Editing 1960 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1960}}
* [[September 1]]
** [[Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah]], [[Sultan]] of [[Selangor]] and 2nd [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]], dies in office. He is replaced by [[Tuanku Syed Putra]], [[Raja]] of [[Perlis]].
** Disgruntled railroad workers effectively halt operations of the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] in the United States, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasts two days).
* [[September 2]] – The first elections of the [[Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration]] (in exile in India) are held. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
* [[September 5]]
** [[1960 Summer Olympic Games]]: [[Muhammad Ali]] (at this time Cassius Clay) of the United States wins the gold medal in [[light-heavyweight]] boxing.
** [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] President [[Joseph Kasa-Vubu]] dismisses [[Patrice Lumumba]]'s entire government, and also places Lumumba under [[house arrest]].
** Poet [[Léopold Sédar Senghor]] is the first elected [[President of Senegal]].
* [[September 6]] – [[Martin and Mitchell defection]]: William Hamilton Martin and Bernon F. Mitchell, two American [[cryptologist]]s, announce their defection to the Soviet Union at a press conference in Moscow.
* [[September 8]] – In [[Huntsville, Alabama]], U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] formally dedicates the [[Marshall Space Flight Center]] (which had been activated by [[NASA]] on July 1).
* [[September 9]] – The first regular season game in the [[American Football League]] (established as a rival league to the NFL) takes place at Boston's [[Nickerson Field]]. The [[Denver Broncos]] defeat the [[Boston Patriots]], 13–10.
* [[September 10]] – [[1960 Summer Olympic Games]]: [[Abebe Bikila]] of [[Ethiopia at the 1960 Summer Olympics|Ethiopia]] wins the gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon|marathon]], running barefoot in a world time, and becoming the first person from [[Sub-Saharan Africa]] to win Olympic gold.
* [[September 14]]
** Colonel [[Joseph Mobutu]] takes power in [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Republic of the Congo]] via a [[military coup]].
** The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded by [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Kuwait]], [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Venezuela]].
* [[September 18]] – The [[1960 Summer Paralympics|first international Summer Paralympics]] open in [[Rome]] under the title "9th International Stoke Mandeville Games", the first quadrennial paralympic event outside of England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paralyzed Athletes, With Big Victories Behind Them, Open Olympics This Week|first=Howard A.|last=Rusk|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1960-09-19|page=134}}</ref>
* [[September 21]] – Mexican President [[Adolfo López Mateos]] nationalizes the country's electricity supply system.
* [[September 22]] – [[Mali]], the sole remaining member of the "Mali Federation" (following the withdrawal of [[Senegal]] one month earlier), declares its full independence as the ''Republic of Mali''.
* [[September 26]] – [[1960 United States presidential debates]]: The two leading candidates in the [[1960 United States presidential election]], [[John F. Kennedy]] and [[Richard Nixon]], participate in the first live televised presidential debate.<ref>{{cite news|title=Nixon, Kennedy Meet Face to Face on TV|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=27 September 1960|page=1}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – At the [[United Nations General Assembly]], Soviet leader [[Nikita Khrushchev]] angrily interrupts British Prime Minister [[Harold Macmillan]], banging the desk and shouting in Russian. Macmillan drily says "I should like that to be translated, if I may".<ref>{{cite news|title=Premier Angers Khrushschev|newspaper=The Scotsman|location=Edinburgh|date=30 September 1960|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Nikita Beats On Desk, Screams As Macmillan Speaks In U.N.|newspaper=Oakland Tribune|date=29 September 1960|page=1}}</ref>