November 1960

Tuesday 01:

While campaigning for President of the United States, John F. Kennedy announces his idea of the Peace Corps.

Wednesday 02:

Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case

Friday 04:

Filming wraps on The Misfits, starring Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable -- the last film for both.

Tuesday 08:

U.S. presidential election, 1960: John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming the youngest man elected to that office.

Sunday 13:

1960 - A fire at a movie theater in Amude Syria kills 152 people.

Tuesday 15:

The Polaris missile is test launched.

Wednesday 23:

The long-running serial, Ma Perkins, airs its last episode on CBS radio.

Friday 25:

The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic were assassinated .

Monday 28:

Mauritania becomes independent of France.

Wednesday 30:

Production of the De Soto automobile brand ceases.