1960
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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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| Gregorian calendar | 1960 MCMLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2713 |
| Armenian calendar | 1409 ԹՎ ՌՆԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6710 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 116–117 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1881–1882 |
| Bengali calendar | 1367 |
| Berber calendar | 2910 |
| British Regnal year | 8 Eliz. 2 – 9 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2504 |
| Burmese calendar | 1322 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7468–7469 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4657 or 4450 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4658 or 4451 |
| Coptic calendar | 1676–1677 |
| Discordian calendar | 3126 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1952–1953 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5720–5721 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2016–2017 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1881–1882 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5060–5061 |
| Holocene calendar | 11960 |
| Igbo calendar | 960–961 |
| Iranian calendar | 1338–1339 |
| Islamic calendar | 1379–1380 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 35 (昭和３５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1891–1892 |
| Juche calendar | 49 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4293 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 49 民國49年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 492 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2503 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 2086 or 1705 or 933 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 2087 or 1706 or 934 |
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It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
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