September 2, 1960
That fall of 1960, gas ran $0.31 a gallon and Eisenhower was in the White House — the Kennedy-Nixon presidential race was entering its final weeks, with both candidates drawing enormous crowds as the country prepared for one of the closest elections in decades. On television, "The Jack Benny Show" was pulling in audiences while moviegoers were lining up for "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs," and The Drifters held the top spot on the radio with "Save The Last Dance For Me." The Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the New York Yankees in a dramatic World Series, and in Rome that September, the first international Summer Paralympics — held outside England for the very first time — brought together athletes from around the world under the title "9th International Stoke Mandeville Games."
On the cover
Magazine Covers — September 2, 1960
NY Times Headlines — Week of September 2, 1960
Castro Says Cuba Will Recognize Communist China; Premier Tells Rally Havana Will Cut Ties To Taiwan -- O.A.S. Action Scorned. U.S. Pact Is Canceled Thousands Cheer As Copy Of 1952 Military Treaty Is Torn To Pieces Castro To Form Tie To Red China
Congo Conflict In Kasai Region Becoming A War; Lumumba And Kalonji Units Well Armed -- U.N. Troops Kill Congolese Attacker Congo Conflict Growing In Kasai Congo Tension High; Politician Held
Khrushchev Prods West On Summit At U.N. On Arms; Urges Heads Of Government To Meet At Assembly -- Says World Peril Rises Hints 60-Ton Satellite Premier Stuns Finnish Hosts With Attacks On West -- Hits Nordic Nato Role
Bogota Aid Talks Opened As Lleras Warns Of 'Crisis'; President Of Colombia Asks 'Vast Operation' -- Cuban Supporters Demonstrate Bogota Aid Talks Opened By Lleras
War Threat Seen; Security Agency Men Decry Flights Over Alien Airspace Two Code Clerks Defect To Soviet
Religion As Issue Denounced Again By White House; President Says He Speaks For Nixon And G.O.P. -- Would 'Shelve' Subject Hits Congress' Record Rejects Democrats' Charge That He Is To Blame For Failures In Session White House Again Denounces Religion As A Campaign Issue
World Events — September 1960
Time Person of the Year — 1960
On the radio
Billboard Charts — September 2, 1960
Grammy Awards
On the bookshelf
On the television
Nielsen Top 10 — 1960–61 Season
Emmy Winners — 1960
At the movies
Box Office & Oscar Winners — September 2, 1960
On the field
Sports Champions — September 2, 1960
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