsettling.