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See also: 1959 in France, other events of 1960, 1961 in France.

Events from the year 1960 in France.

Events

• 6 January - Manifesto of the 121 is published.
• 22 January - President Charles de Gaulle fires Jacques Massun, commander-in-chief of the French troops in Algeria.
• 24 January - A major insurrection occurs in Algiers against French colonial policy.
• 13 February - France tests its first atomic bomb in the Sahara.
• 23 March - Nikita Khrushchev meets Charles De Gaulle in Paris.
• 12 April - Eric Peugeot, youngest son of the founder of Peugeot, is kidnapped in Paris. Kidnappers release him April 15 in exchange for $300,000 ransom.
• 27 April - Togo gains independence from French-administered UN trusteeship.
• 20 June - The Mali Federation between Senegal and Sudanese Republic (now Mali) gains independence from France.
• 5 August - Burkina Faso (Upper Volta) declares independence from France.
• 17 August - Gabon gains independence from France.
• 28 November - Mauritania becomes independent of France.
• 5 December - Pierre Lagaillarde, who led 1958 and 1960 insurrections in Algeria, fails to appear in a Paris court. He has reportedly fled with 4 fellow defendants to Spain en route to Algeria.
• 9 December - President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is marked by bloody riots by European and Muslim mobs in Algeria's largest cities, killing 127 people.
• 14 December - The OECD is formed in Paris.
• 27 December - France sets off its third nuclear test blast at its atomic proving grounds at Reggane, Algeria.

Arts and literature

• 25 March - Tom Pillibi by Jacqueline Boyer (music by André Popp, text by Pierre Cour) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1960 for France.

Sport

• 26 June - Tour de France begins.
• 17 July - Tour de France ends, won by Gastone Nencini of Italy.

Births

• 23 January - Patrick de Gayardon, skydiver, skysurfer and a BASE jumper (d.1998).
• 18 March - Jean-Pierre Bade, soccer player.
• 18 May - Yannick Noah, former tennis player, musician.
• 12 July - Corynne Charby, actress, singer and model.

Deaths

• 4 January - Albert Camus, author, philosopher, and journalist who won the Nobel prize in 1957 (b.1913).
• 13 March - Louis Wagner, motor racing driver (b.1882).
• 23 May - Georges Claude, engineer, chemist and inventor (b.1870).
• 14 July - Maurice, 6th duc de Broglie, physicist (b.1875).

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