European Cup Final Opening Goal
Scores Eintracht Frankfurt's opening goal in the European Cup final against Real Madrid.
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1960 in Germany
Explore 13 historical events and records for Germany in 1960.
Historical records for Germany in 1960
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May
European Cup Final Two Goals
Scores twice for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 7-3 European Cup final defeat.
June
Death of Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade
Death of Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade
September
Head of State
Appointed Head of State for the GDR, 2nd term
Head of State
Appointed Head of State for the GDR
The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse
Directs Die tausend Augen des Dr Mabuse, his final film.
Other events (month unknown)
Chairman
Appointed Chairman of the Council of State of East Germany
Exile of Josef Mengele
Mengele moves to Brazil
President of Germany
Appointed President of the Max Planck Institute
Professor
Appointed Professor of sociology Tubingen (1960-64)
SDS
Joins the new organisations call for "extra-parliamentary opposition", or forceful resistance. Expelled from the SDP in 1960, as are other members of the SDS, that had developed from being the SPD youth wing to a radical left-wing group
Selected Short Stories in Translation
Translations of Böll's stories introduced additional international audiences to his fiction.
Truth and Method
Gadamer publishes Truth and Method, his major work in philosophical hermeneutics.
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