1960 in the United States
Events from the year 1960 in the United States.
A section of lunch counter from the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's where the Greensboro sit-ins began on February 1 preserved in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
September 26: The first televised U.S. presidential election debate
USS Oklahoma City (CLG-5) steams under Golden Gate Bridge, 16 November 1960.
The Texas Zephyr in Dallas, December 26
1959 in the United States
Events from the year 1959 in the United States. With the admittance of Alaska and Hawaii, this is the last year in which states are added to the union.
April 9: NASA announces the "Mercury Seven"
October 21: The Guggenheim opens
1959: Potamkin Chevrolet, Philadelphia
Lester Holt