Date in year · 1960 · The 1960s
On September 8, 1960, in Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1). The year's #1 song was "Theme from A Summer Place" by Percy Faith. Rudi Völler, Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova, Gustavo Petro would arrive in the same year.
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S. state of Alabama. , while the Huntsville metropolitan area has an estimated 542,000 residents and is the second-most populous metropolitan area in the state.
Around 1960
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1960s decade.
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S. state of Alabama. , while the Huntsville metropolitan area has an estimated 542,000 residents and is the second-most populous metropolitan area in the state.
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